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Anne-Marie Charrett

Anne-Marie Charrett

Tech Leadership. Founder of Testing Times. Anne-Marie advocates a whole quality approach to modern engineering practises. Author Quality Coaching Book. Keynote Speaker Founder SpeakEasy Diversity.

How many 70's references can you pick up?

How many 70's references can you pick up?

OK, I’m really not one to get into bragging, but I just can’t help tell you all about this one, because I am so excited!‌‌I’ve been asked to be a weekly contributor to QuickTestingTips.com [https://dailytestingtip.blogspot.com/] (QTT to those in the know). I

Holding the cat by the tail

Holding the cat by the tail

I thought Jack Margo’s interview by UTest [http://blog.utest.com/testing-the-limits-with-jack-margo-svp-of-developer-shed-part-1/2009/09/] was very interesting. What caught my eye was the following statement: > The days of specialists are mostly killed from the recession…you have to be flexible and know multiple disciplines to exist in today’

Test Tools for Covert Operations

I have one of my clients to thank for this tip. I was performing some software testing recently on a product that had both a software and hardware element to it. The unique setup of the laptop, and peripheral equipment meant I that there was only one test environment available.

It's all about the context

It's all about the context

Kem Caner in his post on what is context-driven testing [http://www.satisfice.com/kaner/?p=45] writes on the difference between context-driven and context-aware: “Similarly, some people create standards, like IEEE Standard 829 for test documentation, because they think that it is useful to have a standard to lay

In search of the ultimate bug tracking tool

In search of the ultimate bug tracking tool

As many of you know, I’ve been on the hunt for a bug tracking tool for a while now and I’m glad to say the hunt is over. I needed this bug tracking tool to meet some key criteria. 1) It had to be easy to install. Startups

A CIO's pain....a software tester's gain?

“In April, the CBA announced it would replace the traditional measurement of IT performance – the service level agreement – with customer feedback reports which impact employee remuneration directly.” so the IT news reports. As a result, CIO Michael Harte accepted a reduced paypacket following a June outage. The full article can

Pre Software Testing Checklist for Startups

Pre Software Testing Checklist for Startups

Most Startups will not use large amounts of documentation unless it adds value. In an environment where the one thing you can rely on is change, sometimes it doesn’t pay to put too much detail down in formal software test plans. That’s why I am in such a