I.T. Training Costs
How does your organisation get the most for its money? Leslie Allan recently wrote a post on the Business Performance site outlining some top tips to keep training costs at a manageable level. There were some really useful ideas such as organising informal lunchtime sessions run by department experts. These sessions can take as little as 10 minutes and will add real value to your organisation.
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Getting Documentation Right
Most software developers would rather write code than documentation. The Agile Manifesto specifically values ‘working software over comprehensive documentation’. However we’re all aware that some documentation is essential so how do we ensure its quality? Anders Dinsen has written a great post covering the questions we should ask when writing documentation to make sure it is relevant and useful.
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Are testers just bug hunters?
There are still a few people in every organisation who seem to think that testers are just ‘bug hunters’. At SoftEd we know that isn’t the case, they contribute a lot to software development projects and find all sorts of things that impact the success of projects. James Bach has written about ‘What Testers Find’ summing up some of these considerations. If you would like to hear more from James he’ll be in Australia and New Zealand in June and July running his Rapid Software Testing course.
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STANZ
In August Software Education is running its testing conference for the 10th year running. STANZ is Australasia’s premier software testing conference. And it’s not just us who thinks so, last year uTest voted us one of the top ten global testing conferences!
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SoftEd Profile: Sharon Robson
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This month we’d like to shine the light on Sharon Robson (B.Sc(Hons), Grad.Dip.IT, ISTQB CTFL, CTAL-ATA, CTAL-ATM, CTAL-TTA).
With over 17 years’ experience in software testing, software development and business analysis, Sharon is a talented trainer who develops and delivers training courses at all levels.
Sharon is a frequent speaker on software testing and certification at industry events, including STANZ, Agile Australia Conference, ANZTB Conference, ISTQB Special Interest Groups (SIG), Test Professional Network (TPN) and at the STARWEST Conference.
In her spare time, Sharon researches and writes papers on Agile test approaches in various business domains. Sharon is currently directing her efforts towards enhancing and elaborating Agile approaches for implementation in the testing area. In 2010 Sharon was recognised as one of the 13 most influential women Software Testers in the world, by US magazine Software Test & Performance.
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