Bj Rollison

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Principal Test Lead in Microsoft's Windows Phone team.

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Mar 26	comment	What are features of MS Visual Studio Coded UI Test framework that are not present in other tools? No problem Kate. Let me know if I can be of assistance.
Feb 8	comment	Should A Formal Test Plan For Dynamic String Testing Include All Combinations? Joe, the "research" on random combinations is a random selection from all possible combinations, and not simply randomly selecting combinations and how the random selections are performed is also a factor. In general, a well-known combinatorial tool such as Hexawise, PICT, ACTS, etc. is a more viable solution in this case. I would also recommend reading csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/acts/Crosstalk0806KuhnLeiKacker.pdf
Jan 29	comment	Automated network capture and analysis? Yep....I read past that part :-)
Jan 22	comment	How to read data from Excel by using loops? I see it very differently, the question is about refactoring test automation.
Jan 4	comment	Industry standard on testing zoom levels Your right Sam. As my eyes get older I am very thankful of the ability to zoom :-). Another place we use zoom quite often is when presenting a site or projecting the desktop for a wider audience.
Dec 17	comment	Should I re-test fix at system level when the issue is at unit level? It is really sad to believe that people still promote a "don't trust developer" attitude. I trust my developers, and they trust me. Dec and test should have a symbiotic relationship of mutual trust and respect. Also, any dev who only looks for the easiest fix without considering the ramifications of that fix is either lazy or incompetent. It is unfortunate if that is your experience, but it is certainly not the behavior of "most" developers I've met.
Dec 17	comment	Should I re-test fix at system level when the issue is at unit level? It is really sad to believe that people still promote a "don't trust developr
Nov 28	comment	UI test automation tools for Windows Phone 8 metro apps? Windows RT is currently in use on the Surface using the ARM chipset. The question was about automating tests on Windows Phone platforms.
Nov 27	comment	Mutation testing: is it useful for assessing test quality? Henry, you make some very good arguments in favor of mutation testing for testing the effacacy of unit tests on private builds. I was speaking from a higher level perspective of integration testing of components and system level testing, and should have clarified that.
Nov 20	comment	Are metrics something important? CMMI is actually a model for continuous process improvement which is tangential to a development lifecycle model.
Nov 14	comment	Should tester fix bugs? @bytebuster...your perspective is interesting, but you shouldn't be secure in your certainty wrt large companies. I have been at MS for 18 years in multiple product groups and have never been in a group that used a v-model as the SDLC and instead use some form of a cyclic model. But, as I have said, you experience may be different, and perceptions based on unsubstantiated hearsay are rarely reflect reality.
Nov 14	comment	Should tester fix bugs? @bytebuster tests at all levels are performed throughout all phases of the SDLC. The concept of 'levels of testing' is intended to increase the scope of testing coverage and potentially minimizing duplication. And really...you want to point me to an archaic V-model SDLC...really? Also, just as an FYI...my team does integration level testing (e-2-e coverage of components between UI and cloud) and we run tests on every new build at least once per day. You might want to see testingmentor.com/imtesty/2011/06/25/levels-of-testing for more on levels of testing.
Nov 14	comment	Which are the prevention activities that QA executes? @dzieciou, yes absolutely which is why I stated that we do code reviews prior to check-ins. Perhaps it is unclear that "we" refers to my test team :-)
Nov 14	comment	Should tester fix bugs? @bytebuster, based on your house analogy then logically we should not rely on the validity of unit tests since developers write the code and they also write the unit tests. So, it would then follow that it is wasteful to invest in writing unit tests. But, we know that is fallacious. Also, your assertion that testers compromise by "accepting/sticky-tape-fixing" is ridiculous. As is your assertion that specs are the ultimate judge and the role of the tester is to prove things are working. These are archaic and antiquated prejudices. Perhaps this has been your experience, but certainly not mine.
Oct 29	comment	Open-source functional testing automation tools for testing Silverlight based applications White is an automation framework that can be used to design and develop tests for rich clients (GUI automation).
Oct 11	comment	When should I do regression testing during each sprint? Well, we really don't have enough context here. We don't know if they are getting daily builds. One could argue that with daily builds the entire suite could be exercised over cumulative builds, but that could potentially overlook something. We also don't know the cost (time to run) of the regression suite, or if the tests in the regression suite are the appropriate tests or just a bunch of things accumulated into a set over some period of time. Also, I will say "agile with no automated tests" is a big red flag to me that there are probably bigger problems.
Sep 26	comment	How to write a test case for CAPTCHA code Not necessarily...but it reduces the risk that the captcha generator will produce a captcha that can be read by robots. I will also say that building a dummy captcha generator and automating via the UI is a lot of overhead with little overall value since validating the generated captcha codes can be more efficiently done at the unit/component level.
Sep 23	comment	How to write a test case for CAPTCHA code Are you testing the captcha generator, or are you testing a web page that incorporates a 3rd party captcha generator to sign-in?
Sep 13	comment	Fail over testing Terminology This is a rare instance I find myself respectfully disagreeing with Kate's advice. It is certainly important to clarify meaning and reach a mutual understanding of terminology. But a common terminology and professional jargon is important for communicating with other professionals internally as well as externally.
Aug 2	comment	What is the best way to handle minor intermittent automation failures during cross browser testing? Just to be clear, the 99% confidence is in the test not aborting prematurely or reporting a failure due to reliability issues (but yes, sometimes that does occur). All failures in our critical test suites get high level visibility and folks will stop other work to investigate these failures.