Favorite Resources for 2006 - Round 1

What I’ve been reading / getting inspiration from in 2006

• » Articles - James Bach - Satisfice, Inc. Articles and other resourcers from one of the thought leaders in the software testing/QA world.
• » Bret Pettichords Software Testing Hotlist compilation of many interesting testing resources
• » Brian Marick - Writings Articles and other resourcers from one of the thought leaders in the software testing/QA world.
• » Can we ship yet Very interesting view on the multiple streams/versions problem, counting on SCM capabilities to ease the problem.
• » Cem Kaner - Publications Articles and other resourcers from one of the thought leaders in the software testing/QA world.
• » CM Crossroads - Home The ultimate independent resource for CM material
• » Cultural Fits and Starts From the hiring expert, a focus on the cultural aspects (too often ignored)
• » Data Driven Test Automation Frameworks Thought-inducing paper on how testing harnesses should look like. Very relevant when thinking about Automation
• » DefectTrackingPatterns Initial work on defect tracking patterns
• » Eric Sinks Weblog A remarkable blog mixing development and business/marketing, especially applicable to all of us in small companies - both ISVs and startups.
• » Grove Consultants Software Testing Great material, the highlight being an interview test for testers Ive been using successfully.
• » Hacknot Anonymous writer provides cynic homurous view on issues which will sound right at home for any manager of developers/testers
• » Hacknot - Interview With The Sociopath As usual, a cynic but beneficial view, this time a spin on interviewing.
• » High-level Best Practices in SCM Interesting practices/patterns provided by Perforce but with quite a generic appeal
• » Interviews Highlights of Interviews with leading people in the testing world. Use as pointers - if someone is interesting go read their works…
• » Joel on Software
• » Quality Tree Software, Inc. - Publications A single location for the works of one of my favorite content-providers on stickyminds.com
• » Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. - Writings & Presentations Articles and other resourcers from one of the thought leaders in the Product Management / Software development/Testing / Agile world
• » Slashdot | Bug Tracking Across Multiple Code Streams? Interesting view on how to handle the multiple code streams issue tracking problem. Not groundbreaking, but a good summary on what approaches are being used out there
• » Software Development, Computer Programming, Software Design - developer.* - DeveloperDotStar.com a repository for lots of development-related essays/articles, focusing on a pragmatic view of the complex world we work in
• » Software Reconstruction: Patterns for Reproducing Software Builds very interesting pragmatic work on the relatively uncharted domain of software builds
• » Software Testing and Quality Assurance Online Forums Used mainly for looking for tool-related answers, quite legacy-focused in my oppinion.
• » Source Control HOWTO basic concepts of SCM from the developer of SourceVault ( A VSS replacement system)
• » StickyMinds Home Page Stickyminds is a vast repository of essays from various thought-leaders in the development/QA world. It’s the web presence of “Better Software Magazine” which is an interesting magazine (but probably not worth the subscription these days)
• » Streamed Lines: Branching Patterns for Parallel Software Development the groundbreaking pattern work for SCM world by Brad Appleton
• » The Guerrila Guide to interviewing a classic from Joel on interviewing