Paul Gerrard's Blog http://uktmf.com/blog/paulgerrard/ Paul's blog has MOVED. All posts, comments etc. have been copied to the new UKTMF.COM website. Please click here to see the new blog pages. en Copyright 2008 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:19:21 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Test Axioms - second attempt This blog has moved.

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If you can test when tests are always failing,
When failing tests are sometimes blamed on you,
If you can trace a path when dev teams doubt that,
Defend your test and reason with them too.

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"Paul, you devised a very interesting concept of “Project Intelligence”, a corresponding framework and a course on this topic. How would you define it, and also can you share with QAZone a little about how it “started”?"

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"What are some of the recommendations that you have for folks starting a career in testing/QA there? Also, do you have any tips that you could share with some of our “newbie” QAZone member to help them prepare for growth and success?"

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