Test Obsessed

Some years ago I had lunch with a QA specialist who invited me to visit him at work. He wanted to show off how he had used a macro recorder to automate his testing. Over lunch I offered the opinion that test automation is a programming activity. The QA specialist vehemently disagreed with . . . → Read More: Random Thoughts on Record-and-Playback

I knew I should have updated my WordPress installation. But it seemed like I always had something more urgent on my plate. I’ve been living in Quadrant 1 for too long. Quadrant 2 tasks—those that are important but not (yet) urgent—have languished until, through the natural course of events, they became urgent. Like, oh say, when . . . → Read More: New Look & Feel

An Ode to W. Edwards Deming at Holiday Time

The holidays have begun taking their toll on my sanity.

My eldest daughter has become inordinately fond of the mind-numbingly repetitive 12 Days of Christmas song and has been forcing me to sing it every night. If she were 5 or 6 years old, I would think her . . . → Read More: The Twelve Project Meetings