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How Short Can Your Program Charters Be?

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Johanna Rothman

A great way to destroy a program is to avoid writing a charter. When I do assessments or work with teams, I often find that programs do not have charters, or that the charter is too big, or is missing … Continue reading →

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Are Loyalty Programs Helping or Hurting Your Product?

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Johanna Rothman

Mark and I visited his family in the Midwest. We used miles to pay for my ticket. Aside from spending 50,000 miles (is it possible to get a ticket for 25,000 miles? We haven’t in years), it cost $5 for … Continue reading →

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Product Development Survey

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Johanna Rothman

  Every two years, my good friend and colleague, Brad Goldense, gathers research about the state of product development metrics. It’s that time again. Here’s the information: GGI

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Services to the Organization

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Johanna Rothman

  There are several questioning comments on my post Testing is Not a Service: What do I mean by testing and how do I reconcile my statement with the context-driven school of testing? Let me clarify what I mean by … Continue reading →

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Testing is Not a Service

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Johanna Rothman

  I taught a one-day workshop at StarEast yesterday with Esther. I was astonished at the number of test managers who think testing is a service. Effective testing is not a service. Effective testing is an integral part of development. … Continue reading →

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Beyond Bold

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Johanna Rothman

  I’m an assertive, bold, blunt, and direct person. I try to live within the bureaucracies I encounter, but I don’t always succeed. I’m at SD West this week, where I did a half-day tutorial Monday and am presenting two … Continue reading →

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Implicit Requirements are Still Requirements

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Johanna Rothman

  I have an all-in-one machine, a fax/copier/scanner/printer, that I use for copying, scanning and primarily faxing. It’s fine fax machine. And it’s a great copier. But when I hook it up to my computer for scanning to a file, … Continue reading →

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Why Do Some Testers/Test Managers Have a Siege Mentality?

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Johanna Rothman

  I facilitated a management problem-solving session at the STARWest conference yesterday. When I was debriefing the activities, one participant said he’s met a bunch of testers and test managers who had a “siege” mentality. He was surprised by that. … Continue reading →

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Testing Design

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Johanna Rothman

  In Architects Must Write Code, several architects responded that I was too prescriptive (I’m summarizing their comments). Maybe. But I don’t think so. I’m in a nice hotel, where things just don’t work completely right. Yes, the hotel is … Continue reading →

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Do Engineers Use Their Software?

Posted on April 26, 2006 by Johanna Rothman

  My friend and colleague, Stever Robbins, has started a blog, and one of his early posts is Are engineers living on another planet? Don’t they use their software? Unfortunately, not always. It takes self-discipline and the desire to look … Continue reading →

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