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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Blog RSS</title><link>www.qa4sw.com//</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:13:37 +0000</pubDate><item><title><![CDATA[Why Acceptance Testing is Not User Experience Testing]]></title><link>www.qa4sw.com/BLOG/why-acceptance-testing-is-not-user-experience-testing/</link><description><![CDATA[The test plan is in place, and the chosen users are about to begin their testing.
If you are smart, the user test plan was carefully crafted to keep the user tester from finding all of the “I want this” and “we need this” quagmires that are nearly impossible to escape. Users have no concept of “requirements” and “scope creep.”
Acceptance, Not User Experience Testing
This is acceptance testing and not user experience testing.
Why?
Test plans are procedure strait jackets.
The chosen few users are]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the Bailouts Hurt So Bad]]></title><link>www.qa4sw.com/BLOG/why-the-bailouts-hurt-so-bad/</link><description><![CDATA[Why the Bailouts Hurt So Bad
March 30, 2009
The bailout plan for revitalizing the world economy included provision for massive layoff of employees in the effected businesses. Workforce reductions have two major flaws.
First, unemployment itself is a drain on the wealth of the nation.
Everyone recognizes that more jobs must be created for the economy to recover. However, the recovery plan is causing job losses. Each job that is lost reduces the amount of disposable income available for]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Web User’s Nightmare]]></title><link>www.qa4sw.com/BLOG/a-web-user-s-nightmare/</link><description><![CDATA[My daughter Rachel is getting married and for some weird reason, she asks her dad to pick out the wedding cake from Sally Sue’s Famous Cake Designs. Thankfully, she told me where to get the cake; I was thinking of the K-Mart bakery. I type “SallySuesFamousCakeDesign.com” into my browser, click the enter button and suddenly I hear ballet music and in the upper right hand corner of the screen I see what appears to be Sally in a ballerina costume flitting around a life sized cake replica of]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Google Effect - What I Hate About Websites]]></title><link>www.qa4sw.com/BLOG/the-google-effect-what-i-hate-about-websites/</link><description><![CDATA[The Google Effect - What I Hate About Websites
 I opened a national news website recently because I want to see what is going on in interior Madagascar. As I am intently perusing the news, I notice an ad for Motorcycle inner tubes in the column of ads on the right side of the page.  Suddenly I recall that the week before I was typing in the URL  “InteriorMadagascarSocietyforthepreventionofPoliticalIgnorancesociety.org” because I knew there had been some civil unrest there and I wanted to check]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gilded Edge of Exploratory Testing]]></title><link>www.qa4sw.com/BLOG/to-blog-or-not-to-blog-blog.-of-course-wed-say-that/</link><description><![CDATA[The Gilded Edge of Exploratory Testing
If the only goal of software testing is to improve product quality, then there is a lot of value being missed. Smart organizations realize that test assets developed during test effort are as valuable, or more valuable, if you consider the long-term benefit of having the right resources in place. Smarter organizations recognize that intellectual assets are the most valuable testing tools of all. What seems to be overlooked is what impacts the creation of]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why developers and testers should hate each other]]></title><link>www.qa4sw.com/BLOG/6-top-tips-for-a-tip-top-blog-2/</link><description><![CDATA[Why developers and testers should hate each other
Developers and testers should hate each other—that is until they understand the dynamics of quality. Developers and testers play critical but contradictory roles that often cause heated discussions and a general attitude of mutual disdain. But it is not necessary for developers and testers to butt heads. The first thing they must recognize is that the goals of developers are opposite the goals of testers.
Developers and Testers Have Conflicting]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Ask A Know It All for the Answer]]></title><link>www.qa4sw.com/BLOG/why-your-titles-should-be-no-longer-than-this-2/</link><description><![CDATA[Have A Question? Don't Ask A Know It All?
There are two types of “Know It all’s. There are those who actually do know it all and there those who just think they know it know it all.
The “I Think I Know It All” types are a bit pathological and will you lead you down the same path to doom and destruction. In they have a number of beneficial traits they will be very valuable if you are careful.
The "Think they know it all’s tends to draw a crowd. They like the attention and ego boost of having]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Big Data Gets in the Wrong Hands]]></title><link>www.qa4sw.com/BLOG/6-top-tips-for-a-tip-top-blog/</link><description><![CDATA[When Big Data Gets in the Wrong Hands
I was included in the recent Anthem hack. This attack put me on alert so I am more sensitive to phishing attempts. Now I am getting calls about health issues from people with foreign accents with call center noise in the background. Frankly this does not disturb me—it’s just a part of normal American life now. What does bother me, though, is the bad guys knowing too much about me.
MOVING AT INTERNET SPEED
Stolen personal information that is circulated in]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can I Patent Myself]]></title><link>www.qa4sw.com/BLOG/why-your-titles-should-be-no-longer-than-this/</link><description><![CDATA[​Can I Patent Myself
When I listen to the privacy debate it seems that the issue most people are concerned about is not what I am concerned about—protecting my identity.
Instead it appears that wanting privacy has been confused with wanting to patent oneself. We all willingly give out enough “private” information to allow our identity to be compromised as we provide information to banks and hospitals, employers, and mortgage originators as part of our normal day-to-day activity.
Identity theft]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privacy is for Old People – A Voice Out of Historyt]]></title><link>www.qa4sw.com/BLOG/welcome-to-our-blog-but-what-is-it/</link><description><![CDATA[Privacy is for Old People – A Voice Out of History
October 2001 LinkedIn’s CEO stated that only old people are concerned about privacy. 
I think he is still right.
Except for crooks, terrorists, and illegal aliens who need privacy, old people are the only ones who really care about their privacy.
The rest of us only care about who profits from our identities.
Old people usually don’t discuss private matters publicly and desire  not to have their dirty laundry hung out for all to see. Old people]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
