Publications

How We Test Software At Microsoft
Co-author with Alan Page and Ken Johnston

The best English & Japanese Windows 95 Solution
Computing Japan, 1996
Highlights of a tool I wrote at Microsoft for ISV's to multi-boot different language versions of Windows 95 on the same hard-disk partition.
Five Questions with Bj Rollison
Dr. Dobbs Portal, March 2007
Thoughts on probing questions in an interview by Michael Hunter
Practice .NET Testing with IR Data
Software Test and Performance, June 2007
How to generate and use intelligently generated random test data to increase the breadth of your test coverage and potential to expose defects. (Additional information about this article is posted on my blog.)
Le'go My Error Code: Turning Equivalence Class Partitioning Into Child's Play
Software Test and Performance, October 2007
Discussion of the theory and practical application of the functional testing technique of equivalence class partitioning.
The Path to Professionalism: Skills of STAR performers
STAR Tester, October 2007
Overview of my keynote address at EuroSTAR 2007
The Myth About Testing
STAR Tester, April 2008
Dispelling the myth that testers are responsible for quality!
Empirical Evaluation of Exploratory Testing
Testing Experience, December 2009
Objective evaluation of several case studies on the effectiveness of exploratory testing approaches.