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  • Gradually engaging your audience Ever since I first heard Luke Wroblewski talking about the concept of Gradual Engagement, I had an immediate “Oh, why didn’t I think of that?” moment....

    Gradual Engagement: Putting your users first

    Gradually engaging your audience Ever since I first heard Luke Wroblewski talking about the concept of Gradual Engagement, I had an immediate “Oh, why didn’t I think of that?” moment....

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  • Overcoming the limitations of traditional test design Test design is often a very time consuming process when it need not be.  People are often weighed further down by tools such...

    Essential mind mapping: Rapid test design.

    Overcoming the limitations of traditional test design Test design is often a very time consuming process when it need not be.  People are often weighed further down by tools such...

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  • What follows is my thoughts on testing a login process.  This originally started out as a comment on a post Santhosh Tuppad made around his ideas for testing a login...

    Test ideas for a login process

    What follows is my thoughts on testing a login process.  This originally started out as a comment on a post Santhosh Tuppad made around his ideas for testing a login...

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  • About a week or so back while browsing Adam Knight’s website, reading his latest blog entry, I had a quick read of his Bio which lead me to his company...

    An untapped sea of knowledge

    About a week or so back while browsing Adam Knight’s website, reading his latest blog entry, I had a quick read of his Bio which lead me to his company...

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  • The wee black book all battered and torn with its pages no longer bound to it’s cover, to say its seen better days would be putting it lightly!  Yet, this...

    The wee black book.

    The wee black book all battered and torn with its pages no longer bound to it’s cover, to say its seen better days would be putting it lightly!  Yet, this...

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  • Summary In the following post we look at the usage of mind maps for various testing activities such as test design, test planning, session reports, requirements analysis, self organisation, and...

    Mind Mapping 101

    Summary In the following post we look at the usage of mind maps for various testing activities such as test design, test planning, session reports, requirements analysis, self organisation, and...

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  • Summary Today’s post is a short one about a free project planning and task management product that our test team has begun using.  Links to other free alternatives are provided here...

    Project planning and task management with Teamlab

    Summary Today’s post is a short one about a free project planning and task management product that our test team has begun using.  Links to other free alternatives are provided here...

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  • This is a very quick post about usability & informing your users. As you’ve seen on my home page I do indeed have a quick testing tips section which due...

    Users have feelings too!

    This is a very quick post about usability & informing your users. As you’ve seen on my home page I do indeed have a quick testing tips section which due...

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  • 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.

    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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  • 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?

    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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