For about twenty years, I have been involved in Information Technology (IT) in both the public and private sectors. I have been a business analyst, a software tester, a test manager, and an independent verification and validation (IV&V) manager. I am now a principal for a consulting company providing independent verification and validation services. I [...]
Statement of the problem: It has been more than 10 years since The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Circular A-119 (Revised) directing federal agencies to use voluntary consensus standards, both domestic and international, in its regulatory and procurement activities. This circular defined voluntary consensus standards as having the following attributes: openness; balance of [...]
For about twenty years, I have been involved in Information Technology (IT) in both the public and private sectors. I have been a business analyst, a software tester, a test manager, and an independent verification and validation (IV&V) manager. I have taught software quality assurance at a Washington DC University. I co-authored the IEEE Std [...]
Introduction For about twenty years, I have been involved in Information Technology (IT) in both the public and private sectors. I have been a business analyst, a software tester, a test manager, and an independent verification and validation (IV&V) manager. I have taught software quality assurance at a Washington DC University. I co-authored the IEEE [...]
Introduction For approximately twenty years I have been a tester, a quality assurance consultant, and a verification and validation manager. In more recent years I have facilitated workshops and taught at a large Washington DC university. I have always advocated for software testing. Not just testing but formalized and structured testing. For all that time [...]
Introduction For approximately twenty years I have been involved in Information Technology (IT). I have been a software tester, a quality assurance consultant, and a verification and validation manager. In more recent years I have facilitated workshops and taught at a large Washington DC university. During this time I have worked for small organizations, both [...]
Introduction For about twenty years I have been involved in Information Technology (IT). I have been a business analyst, a software tester, a test manager, and an independent verification and validation (IVV) manager. Prior to that I was involved in developing evaluation strategies for human service delivery agencies. You might say that I have spent [...]
Introduction For about twenty years I have been involved in Information Technology (IT) in both the public and private sectors. I have been a business analyst, a software tester, a test manager, and an independent verification and validation (IVV) manager. I have taught software quality assurance at a Washington DC University. And, I have been [...]