Dateline: July 24, 2014
by PNSQC
Most employers, especially those charting rapid growth, are in a bind when it comes to filling out their SQA engineering team. Hiring just senior level talent usually isn’t an option; either they’ll bust the budget or there simply aren’t enough to go around. And … Read more
Dateline: July 23, 2014
by PNSQC
Everybody loves to talk about their success stories. But at this year’s PNSQC conference in October, Heather Wilcox will challenge attendees to brag about their biggest failures.
What’s this, a technical session devoted to “fail”??? Yes. In fact, Heather believes it’s vital to air … Read more
PNSQC is having a contest to find the best photo communicating this year’s theme, Bridges to Quality. How do you see the “Bridges to Quality” around you in everyday life? Submit your photos or vote for your favorities.
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Last updated July 11, 2014
Everything open source (and we mean everything)
From the early days of open source, OSCON has been the only event that covers the open source stack in its entirety. Not just one language, tool, or philosophy, but all of … Read more
Dateline: June 18, 2014
by Anurag Sharma
Lee Iacocca adequately summarized the importance of people when he said “Management is nothing more than motivating other people.”
Project management theories put forward by management gurus in the 20th century are derived from the manufacturing industry and focus more on schedule, time, … Read more
At the June 10, PNSQC Meetup, Juliana Arrighi, reprised her presentation from the Write the Docs conference which was held in Portland OR in May. The presentation generated a lot of audience participation and was well received. A short description (from the Write the Docs Conference) follows.
Information delivery doesn’t … Read more
Last updated June 16, 2014
Open Source Bridge is an annual conference focused on building open source community and citizenship through four days of technical talks, hacking sessions, and collaboration opportunities. Participants include developers, hardware hackers, community organizers, and people involved in the business … Read more
Just as software quality isn’t only demonstrated in products, information delivery doesn’t stop at source code. ‘Biological documentation’ — the knowledge shared by individuals on a team — is also an important part of the software quality picture.
Jules, technical trainer … Read more
