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How to get to number one on Google

Posted Thu, 05/08/2010 - 17:25 by Paul Gerrard

I'm glad you asked that.

If you're as lucky as me, you get regular invitations to avail yourself of the services of a SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) company who promise a range of fantastic benefits:

  • Attract More Customers!
  • Get to be number 1 on Google!
  • Increase your hit rate!
  • We make it easier to find you!
  • etcetera etcetera...

So imagine how pleased I am to say that Testela, our new test management tool has a website that ranks number one on Google...

Gerrard Consulting Merges with WMHL Consulting

Posted Wed, 28/07/2010 - 09:32 by Paul Gerrard

Gerrard Consulting is delighted to announce its merger with WMHL Consulting.

After 25 years of successful trading, we are scaling our business with the aim of becoming a significant industry player. WMHL and Susan Windsor bring extensive experience in business development and service delivery. Steve Purchase, having 40 years as an IT professional with business and service experience joins the board as Non-Exec Director.

We will continue to provide our testing assurance and consultancy services but we will offer an exciting portfolio of new services starting with Tested Trusted Requirements and Improved Business Acceptance.

Susan says “I’m really passionate and excited about our new services and to be involved in scaling a service company once again”. Steve commented “In my view, requirements are the key to ensure that software fully meets user expectations, too often projects are late or functionality is somehow missed or watered down”.

WMHL brings us marketing, business development and leadership capability that complements Gerrard Consulting's reputation for innovation in the testing industry. We will market services to support businesses wishing to improve the way they manage systems, suppliers and software acceptance. These services are founded on our new Business Story Method and are supported by our test tool, Testela. This is an exciting time for the new company.

The full news release can be found here

Anti-Regression Approaches: Impact Analysis and Regression Testing Compared and Combined: Part IV: Automated Regression Testing

Posted Mon, 19/07/2010 - 10:05 by Paul Gerrard

The fourth in a series of articles on Anti-Regression Approaches has been posted here: Part IV: Automated Regression Testing

Part I: Introduction & Impact Analysis can be found here.

Part II: Regression Prevention and Detection Using Static Techniques can be found here.

Part III: Regression Testing csan be found here.

The final article will cover management of anti-regression and sumarise the messages in this article series.

Anti-Regression Approaches: Impact Analysis and Regression Testing Compared and Combined: Part III: Regression Testing

Posted Wed, 16/06/2010 - 08:41 by Paul Gerrard

The third in a series of articles on Anti-Regression Approaches has been posted here: Part III: Regression Testing

Part I: Introduction & Impact Analysis can be found here.

Part II: Regression Prevention and Detection Using Static Techniques can be found here.

The next article will focus on Test Automation.

Anti-Regression Approaches: Impact Analysis and Regression Testing Compared/Combined - Part I: Introduction & Impact Analysis

Posted Wed, 14/04/2010 - 06:11 by Paul Gerrard

I was asked by the Eurostar team to write up a series of articles on regression, impact analysis and regression testing. The first appears here: Part I: Introduction and Impact Analysis

The Testing Uncertainty Principle

Posted Fri, 12/03/2010 - 20:19 by Paul Gerrard

On Thursday's SIGIST meeting, it was great to have such a positive reaction to my workshop and closing talk.

The Fallibility axiom (p41) tells us our sources of knowledge are undependable. The tester is a human being and prone to error. The system is being tested because we are uncertain of its behaviour or reliability. As a consequence, the plan for any test worth running cannot be relied upon to be accurate before we follow it.

Test Management Summit - Presenter Materials are now ONLINE

Posted Fri, 05/02/2010 - 00:06 by Paul Gerrard

Thanks to all the people who sponsored, facilitated, attended and supported the Workshops and the Summit last week.

We've posted the presenter materials on the TMF website here: http://uktmf.com/index.php?q=node/239

NB: you must be a logged-in registered user to see the links to the downloads. If you aren't registered already, you will need to do so here: http://uktmf.com/index.php?q=user/register

Thanks and best regards,
Paul.

Advancing Testing Using Axioms

Posted Fri, 29/01/2010 - 13:45 by Paul Gerrard

Last week I presented a talk called "Advancing Testing Using Axioms" at the First IIR Testing Forum in Helsinki, Finland.

Test Axioms have been formulated as a context-neutral set of rules for testing systems. Because they represent the critical thinking processes required to test any system, there are clear opportunities to advance the practice of testing using them.

The talk introduces "The First Equation of Testing" and discusses opportunities to use the Axioms to support test strategy development, test assessment and improvement and suggests that a tester skills framework could be an interesting by-product of the Axioms. Finally, "The Quantum Theory of Testing" is introduced.

Go to the web page for this talk.

Is Testing Last in Line?

Posted Thu, 10/12/2009 - 00:16 by Paul Gerrard

A post on the Software Testing Club, Is Testing Last in Line? seems oh so familiar to complaints (if that that is they are) heard for as long as I've been in software (and I'm in my 29th year).

I think all of the responses to the blog are reasonable - but the underlying assumption in all (most) of them is that the tester is responsible for getting:

a) involved early
b) involved heavily

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