Tag Archives | James Christie

Chat: Using personas in testing

Published on April 10, 2011 in Archive

Hosted by Rosie Sherry I’ve long had a desire to connect UX with the testing world. UXers seem to love to get people to test their ideas and designs, but they always seem to call upon normal users. Why not professional testers? I’m convinced that us testers can add value and provide feedback on the [...]

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Motivating Staff and Traditional Techniques

Published on February 8, 2010 in Archive

Recently I’ve been thinking and writing about the effects of testing standards. The more I thought, the more convinced I became that standards, or any rigid processes, can damage the morale, and even the professionalism, of IT professionals if they are not applied wisely. The problem is that calling them “standards” implies that they are [...]

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