The Lookout

Perhaps Microsoft Should Have Tested Windows Azure More?

Posted by jstrazzere on March 6, 2012 at 5:52 AM in QA

 

So we know it's Leap Day, but what time is it?


On Wednesday, February 29th, Windows Azure experienced about 8 hours of downtime for some of its critical services. The cause? Leap Day. copyrightjoestrazzere

 

Read more at:

http://www.allthingsquality.com/2012/03/perhaps-they-should-have-tested-more.html


Any comments on this article?
Email Me

link

Have You Ever Taken The Crappy Path?

Posted by jstrazzere on February 28, 2012 at 8:34 AM in QA

 

Take The Crappy Path

 

Wikipedia defines the Happy Path as "a default scenario that features no exceptional or error conditions, and comprises the sequence of activities that will be executed if everything goes as expected."

Alan Page calls it "Simple inputs that should always work."

 

But as a professional tester, you should consider the Crappy Path.

 

Read more at:

http://www.allthingsquality.com/2012/02/take-crappy-path.html



Any comments on this article?
Email Me

link

Perhaps The Russian Space Agency Should Have Tested More?

Posted by jstrazzere on February 14, 2012 at 6:31 PM in QA

 

Not actually the Russian Mars Probe


The Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt launched on November 9th, 2011, was working immediately after launch.  But a command to start the engines wasn't successful. Instead, the spacecraft went into "safe mode" and was trapped in orbit until it splashed into the ocean two months later. copyrightjoestrazzere

Read more at:

http://www.allthingsquality.com/2012/02/perhaps-they-should-have-tested-more.html

 



Any comments on this article?
Email Me

link

How will the NFL's 2011 Season End?

Posted by jstrazzere on February 2, 2012 at 6:24 PM in Sports

 

Patriots preseason rainbow - a pot of gold at the end of the playoffs?

With Super Bowl XLVI fast approaching, I thought it would be interesting to look back on the predictions some sports writers made before the season started.

 

Read more at:

http://www.allthingsquality.com/2012/02/nfl-2011-season-predictions-revisited.html


Any comments on this article?
Email Me

link

Last Page | Page 3 of 191 | Next Page

Links

- Home
- My Profile
- Archives
- Friends
- My Photo Album

Recent Entries

- MIA - well I have been in action but not really missing...
- Troubleshooting SharePoint Issues
- SVN Release Notes with PowerShell
- Running Fitnesse with PowerShell - RESTful Tests
- Fitnesse TestRunner scripting in PowerShell

Friends

Joe Strazzere
Len DiMaggio
I.M. Testy
Elizabeth Hendrickson