March 24 and 25th I'll be offering the two-day version of the exploratory testing course David Christiansen and I developed. It's a good course for testers of all levels, including your business partners who perform acceptance testing of a "finished" product. The mix of lecture and practice helps you transition from book learning to practical experience - in the class we test real software, which helps cement the concepts we learn in class as working practices. We'll spend a lot of time doing testing, we'll talk about how to manage that testing using Session Based Test Management, and we'll talk a little bit about some tips and tricks to help foster adoption. More here...

I recently finished a six article series on working with IBM Rational Quality Manager:

• Getting started with IBM Rational Quality Manager


• Managing your first project with IBM Rational Quality Manager


• Test planning using IBM Rational Quality Manager


• Test analysis and reporting using IBM Rational Quality Manager


• Lab Management using IBM Rational Test Lab Manager


• Integrating IBM Rational Functional Tester and IBM Rational Performance Tester with IBM Rational Quality Manager