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A Formula for Successful Peer Reviews

Peer reviews come highly recommended, but many who try them find they just don't work. Maybe that's because they didn't have the magic ingredients. Find out what could be missing from your peer reviews.
Patrick Bailey's picture Patrick Bailey
January 10, 2005
Bringing Joy to Your Job

We're pleased to bring you technical editors who are well respected in their fields. Get their take on everything that relates to the industry, technically speaking. In this issue, find out how to add a little happiness to your project life.
Brian Marick
January 10, 2005
This Way, Mr. Roboto

Have you ever felt like you were going in circles trying to explain programming to nontechnical people? Simply telling them what programmers do just isn't enough. In this column, Naomi Karten demystifies the programming world by showing nontechnical people how to think like programmers?on a basic level. This seemingly intricate journey starts with a few simple directions.
Naomi Karten's picture Naomi Karten
October 14, 2004
Schedule Chicken

For one reason or another, team members don't feel safe reporting bad news that marks the delay of a project. No one wants to take responsibility for the set back, so the blame is passed down the production line. At this point, the blame game is in full swing. In this week's column, Peter Clark refers to this game as Schedule Chicken. His commentaries on the game's development reveal strategies that perpetuate delays. And this game only has losers: the project and the customer.
Peter Clark
September 17, 2004
creating meaningful connections Meaningful Connections

In this week's column, Danny R. Faught discusses some techniques on how to beef up your networking game. He compares successful to not-so-great tactics for meeting people who can help us. He also guides us in the ways of maintaining relationships. His bottom line: the focus should always be on creating meaningful connections. Networking shouldn't just be about meeting people, but about learning how to wisely judge their value as well.
Danny R. Faught's picture Danny R. Faught
July 23, 2004
Don't Beg to Differ

We're pleased to bring you technical editors who are well respected in their fields. Get their take on everything that relates to the industry, technically speaking. In this issue, read why some arguments aren't worth having.
Brian Marick
July 15, 2004
Design and Code Inspection Metrics

In this study, historical inspection data from large real-time embedded systems were analyzed with the intention of improving the current review process.
Alison A. Gately's picture Alison A. Gately
July 15, 2004
FitNesse: Automated Specification

Micah Martin introduces the open source tool FitNesse.
Micah Martin
March 5, 2004
Maximizing the Effectiveness of a Subject Matter Expert

Subject matter expertise is essential on software projects. But a subject matter expert's role and expected contributions are often nebulous concepts. Even the process of selecting a subject matter expert is often misunderstood. This article provides a subject matter expert definition and offers a few guidelines and pointers to help QA managers maximize the benefits of working with a SME.
Jose Fajardo
February 24, 2004
Deadlock!

Sean Beatty explains what a deadlock is and why testing probably won't catch it.
Sean M. Beatty
November 19, 2003

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