| Jim's View on the world of Testing |
Someone Help me!!!!Sorry for the delay in writing!It has been 12 days since i last wrote and nothing has changed. I am still on my own, i am still no closer to getting any testing resource and i am still waiting for projects that need to be live on July 3rd. Mind you, how can the build be finished yet if the spec and requirements are not yet complete!!! Anyway, i have published the ropey test plan i did, with a list of assumptions longer than both my arms but that is all i can do!! Waiting in anticipation to get the testing started!!! See ya! 10:47 - 24 June 2008 - comments {1}Still Waiting for backup......Still sat here, on my own testing as much as i can as fast as i can.I have heard rumours of CV's being handed in but still no closer to actually interviewing someone for the senior or Junior positions. The big projects we are doing are ever changing, the slippage is awesome! At this rate i am going to have 2 weeks to test 10 weeks worth of testing accross the 3 projects! But strangely i am loving it!! I have put forward ides to change the way the testing dept should work and i think i am showing the company that i am not a complete idiot! hehe Enjoying the workload, enjoying the chance to prove to myself as well as others that i can test (to a degree anyway) and that one day i will make a good Senior tester. Untill that day arrives, i am going to keep plugging away and learn as much as i can and one day i will be a Jedi master in the world of testing. Enogh waffle, See you around! Jim 15:15 - 12 June 2008 - comments {1}What will I be?Those of you that have read my blog will be aware that my senior tester left, leaving me on my own to deal with a hole world of pain.Well, the company have now decided that i am not experienced enough to be made the senior tester :'( Instead, they have opted to look for a Junior tester and a Senior tester. So i ask what will i be? Am i still a junior tester? Can i lose the Junior tag? Will i just be a tester? if they are recruiting 2 others, they must be aware that i am single handedly trying to cope with the work load, will they reward that effort? so many questions and do few answers coming form my superiors!!!] Oh well, cant stop got too much to do, speak soon y'all! 10:49 - 6 June 2008 - comments {0}Project Managers, Friend? or Foe?One of the biggest projects we will do this year is being released to Test today.It has only half the functionality and there are Many known issues/bugs. So, why has it been released? Despite my begging for it to be held off, the PM has decided that the release to test date was Wednesday this week, as it is already 2 days late, they are going to release it and publish a list of known errors for me to avoid. I have said that i will not be testing untill the system is complete and ready, lets see how long it is before i get over ruled. Anyway, i know that PM's a;sp take a lot of abuse from various others that they filter out, so my question stands, are they a friend or Foe? Signing off Jim 16:24 - 23 May 2008 - comments {2}Casual office attireWorking in an office where Jeans T-Shirts and Trainers (sneakers) are the norm, you can imagine the relaxed atmosphere.For me, it's the best!! I can sit feeling relaxked and i feel i work better like this. However, When the MD of your biggest client 'pops' in as he is passing and catches the entire company off guard, it can look un-proffesional! Oh well these things happen! heheh 10:21 - 23 May 2008 - comments {0}Sorry!!Sorry it has been a while since my last update on here, the truth is, I am just far too busy.I am now flying solo in the test department (but only getting one wage for 2 peoples work) and the work is coming in Thick and fast!! We are attempting to build a completely new system using Endeca, no-one in the business has ever used it before, so some research is needed for em to be able to test the new technology. If anyone has any tips on Endeca and how to approach the testing of the web sites that are being driven by Endeca, your help would be greatfully received. Anyway, i promise not to leave it so long next time. There is still no news on whether they are going to recruit and if so who and at what level so i am just getting my head down, working as hard as i can and trying to prove i have the skills and confidence to be a Senior tester. Signing off for now...... 10:19 - 21 May 2008 - comments {3}Junior Senior?No, this is not a tribute to the band but a question I am still waiting to be answered!!I asked my line manager today what the decision is and he is yet to tell me!! I am now getting very worried as my manager leaves on Friday and they haven't even begun to advertise for a replacement of any sort! My guess is that it will be about 6 weeks before a replacement arrives, a replacement I sincerely believe will be a senior tester as I don't think the company are willing to gamble on me just yet! I will keep my fingers crossed though! Today I am glad I work in a relaxed office, the British summer is here! mind you, I think it really will only last another 2 days but still, soaring temperatures and I am able to wear shorts at work! A welcome relief from the heat of the office! On more than one occasion we have asked the company to invest in some air-con, but still nothing!! Oh well! I will keep you all posted as to how the recruitment drive goes, might even send you all the job spec, see if you are interested. p.s. Why don't they have spell check on this blog? hate having to cut and paste! hehe 17:18 - 12 May 2008 - comments {3}Tester going Solo!!!The test team leader (we are a team of 2 by the way) is leaving a week tomorrow.The company are yet to decide how to recruit, whether someone senior to me, or Junior. Anyway, it would seem that we have got 2 sizeable projects and all the general maintenance stuff being releases to test the week after he leaves. I am doing my best to try and warn people and to try and make arrangements for the resource shortage that will ensue. I am quite happy to work overtime and work 60 hours a week.....if they pay me for it :D Anyway, got 2 Projects to read up on! best be off! 16:35 - 8 May 2008 - comments {1}Just when you thought it was safe.....Ready to jump in to learning VBScript in a fully committed way, when someone mentions not learning something that is tied into Windows.Are there that many companies that are using a non windows OS? In my life, i have only EVER used Windows, Mac and Linux are completely foreign to me, is it worth playing with Linux at home on my laptop? Surely there is too much here for me to try and take in, certainly in one go anyway. So, based purely on my perception of market share (Windows having the lions share) that i will continue with VB. Once i am happy with it and have commited the language to my long term memory, then maybe i can explore othe languages, Operating systems etc. One step at a time, i need to walk before i try to run! Let alone enter the olympics!! Anyway, thats enough bad metaphores for one day!! 23:37 - 7 May 2008 - comments {0}It's a Big Galaxy out there!!Imagine my surprise, after a one to one meeting with my line manager, he suggests I should perhaps start to investigate the art of testing by joining forums and I find a whole new world of daunting and scary information!I want it all, I don't need it, but I want it all. I have no patience, I don't want to have to learn things, I want to be able to read a thread or at the very worst, a few pages from a book and then know all I need to. Impatience on my behalf? or is it the hangover from what I can only describe (regrettably) as a less than accademical background? I got rubbish grades from High School, didn't go to College, didn't go to Uni and have very little in the way of formal qualifications! On the other hand, I self taught and just bout scraped a pass in the ISEB foundation test. My head is all over the place, why cant I be like Johnny 5 from the film short circuit? A 2 minute read of a book over 3000 pages long and the information sticks!! Anyway, I am waffling now, wish me luck as I embark on a journey through the SQAForums and hopefully I can begin to understand what I need, what I want and how to achieve it! Jim 12:07 - 7 May 2008 - comments {1} |
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