Forthcoming from Jerry Weinberg: Perfect Software -- And Other Illusions About Testing

Gerald M. Weinberg's forthcoming Dorset House title,
Perfect Software -- And Other Illusions About Testing,
sets out to disprove destructive notions about testing and testers.

Everyone has a role to play in software testing -- even
people outside a project team. Testers, developers,
managers, customers, and users shape the process and
results of testing, often unwittingly. Rather than continue
to generate stacks of documents and fuel animosity, testers
can cultivate rich opportunities and relationships by
integrating an effective testing mentality into any process.

We test because people are not perfect, and simply testing
"more" does not guarantee better quality. This book guides
test strategy development that's scalable for any project.

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Customers on Adrenaline Junkies [Amazon.com]

Check out the customer reviews of ADRENALINE JUNKIES
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--Erlo Banfield, posted on Amazon.com


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Ashbacher on ADRENALINE JUNKIES [Journal of Object Technology]

Charles Ashbacher recently reviewed the new Dorset House
title ADRENALINE JUNKIES AND TEMPLATE ZOMBIES:

"Unless you have been blessed to a level that no one to
my knowledge has ever been or you have never worked,
then there will be patterns in this book that will cause your
head to nod in agreement. Using colorful language on
occasion and consistent blunt talk, the authors tell it
straight, providing advice that pulls the facade off of some
of the common notions of what makes a project work. . . .

Read the full review in the Journal of Object Technology:
http://www.jot.fm/books/review20/index.html

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