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Duplicate bugs
When I talk about bug data - or potential uses for bug data, there are two things I typically...
Author: Alan Page Date: 08/01/2007
Two words
I just finished teaching another session of a course we have for senior testers. I always have a...
Author: Alan Page Date: 07/28/2007
I keep forgetting...
Lee Copeland was in town for CAST last week, so I took the opportunity to beg him to give a talk at...
Author: Alan Page Date: 07/17/2007
Pair Leadership?
This morning I was walking the dog and thinking about a few different projects I'm working on. I...
Author: Alan Page Date: 06/29/2007
Can one person be two things?
I had a double major in college, but it was two highly related degrees. I had friends, however, who...
Author: Alan Page Date: 06/26/2007
Equivalence class partitioning
Shrini posted earlier this week asking about equivalence class partitioning (ecp). I posted some...
Author: Alan Page Date: 06/15/2007
Teaching and talking and traveling
I don't write much about my job at Microsoft. I'm in a weird role (weird for me, at least) where I'm...
Author: Alan Page Date: 06/10/2007
Ill structured arguments #1: It only works if it works
Nothing about parameters or that sort of argument in this post. This is just another short rant to...
Author: Alan Page Date: 05/31/2007
Bug prevention in five minutes
These are some notes from a lightning talk I did at STAR East. I didn't say everything below, but I...
Author: Alan Page Date: 05/29/2007
Presentation tips
I just attended two testing conferences in two weeks, and overall, it was a great experience. I...
Author: Alan Page Date: 05/18/2007
Yet another place to discuss software testing
I am excited and happy and proud (and much more) to announce the creation of a Software Testing...
Author: Alan Page Date: 05/13/2007
PSQT conference report
Last Wednesday, I attended (and spoke at) the practical software quality and testing conference....
Author: Alan Page Date: 05/13/2007
Road trip time
I'll be in Las Vegas next week at the Practical Software Quality and Testing conference, and will be...
Author: Alan Page Date: 05/03/2007
More on senior testers
I recently finished teaching a session of an internal course I designed for senior testers (by...
Author: Alan Page Date: 04/19/2007
Careers for testers
One of my larger projects at work right now revolves around the growth paths for senior testers. The...
Author: Alan Page Date: 04/07/2007
Test Guesstimation
“How long will it take you to test?” This can be a difficult question to answer on any test team,...
Author: Alan Page Date: 03/14/2007
Effective?
How do you measure tester effectiveness? What things make one tester's actions more effective than...
Author: Alan Page Date: 03/08/2007
DRE
I know I'm overdue for a post when Bj starts lapping me on posts. This week, I've been finishing up...
Author: Alan Page Date: 02/27/2007
Presenting...
So much to talk about, and so little time. Today, all you get is a short post letting you know that...
Author: Alan Page Date: 02/06/2007
SDETs at Microsoft
Some time ago, MS began hiring primarily people with a programming background (industry or...
Author: Alan Page Date: 12/13/2006
The happy path should always pass
I was in a discussion with some other test architects at work today. We were talking about...
Author: Alan Page Date: 12/01/2006
About Certifications
I was listening to talk radio on the way home from work last night, and the topic of discussion was...
Author: Alan Page Date: 11/21/2006
Thoughts from the week
I'll post this tomorrow, but currently I'm somewhere over the northern US or southern Canada...
Author: Alan Page Date: 11/12/2006
Where do they get this stuff?
In the "if it's on the internet, it must be true?" category is this article and quote from...
Author: Alan Page Date: 11/12/2006
Blogging from the east coast
I'm sure I've mentioned before that part of my job at Microsoft involves conducting training...
Author: Alan Page Date: 11/05/2006
Baseball and software
I have a talk at sasqag last Thursday. I got a lot of great feedback and comments, and I got a...
Author: Alan Page Date: 10/21/2006
Debugging 100A
I have a couple of posts lined up in addition to this, but while doing some blog maintenance I...
Author: Alan Page Date: 10/17/2006
Five questions with me
Michael Hunter tracked me down for his five questions interview series. The interview can be found...
Author: Alan Page Date: 10/11/2006
My Blogroll
My Blogroll
Author: Alan Page Date: 10/10/2006
Building better software with the NM model
In the course I teach for senior testers, we spend a few hours talking about different approaches to...
Author: Alan Page Date: 10/09/2006
Testing for correctness?
This morning I watched a short video where the presenters looked at a UI element and asked questions...
Author: Alan Page Date: 10/04/2006
Debugging 100
Universities typically title their introductory courses XYZ 101: Introduction to XYZ. Often, the 101...
Author: Alan Page Date: 10/02/2006
Kaner's five year plan
I usually don't write commentary about other peoples blogs, but Cem Kaner had an interesting post a...
Author: Alan Page Date: 09/21/2006
The pitfalls of multitasking
Short story is that computers do it (relatively) well, and people don't. Last year, there was a bit...
Author: Alan Page Date: 09/14/2006
My blogroll
If you read my blog through syndication, you won't know what I'm talking about. However, if you read...
Author: Alan Page Date: 09/14/2006
I'm tired of finding bugs
A rare short post from me to let you know that the latest issue of Better Software contains my...
Author: Alan Page Date: 09/07/2006
Functional testing on a budget?
Most everyone knows that these days, most Microsoft testers can write code. Let me rephrase that...
Author: Alan Page Date: 08/31/2006
The pain of the loss of a hard drive
Last week, the hard drive on my four month old thinkpad died. I've used nothing but thinkpads for...
Author: Alan Page Date: 08/30/2006
Live Writer
I had doubts about live writer working with community server, but it looks like it works. I'm also...
Author: Alan Page Date: 08/18/2006
Another test pattern template
I’ve been toying with the idea of a simpler pattern for test case design. My goal in this thought...
Author: Alan Page Date: 08/17/2006
Alan’s stupid powershell tricks #1
I mentioned last week that I am becoming a big fan of powershell, and that I think it is making me...
Author: Alan Page Date: 08/16/2006
Patterns for Test
I want to get back to my thoughts on patterns as a test design technique. There’s a lot to be...
Author: Alan Page Date: 08/14/2006
Pens and Microphones
Last week I was home taking care of a few random work issues after dinner. I was wrapping up, and,...
Author: Alan Page Date: 08/11/2006