MichaelF

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I have been a tester, or led test groups, for over 15 years. Working in Windows, *nix and distributed environments I've come in as the first part of QA and built groups or joined existing groups. I like process and am an evangelist for process improvement. I also dabble in tool smithing, while I am not a great coder I stick with it and have built up a nice array of tools over the years in Perl, Ruby and PowerShell. I've also used a lot of tools and have been busy as well over in the SQAForums.com site for a number of years.

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May 12	answered	How do you approach a new project from a testing perspective?
May 11	comment	What kind of testing should a developer do before passing a build to the QA team? If its presented right it can go over well, other environments might be more receptive than your own.
May 11	comment	What kind of testing should a developer do before passing a build to the QA team? I disagree glowcoder, I've seen this work in Agile shops, or on Scrum teams when looking at determining whether code is done. I've even done this on small teams when getting builds and doing an "interview" with the developer about what to test.
May 11	answered	What kind of testing should a developer do before passing a build to the QA team?
May 10	awarded	Beta
May 10	answered	Blogs to follow to further learning
May 10	comment	Should programmers run automated tests written by QA? I've heard that but I don't believe in it, if the tests are a shared framework then certainly but if we are talking in the context of QA driven tests then Developers should not be updating them. If the change is a change that is supposed to be there, and hte tests are out of date, QA needs to update with new information. If the change is a wider ranging issue then the Developers should fix and let the test pass.
May 10	comment	What are key properties of great QA team member? I was always a booster of the "loves to learn" concept, if the person is not going to grow in the position why am I hiring? If I want hands to do the same thing all the time I'll set up automation, I want someone who can absorb and grow in the position.
May 10	answered	What are the different things to capture in a Test Case?
May 10	awarded	Commentator
May 10	comment	Maintaining automation framework for different browsers like IE and FF I agree with Jason, I did the same thing when I was maintaining Selenium tests, I scripted it in IE then ran them in FireFox when needed. The was less breakage that way than converting from FF to IE.
May 10	comment	Should QA be able to code tests? I've seen testers who know how to code and have found coding errors that the Developers made and missed, this is a rarity but it is useful in situations. I don't code, or do it well, but I know how to read and dive in and follow it enough to narrow down issues. I may make a suggestion but its not going to be code specific but I may ask why something is done that way and strike up a conversation.
May 9	answered	How often do you run long automated user acceptance tests?
May 6	comment	UAT involvement ...and in many places is the closest you can get and often you won't even get that much because those people are handling issues from the last release!
May 6	comment	How to organize test documentation? While I agree One Note works, it does to a point. Once you get to a certain size in your documents it becomes unworkable and I've seen it crash and lose pages with work often. Maybe there are better ways to structure it I've just found using SharePoint as a document repository works better.
May 6	answered	How do you tell a programmer they're not testing their own code enough?
May 6	comment	Estimating a testing project Very true, although I haven't been in that world. I've done small companies and start-ups where people are all fired up to get projects going. Usually from presenting the idea to the group then scheduling all in the same meeting.
May 5	awarded	Teacher
May 5	comment	Capturing screen shots in selenium tests I did it when I had to know a specific page layout and wanted more than just text verification, sometimes text placement was key. It all depends on your requirements.
May 5	answered	How to deal with automation naysayers?