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Phoenix, Arizona Area United States
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Critical Thinker | Software Tester | Analyst | Writer
Industry
Technology / Software / Internet
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I test software. My job as a tester is to provide information about software products that helps the team make good decisions about those products. Testers can't ensure (or "assure") quality; we can reveal it, and help figure out what to do about poor quality.
I consider myself to be what James Bach calls a "test jumper" (see http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/1372). At Deltacom I was a "team of one", the only tester in the entire development organization. I was not only a tester, but also a test manager, test advocate, and eventually a project leader. My testing skills allowed rapid deployment of key enterprise level reporting and provisioning systems, and help improve the IT team's...
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