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      <title>On Collaboration</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;br /&gt;Management has listened to our problems working with remote developers and testers and are willing to spend money on additional tools. Since we<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>re already working with Skype and &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;External link&quot; href=&quot;http://<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>T</strong></del>ypewith.me&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Typewith.me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt; we<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>re missing a desktop sharing application and have now a likely candidate that management like.</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;br /&gt;Management has listened to our problems working with remote developers and testers and are willing to spend money on additional tools. Since we<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>re already working with Skype and &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;External link&quot; href=&quot;http://<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>t</strong></ins>ypewith.me<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>/</strong></ins>&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Typewith.me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt; we<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>’</strong></ins>re missing a desktop sharing application and have now a likely candidate that management like.</blockquote><blockquote>- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Features you<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>re likely to use (with explanation)<br>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Features you<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>re not likely to use (with explanation)</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Features you<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>re likely to use (with explanation)<br>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Features you<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>re not likely to use (with explanation)</blockquote><blockquote>- &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Did you find any bugs that detract from its value <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€“</strong></del> to ease the remote working with developers and testers?</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Did you find any bugs that detract from its value <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>–</strong></ins> to ease the remote working with developers and testers?</blockquote><blockquote>- &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please create a small report for each group using &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;External link&quot; href=&quot;http://<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>T</strong></del>ypewith.me&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Typewith.me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;. A short executive summary at the beginning of the report would be appreciated.</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please create a small report for each group using &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;External link&quot; href=&quot;http://<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>t</strong></ins>ypewith.me<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>/</strong></ins>&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Typewith.me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;. A short executive summary at the beginning of the report would be appreciated.</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Put it on the Board</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;br /&gt;Employ domain testing techniques (<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€œ</strong></del>Divide and Conquer The Data<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€</strong></del>) on the sticky notes in cork-board application to find bugs.</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;br /&gt;Employ domain testing techniques (<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&quot;</strong></ins>Divide and Conquer The Data<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&quot;</strong></ins>) on the sticky notes in cork-board application to find bugs.</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Scenario Maps</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;/<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>p&gt;<br><br>&lt;p</strong></del>&gt;Test Bing Maps and bring up test scenarios. Create a list of scenarios with users of the system and how they interact with the system. Write your scenarios as narratives <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€“</strong></del> mini <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€œ</strong></del>soap operas<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€</strong></del>, as they<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>re described &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;External link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.logigear.com/resource-center/software-testing-articles-by-logigear-staff/246-soap-opera-testing.html&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;. (Note: scroll down to the bottom of the page for some examples, the article is quite long.)</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>br </strong></ins>/&gt;Test Bing Maps and bring up test scenarios. Create a list of scenarios with users of the system and how they interact with the system. Write your scenarios as narratives <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>–</strong></ins> mini <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&quot;</strong></ins>soap operas<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&quot;</strong></ins>, as they<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>re described &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;External link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.logigear.com/resource-center/software-testing-articles-by-logigear-staff/246-soap-opera-testing.html&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;. (Note: scroll down to the bottom of the page for some examples, the article is quite long.)</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>So how much are you Worth</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;/<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>p&gt;<br><br>&lt;p</strong></del>&gt;This Flash app generates barcodes <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€“</strong></del> but how? Can you find how it<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>s calculating them? Find the highest value that you can, and report invalid values.</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>br </strong></ins>/&gt;This Flash app generates barcodes <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>–</strong></ins> but how? Can you find how it<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>s calculating them? Find the highest value that you can, and report invalid values.</blockquote><blockquote>- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;External link&quot; href=&quot;http://weekendtesting.com/archives/1<br>64&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;EWT16&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong><br>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br></strong></del>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;External link&quot; href=&quot;http://weekendtesting.com/archives/1<br>64&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;EWT16&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Friday Challenge</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;br /&gt;The world could end in five minutes! You&#039;re currently in the office using a program that a wannabe programmer &quot;Tiffany Swift&quot; has developed for your team. It requires you to be present to press a key every 3 minutes. Your boss is expecting the results from this program when it completes! He<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>’</strong></del>s stressed; it<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>’</strong></del>s very important.</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;br /&gt;The world could end in five minutes! You&#039;re currently in the office using a program that a wannabe programmer &quot;Tiffany Swift&quot; has developed for your team. It requires you to be present to press a key every 3 minutes. Your boss is expecting the results from this program when it completes! He<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>s stressed; it<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>s very important.</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Impossible Mission</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;br /&gt;What<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>s inherently wrong with this form?</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;br /&gt;What<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;’</strong></ins>s inherently wrong with this form?</blockquote><blockquote>- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;External link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bettertesting.co.uk/content/?p=19<br>&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Darren McMillan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a class=&quot;wiki external&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;External link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bettertesting.co.uk/content/?p=19<br>&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Darren McMillan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong><br>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br></strong></ins>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>To Err is Human</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;wiki external&quot;  href=&quot;http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2<br><br>7/<br>8/failure-usability.html&quot;&gt;http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2<br><br>7/<br>8/failure-usability.html&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong> (external link)</strong></del><br>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;wiki external&quot;  href=&quot;http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2<br><br>7/12/discombobulation-testing.html&quot;&gt;http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2<br><br>7/12/discombobulation-testing.html&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong> (external link)</strong></del></blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;wiki external&quot;  href=&quot;http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2<br><br>7/<br>8/failure-usability.html&quot;&gt;http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2<br><br>7/<br>8/failure-usability.html&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;<br>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;wiki external&quot;  href=&quot;http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2<br><br>7/12/discombobulation-testing.html&quot;&gt;http://www.questioningsoftware.com/2<br><br>7/12/discombobulation-testing.html&lt;span class=&quot;icon icon-link-external fas fa-external-link-alt &quot;   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Visually Thinking Software through with Models</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;p&gt;This week<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>s mission, is to make some models and compare notes about how successful this strategy is for varying levels of model size/complexity. Since all iGoogle gadgets have some type of specification, I picked a few google gadgets:</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;p&gt;This week<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>s mission, is to make some models and compare notes about how successful this strategy is for varying levels of model size/complexity. Since all iGoogle gadgets have some type of specification, I picked a few google gadgets:</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>When A Bug Isn't Fixed</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;br /&gt;On Monday, January 1<br> 2<br>11, Ajay Balamurugadas tweeted, <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€œ</strong></del>When programmer has fixed a problem, he marks the prob as fixed. Programmer is often wrong. <del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€“</strong></del> #Testing computer software book Me: why?<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€</strong></del></blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;br /&gt;On Monday, January 1<br> 2<br>11, Ajay Balamurugadas tweeted, <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&quot;</strong></ins>When programmer has fixed a problem, he marks the prob as fixed. Programmer is often wrong. <ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>–</strong></ins> #Testing computer software book Me: why?<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>W</strong></ins></blockquote><blockquote>- &lt;p&gt;<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€œ</strong></del>Challenge for you: think of at least ten reasons why the programmer might be wrong in marking a problem fixed. I<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>ll play too. #testing<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€</strong></del></blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;p&gt;<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&quot;</strong></ins>Challenge for you: think of at least ten reasons why the programmer might be wrong in marking a problem fixed. I<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>ll play too. #testing<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&quot;</strong></ins></blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 18:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Writing a failing Test with Watir</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>- &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Shed some light on the utility of writing failing tests for a bug that<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>s been found. Is it a useful way to record what happened or is there too much overhead involved? I<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong>â€™</strong></del>ve heard both sides and would like to investigate this for myself.</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Shed some light on the utility of writing failing tests for a bug that<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>s been found. Is it a useful way to record what happened or is there too much overhead involved? I<ins class="diffchar inserted"><strong>&#039;</strong></ins>ve heard both sides and would like to investigate this for myself.</blockquote><blockquote>- &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;References:&lt;/strong&gt;<del class="diffchar deleted"><strong><br></strong></del>&lt;/p&gt;</blockquote><blockquote>+ &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;References:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</blockquote>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 18:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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