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Mike Ricklin

Mike Ricklin

Member for

19 years 3 months

Twenty seven years test engineering, test team management, and QA management for systems ranging from complex mission critical to mainframe financial to client server, including all lifecycle phases between procurement and maintenance.

Company
NM State
Industry
Government
Interests
Configuration Management
Defect or Incident Management
Measurement and Estimating
Process Improvement
Requirements
Software Testing
Country
United States
Mike Ricklin

Twenty seven years test engineering, test team management, and QA management for systems ranging from complex mission critical to mainframe financial to client server, including all lifecycle phases between procurement and maintenance.

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Satisfaction of Testing Engineering

What is it that draws an IT professional into test engineering? What does it mean to be a test engineer? This paper presents a view of the history of test engineering, defines it as a sub-discipline of systems engineering, and touches on some of the reasons software, information technology, and engineering professionals are drawn to this challenging and rewarding field.
relative cost to fix defects per phase found Competitive Exploratory Testing

This article is about getting users involved early in the iterative test cycles, and it also discusses exploratory testing. The author also delves into the benefits of an incentive-driven, team competition approach to testing.
Defect Tracking: Best PracticesWhether an organization is developing a new system or maintaining an existing system, implementing best practices in the defect tracking and management processes will save time and effort. In this paper we discuss typical issues and lessons learned, and map these to preventive measures.