About Author: Darren McMillan

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Darren McMillan is a strong believer in self education and sharing his knowledge and experience with others. With a genuine passion for all things testing he actively seeks to solve the problems others tend to accept. When he is not testing or writing about his experiences, he enjoys nothing more than some quiet time with his family. A proud father to a beautiful daughter, he hopes that from leading by example he'll encourage her to follow her own dreams.

Posts by Darren McMillan

  • Task management has been something our team has never really had a good solution for.  Sure we had no problem dishing out tasks, but collating all those task’s into one...

    Our task management problem solved.

    Posted on October 21, 2010 | 4 Comments
    Task management has been something our team has never really had a good solution for.  Sure we had no problem dishing out tasks, but collating all those task’s into one...

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  • Another day, another challenge! Well word spreads fast in the land of Ciboodle, as I’d discussed in our previous team challenge “Escape! Games+testing = fun” one of the dev team...

    The Impossible Challenge?

    Posted on October 18, 2010 | 15 Comments
    Another day, another challenge! Well word spreads fast in the land of Ciboodle, as I’d discussed in our previous team challenge “Escape! Games+testing = fun” one of the dev team...

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  • A little background I recently watched Markus Gärtner’s excellent webinar “Alternative Paths For Self-Education In Software Testing”.  It was very enjoyable & I picked up a couple of things: Matthew Heusser has...

    Challenge: Escape! Games+testing = fun

    Posted on October 13, 2010 | 7 Comments
    A little background I recently watched Markus Gärtner’s excellent webinar “Alternative Paths For Self-Education In Software Testing”.  It was very enjoyable & I picked up a couple of things: Matthew Heusser has...

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  • Superpowers & obsessions I recently saw a tweet from Pradeep Soundararajan claiming to have a super power & an impressive one at that!  “I have a superpower to find bugs...

    Tales from the trenches: Proactive testing

    Posted on October 7, 2010 | 28 Comments
    Superpowers & obsessions I recently saw a tweet from Pradeep Soundararajan claiming to have a super power & an impressive one at that!  “I have a superpower to find bugs...

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  • Yesterday I tweeted “Found a bug with my favorite piece of software #jing *cries* although in fairness it’s very minor and has an easy workaround”. Now Jing really is my...

    Image, show you care!

    Posted on September 30, 2010 | 3 Comments
    Yesterday I tweeted “Found a bug with my favorite piece of software #jing *cries* although in fairness it’s very minor and has an easy workaround”. Now Jing really is my...

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  • This quick tip comes from a webinar I recently watched called “An Introduction to Lean Test Management”. I took a couple of notes from this, one of these being pick...

    Pick Charts, simplified task management?

    Posted on September 27, 2010 | 6 Comments
    This quick tip comes from a webinar I recently watched called “An Introduction to Lean Test Management”. I took a couple of notes from this, one of these being pick...

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  • I recently requested a holiday something that I’ve done many a time before.  Each time I’m asked to fill out a holiday request form, which is stored in a simple...

    The usability challenge!

    Posted on September 24, 2010 | 1 Comment
    I recently requested a holiday something that I’ve done many a time before.  Each time I’m asked to fill out a holiday request form, which is stored in a simple...

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  • The product my company provides uses tab index to control the order in which a user can tab through components on a form. This is often a pain to test...

    Developer Toolbar, a quick tab order checker

    Posted on September 20, 2010 | 3 Comments
    The product my company provides uses tab index to control the order in which a user can tab through components on a form. This is often a pain to test...

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