Revolution IT Project Management team update
Welcome to the first blog from the Revolution IT Project Management team for 2012. The team has been working extremely hard during the last quarter of 2011, and throughout the first quarter of 2012, to establish a strong practice. We have strengthened our existing client relationships and engagements, while pursuing new opportunities and creating ...Perception in the workplace. How are you being perceived?
Today, I am going to talk about something which affects all of us; In the workplace, at home, and in life in general. For the focus point of this article, I will relate it to IT, testing, and projects specifically. Perception in the workplace is something that I have personally had good and bad experiences with, and it is from these learnings, expe ...
An interview with Revolution IT CEO Jamie Duffield
Jamie Duffield has recently been appointed as CEO of Revolution IT, a successful company which he and two other ambitious partners started over 12 years ago. We took some time to sit down with Jamie and ask him some questions about the company, its beginnings, future, and a few other tid bits. Here’s what happened: Q) Jamie, thanks for taking ...
Starship “Testing” Troopers: You’re being overrun by bugs
A cult film entitled “Starship Troopers” resides permanently in my memory. There are many reasons for this, some of which I can’t mention here :), but I believe that it encapsulates the life of a tester quite nicely. For the uninitiated, Starship Troopers tells the tale of a human interstellar war against “the bugs”. I ...
The Last Boy Scout
The ‘Last Boy Scout’ was a typical Bruce Willis movie packed full of action and coarse language, but how does this relate to testing? Apart from the fact that some projects I have worked on had plenty of action and coarse language, one of the mottos held dear to the scouts is: “Always be prepared”, and as a tester you should do the same. A lot of ...
Cross-browser Testing: Crucial, but Commonly Untested
I would like to discuss a form of testing, which I have scarily seen “forgotten about” in many projects with web facing applications, or even with internal applications but with multiple browsers installed in their environments. In my career in software testing, I’ve worked on many projects where they have either: Only considered testing their..
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Self Education (Part 1)
If you had asked me 5 years ago, “how many books have you read?” It would have been a very short answer from me… “Ah, two… I think!” There still hasn’t been a significant increase to that number, but it is consistently rising. I tend to test books… Not like I test software though, because..
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Remembering Steve Jobs
Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family of one of the most inspirational people of all time, Steve Jobs. An innovator, family man, leader, and an all round amazing human being who never gave up his dreams. His legacy will always remain in the history books, but his..
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Start with the end in mind
Steven Covey got it right when he suggested “Start with the end in mind”. I’m regularly disappointed when I see automated testing projects fail. There are many reasons but a recurring problem I see is related to a total lack of planning around transitioning an automation project into BAU. No-one has really thought about what..
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Program Test Management…
It’s true what they say… “You can’t do it alone”. Who are they? Anyone who has program test managed! I’ve done this a couple of times, and I’m doing it again now. I’m sure you can all understand how difficult it can be at times managing one complex project, but when you throw five or..
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