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Gaming 101, IM Spam, and Computers That Pounce

Get the software engineering slant on items from the recent news.
Rebecca Traeger
April 1, 2004
Tacit Knowledge

We’re pleased to bring you technical editors that are well respected in their fields. Get their take on everything that relates to the industry, technically speaking. In this issue, learn how to move to that level of expertise where “you just know.”
Brian Marick
April 1, 2004
Promises and Prescriptions

What if someone told you that the cure for project woes was to throw due dates out the window, stop doing so much, and embrace uncertainty? Is this a radical treatment or just snake oil? The theory of constraints says it will work. Frank Patrick will show you how.
Frank Patrick
April 1, 2004
An Elephant in the Room

We make software so that people can use it. Yet these users are so hard to define that they are often simply ignored. This six-step approach to Interaction Design can help you bring your customers down to size so that you can provide the right product for them.
Jeff Patton's picture Jeff Patton
April 1, 2004
No More Second-Class Testers!

Today's quality professionals should be more than bug finders—they should be an integral part of the development process, supplying product information throughout the application lifecycle, from requirements to release. Learn how you can be sure that your test team is diverse and skilled enough to meet these challenges.
Johanna Rothman's picture Johanna Rothman
April 1, 2004
Dear Glossary Builders

Ross Collard weighs in on whether there should be a testing/quality glossary.
Ross Collard's picture Ross Collard
March 5, 2004
FitNesse: Automated Specification

Micah Martin introduces the open source tool FitNesse.
Micah Martin
March 5, 2004
How We Got Them to Read the Writing on the Wall

Tim Van Tongeren tells the story of how an internal progress poster became a popular gathering spot and information resource.
Tim Van Tongeren
March 5, 2004
The Case of the Crashing Test Site

Tom McGreal warns you of problems that may be lurking in your deployment environment.
Tom McGreal
March 5, 2004
What's Different about Agile Management

Much has been written about how agile processes change the developer and tester roles, but what effect do they have on the manager? Learn about three “extreme” concepts and what they mean to the software manager.
Ken Schwaber
March 5, 2004

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