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Rethinking Equivalence Class Partitioning, Part 1

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Wikipedia’s article on equivalence class partitioning (ECP) is a great example of the poor thinking and teaching and writing that often passes for wisdom in the testing field. It’s narrow and misleading, serving to imply that testing is some little … Continue reading →

Accountability for What you Say is Dangerous and That’s Okay

by Association for Software Testing | Syndicated

[Note: I offered Maaret Pyhäjärvi the right to review this post and suggest edits to it before I published it. She declined.] A few days ago I was keynoting at the New Testing Conference, in New York City, and I … Continue reading →

How Michael Bolton and I Collaborate on Articles

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(Someone posted a question on Quora asking how Michael and I write articles together. This is the answer I gave, there.) It begins with time. We take our time. We rarely write on a deadline, except for fun, self-imposed deadlines … Continue reading →

CC to Everyone

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I sent this to someone who’s angry with me due to some professional matter we debated. A colleague thought it would be worth showing you, too. So, for whatever it’s worth: I will say this. I don’t want anyone to … Continue reading →

The Bestselling Software Intended for People Who Couldn’t Use It.

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In 1983, my boss, Dale Disharoon, designed a little game called Alphabet Zoo. My job was to write the Commodore 64 and Apple II versions of that game. Alphabet Zoo is a game for kids who are learning to read. … Continue reading →

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