http://www.carnegiequality.com Tools, Tips, and Templates for Quality Software Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:07:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently read Michael Shrivathsan's post on 7 Traits of a Successful Product Manager (well worth a read, IMO). I thought I'd take a crack at a list for Test Managers. So here's my list of 7 Successful Traits of Successful Test Managers. Communication As a test manager, you communicate ... http://www.carnegiequality.com/2007/07/03/seven-traits-of-successful-test-managers/ As testing professionals, we face problems nearly every day. A key testing resource becomes unavailable. The delivery date to test slips by 2 days, but the test dates remain frozen. Project management needs an assessment on project quality a day after the code reaches test. I ... http://www.carnegiequality.com/2007/06/28/problem-solving-techniques/ Interesting post over at test Obsessed on the definition of testing. http://www.carnegiequality.com/2007/06/21/the-definition-of-testing/ I recently posted a template for a risk management plan. The plan discusses, among other things, how to identify risk. I thought I would spend some space talking about identifying risk from a testing perspective. But first let me ask a question about why we do risk identification. ... http://www.carnegiequality.com/2007/06/20/risk-identification-a-testing-perspective/ Hot off the presses - a risk register template that you can get over here. http://www.carnegiequality.com/2007/06/13/risk-register-template-posted/ I've just posted a template for a risk management plan - you can grab it over here. Why I am posting a risk management plan on a site about testing? Well, for a couple of reasons. First, I'm trying not to limit information on my blog to testing only ... http://www.carnegiequality.com/2007/06/12/risk-management-template-posted/ I stumbled across an old article that I hadn't seen before from QualityProgramming.org called "Bug Analysis: Laying the Ground for Bug Prevention". It's a very good article on how testing can enable continuous improvement. A couple of thoughts after I read this article: In my experience, it's the role of the ... http://www.carnegiequality.com/2007/06/01/testings-role-in-improving-code/ I've just posted a new Test Plan Template. Feedback is always appreciated, so feel free to leave a comment. http://www.carnegiequality.com/2007/05/31/test-plan-template-posted/ I recently received a question on a previous post of mine about what test documentation should be pulled together for management when you get assigned to manage a test project. I've been asked this before, so I thought the answer warranted a post. Not all of us have managed a ... http://www.carnegiequality.com/2007/05/25/ive-just-been-assigned-to-manage-testing-what-next/ Hopefully no one questions the need for testing to be involved in the requirements definition process. But what should that look like? In a large number of companies I've worked with, requirements get tossed over the wall to development and testing - perhaps with some discussion between the ... http://www.carnegiequality.com/2007/05/21/the-role-of-testing-in-the-requirements-process/