Monthly Archives: January 2006

Just finished attending the Workshop on Combinatorial Testing, WOCT, this pass weekend.   I’ll have more comments about it later.  However, in preparation I highly recommend perusing http://www.pairwise.org  which is Maintained by Jacek Czerwonka   who also works on the Microsoft tool … Continue reading →

The latest issue of Better Software, Jan. 2006, had survey data from 2005 including one slide on certification. SQE has published some surveys on the subject.  The 2005 survey showed 24% certified.  In their 2004 survey, only 24.3% were certified … Continue reading →

I liked the combination of TDD and pair programming as shown on MSDN Architecture Webcast: Play the Test-Driven Development Pairing Game (Level 200)  

I probably forgot to mention that I joined the Board of the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) in December replacing an exiting board member.    I’ve always found the PNSQC a great conference and one of the best for the … Continue reading →

Another MS Tester produced a graph very similar to mine as he related Model Based Testing (MBT) [using Finite State Machines (FSM)] to "traditional" testing.