Rick Craig

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Rick Craig is a consultant, lecturer, author, and test manager, who has led numerous teams of testers on both large and small projects. In his twenty-five years of consulting worldwide, Rick has advised and supported a diverse group of organizations on many testing and test management issues. From large insurance providers and telecommunications companies to smaller software services companies, he has mentored senior software managers and helped test teams improve their effectiveness. Rick is co-author of Systematic Software Testing and a frequent speaker at testing conferences, including every STAR conference since its inception.

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Consulting

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United States

Rick Craig

Rick Craig has worked as a consultant and lecturer at SQE since 1989. His primary focus is on leadership, metrics, and, of course, testing. Rick is a familiar face on the lecture circuit, having presented talks at hundreds of conferences over the last thirty years. He is the coauthor of Systematic Software Testing. Rick is also the coowner of Maddogs and Englishmen, a popular restaurant established in Tampa, Florida, in 1991, and a retired USMC colonel.

All Articles by Rick Craig

All Stories by Rick Craig

	The Value of Requirements-Based Testing
	What Metrics Can Do for You
	Risky Business: Using Risk Analysis to Prioritize Testing Many of us think about system risks when deciding what to test, but it seems that few have a standardized way to assess the risks of a given system. In this week's column, Rick Craig shares a simple method you can use to target your test efforts according to risk. This method comes from, and is developed more fully, in Systematic Software Testing, of which Rick is lead author.
	Who Is the User Anyway?
	Test Strategies and Plans This paper discusses the fundamental approaches to establishing a test strategy and the varying levels of the test plan.