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	Promises and Prescriptions[magazine] 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[magazine] 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 April 1, 2004
	No More Second-Class Testers![magazine] 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 April 1, 2004
	Multiprojecting: The Illusion of Progress[article] Think working on five projects at once will make great results appear like magic? Don't be so sure. The price your team pays by switching from one project to another could make your productivity disappear. Johanna Rothman reveals the smoke and mirrors behind the illusion of multiprojecting.	Johanna Rothman March 18, 2004
	Dear Glossary Builders[magazine] Ross Collard weighs in on whether there should be a testing/quality glossary.	Ross Collard March 5, 2004
	FitNesse: Automated Specification[magazine] Micah Martin introduces the open source tool FitNesse.	Micah Martin March 5, 2004
	How We Got Them to Read the Writing on the Wall[magazine] 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[magazine] 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[magazine] 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
	Practical Career Advancement[magazine] A word from the Technical Editor	Brian Marick March 5, 2004
	Logical Capture/Replay[magazine] Wouldn’t it be great if test scripts were written in terms of what they were trying to accomplish instead of in terms of which button to click? It would certainly make them a lot less fragile, and much easier to understand. Find out how capture/replay at the business and control logic level can help you accomplish this goal.	Michael Silverstein March 5, 2004
	Let SQA Be Your Guide[magazine] Pinocchio had Jiminy Cricket; your company has Software Quality Assurance. Both are intended not to enforce good practices, but to encourage them. Find out how SQA can effectively serve an organization.	W. Mark Manduke March 5, 2004
	Bread Crumbs[article] A cautious project manager knows that all projects are at risk of failure. This week, Peter Clark explains how taking the time to leave a formal trail of communication between you and your customers can lead to a fairy-tale ending.	Peter Clark March 4, 2004
	Go with the Bug Flow[magazine] How do you know when your software is done? How do you determine which bugs need to be fixed and which can be tabled for "someday"? Robert Sabourin defines a seven-step process for establishing an effective bug triage system.	Robert Sabourin February 27, 2004
	Inside the Mind of an Exploratory Tester[magazine] Among the hardest things to explain is something that everyone already knows. We all know how to listen, how to read, how to think, and how to tell anecdotes about the events in our lives. As adults, we do these things every day. Yet the level possessed by the average person of any of these skills may not be adequate for certain special situations.Exploratory tester James Bach describes eight key skills that expert explorers possess, and how you can develop them too.	James Bach February 16, 2004

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