Brian Marick
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25 years 6 monthsBrian Marick has worked in testing since 1981. He concentrates on testing in Agile projects. Brian founded Testing Foundations: Consulting in Software Testing in 1992. He is the author of The Craft of Software Testing and Everyday Scripting with Ruby.
Brian Marick has worked in testing since 1981. He concentrates on testing in Agile projects. Brian founded Testing Foundations: Consulting in Software Testing in 1992. He is the author of The Craft of Software Testing and Everyday Scripting with Ruby.
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| Seven Years Later: What the Agile Manifesto Left OutBrian Marick believes that is partly because the manifesto is focused outwardly; it tells the business how the development team will work with it. Watch Brian’s presentation to find out whether you're really doing agile or if you are agile in name only. | |
| Tinkerable Software In what ways should software be like a house? In a recent issue of STQE magazine, Technical Editor Brian Marick's musings about the concept of "tinkerable software" generated some interesting discussion about the very nature of software design. This week's column runs a portion of that piece so that our Sticky-minded readers can sink their thoughts into the concept. |
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| When Should a Test Be Automated? The question is how to make a rational decision about which tests to automate. When I take a job as a contract tester, I typically design a series of tests for some product feature. For each of them, I need to decide whether that particular test should be automated. This paper describes how I think about the tradeoffs. |