Comments for PierG (aka Piergiorgio Grossi)

Comment on UX (nice) idea from Google by Wilbur

Wilbur — Sun, 12 May 2013 10:03:47 +0000

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Comment on No standard testing? Are you crazy? by PierG

PierG — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:29:22 +0000

Well, I usually let predictions to the divino Otelma

Comment on No standard testing? Are you crazy? by Loris

Loris — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:43:53 +0000

I once read here [1] that the main task of an engineer is predicting the future. This fits particularly well to software engineers, who have, to some extent, to predict how the final users are going to use the sw he/she is writing.

Your point is really nice and deserves some extra investigation:
new, more concrete, research questions can be derived from this (and maybe lead to some interesting new ideas).

[1] http://neurohack.com/arts/CommCheck.html

Comment on No standard testing? Are you crazy? by PierG

PierG — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:58:59 +0000

Being useful for people who’s using your system .. whatever useful means for them

Comment on No standard testing? Are you crazy? by Loris

Loris — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:43:42 +0000

What do you mean by “being useful”?

Comment on No standard testing? Are you crazy? by PierG

PierG — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:58:24 +0000

The question is what’s th value of having a SW who’s completely compliant to specs … of it’s nor used?
Is there a way to comply to ‘being useful’ instead of to specs?

Comment on No standard testing? Are you crazy? by Loris

Loris — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:17:07 +0000

Testing software by means of “operations based on what the system is designed to do” does not seem a bad thing to me.

Computer programs are designed to work under well-defined conditions. Yep, reality is, usually, miles away. I don’t know how the final user is going to use my software.
The skills of a software tester, IMHO, rely in his/her ability to fill this gap, that is, trying to imagine all the possible real-world events that may happen within the predefined range of conditions in which the software must be reliable.

my2cents

Comment on No standard testing? Are you crazy? by Asa

Asa — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:32:07 +0000

Probably the involvement of the final user from the kickoff of the project would avoid a lot of confusion , imho.
ciao

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Comment on Let’s read more … but not with the iPad by Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions

Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:05:52 +0000

lovely to hear back from you PierGiorgio

I see that among so many interests of yours you have- NLP and Coaching. I have just started studying NLP.

I have come across very few people in this area of Italy, who know NLP and can engage in english conversation so well.

Maybe a good idea would be to meet sometime for an aperitivo ! What do you think ?

Bon natale
satyen