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Updated Release: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - RC1 (Oct 26, 2009)

gmelnik — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:25:10 GMT

Volume I provides an overview of the acceptance process and how acceptance testing and other key practices fit into the process. It is subdivided into three main parts:

Part I – Thinking about Acceptance explains six mental models that are useful when thinking about the acceptance process.

Part II – Perspectives on Acceptance describes the acceptance process from the perspectives of key stakeholders in two different kinds of organizations: the Information Technology Department in a business and the Product Development Company. Most readers involved in the acceptance process should find some commonality with at least one of the roles describes.

Part III – Accepting Software introduces the practices that are necessary for planning the acceptance process, for performing acceptance testing and for improving the acceptance process.

Note: This volume is intended to be read from beginning to end.

Released: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - RC1 (Oct 26, 2009)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:25:10 GMT

Volume I provides an overview of the acceptance process and how acceptance testing and other key practices fit into the process. It is subdivided into three main parts:

Part I – Thinking about Acceptance explains six mental models that are useful when thinking about the acceptance process.

Part II – Perspectives on Acceptance describes the acceptance process from the perspectives of key stakeholders in two different kinds of organizations: the Information Technology Department in a business and the Product Development Company. Most readers involved in the acceptance process should find some commonality with at least one of the roles describes.

Part III – Accepting Software introduces the practices that are necessary for planning the acceptance process, for performing acceptance testing and for improving the acceptance process.

Note: This volume is intended to be read from beginning to end.

Updated Release: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - RC1 (Oct 26, 2009)

gmelnik — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:24:41 GMT

Volume I provides an overview of the acceptance process and how acceptance testing and other key practices fit into the process. It is subdivided into three main parts:

Part I – Thinking about Acceptance explains six mental models that are useful when thinking about the acceptance process.

Part II – Perspectives on Acceptance describes the acceptance process from the perspectives of key stakeholders in two different kinds of organizations: the Information Technology Department in a business and the Product Development Company. Most readers involved in the acceptance process should find some commonality with at least one of the roles describes.

Part III – Accepting Software introduces the practices that are necessary for planning the acceptance process, for performing acceptance testing and for improving the acceptance process.

Note: This volume is intended to be read from beginning to end.

Created Release: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - RC1 (Oct 26, 2009)

gmelnik — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:22:30 GMT

Volume I provides an overview of the acceptance process and how acceptance testing and other key practices fit into the process. It is subdivided into three main parts:

Part I – Thinking about Acceptance explains six mental models that are useful when thinking about the acceptance process.

Part II – Perspectives on Acceptance describes the acceptance process from the perspectives of key stakeholders in two different kinds of organizations: the Information Technology Department in a business and the Product Development Company. Most readers involved in the acceptance process should find some commonality with at least one of the roles describes.

Part III – Accepting Software introduces the practices that are necessary for planning the acceptance process, for performing acceptance testing and for improving the acceptance process.

Note: This volume is intended to be read from beginning to end.

Updated Release: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - BETA2 (Jun 30, 2009)

gmelnik — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:37:27 GMT

Volume I provides an overview of the acceptance process and how acceptance testing and other key practices fit into the process. It is subdivided into three main parts:

Part I – Thinking about Acceptance explains six mental models that are useful when thinking about the acceptance process.

Part II – Perspectives on Acceptance describes the acceptance process from the perspectives of key stakeholders in two different kinds of organizations: the Information Technology Department in a business and the Product Development Company. Most readers involved in the acceptance process should find some commonality with at least one of the roles describes.

Part III – Accepting Software introduces the practices that are necessary for planning the acceptance process, for performing acceptance testing and for improving the acceptance process.

Note: This volume is intended to be read from beginning to end. It

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The Team

Main authors:
- Grigori Melnik (program manager at Microsoft patterns & practices)
- Gerard Meszaros (agile coach, test automation expert and author of xUnit Test Patterns - Refactoring Test Code)
- Jon Bach (professional test strategist from Lexis Nexis)

Contributors and production:
- Michael Puleio (developer at p&p with a passion around testing)
- Rohit Sharma (tester at p&p)
- RoAnn Corbisier (technical writer and editor at p&p)
- Hakan Erdogmus (applied researcher at Kalemun Research Inc.)
- Dennis DeWitt (technical writer with Linda Werner & Associates Inc.)
- Veronica Ruiz (graphic designer, CXR Design))
- Members of the Advisory Board and invited reviewers
- You, the community. We want to hear from you via the Discussion forum here, the Issue Tracker, and feedback comments on what we post.

Released: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - BETA2 (Jun 30, 2009)

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:37:27 GMT

Volume I provides an overview of the acceptance process and how acceptance testing and other key practices fit into the process. It is subdivided into three main parts:

Part I – Thinking about Acceptance explains six mental models that are useful when thinking about the acceptance process.

Part II – Perspectives on Acceptance describes the acceptance process from the perspectives of key stakeholders in two different kinds of organizations: the Information Technology Department in a business and the Product Development Company. Most readers involved in the acceptance process should find some commonality with at least one of the roles describes.

Part III – Accepting Software introduces the practices that are necessary for planning the acceptance process, for performing acceptance testing and for improving the acceptance process.

The Team

Main authors:
- Grigori Melnik (program manager at Microsoft patterns & practices)
- Gerard Meszaros (agile coach, test automation expert and author of xUnit Test Patterns - Refactoring Test Code)
- Jon Bach (professional test strategist from Lexis Nexis)

Contributors and production:
- Michael Puleio (developer at p&p with a passion around testing)
- Rohit Sharma (tester at p&p)
- RoAnn Corbisier (technical writer and editor at p&p)
- Hakan Erdogmus (applied researcher at Kalemun Research Inc.)
- Dennis DeWitt (technical writer with Linda Werner & Associates Inc.)
- Veronica Ruiz (graphic designer, CXR Design))
- Members of the Advisory Board and invited reviewers
- You, the community. We want to hear from you via the Discussion forum here, the Issue Tracker, and feedback comments on what we post.

Updated Release: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - BETA2 (Jun 30, 2009)

gmelnik — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:10:23 GMT

Volume I provides an overview of the acceptance process and how acceptance testing and other key practices fit into the process. It is subdivided into three main parts:

Part I – Thinking about Acceptance explains six mental models that are useful when thinking about the acceptance process.

Part II – Perspectives on Acceptance describes the acceptance process from the perspectives of key stakeholders in two different kinds of organizations: the Information Technology Department in a business and the Product Development Company. Most readers involved in the acceptance process should find some commonality with at least one of the roles describes.

Part III – Accepting Software introduces the practices that are necessary for planning the acceptance process, for performing acceptance testing and for improving the acceptance process.

Released: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - BETA2 (Jun 30, 2009)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:10:23 GMT

Volume I provides an overview of the acceptance process and how acceptance testing and other key practices fit into the process. It is subdivided into three main parts:

Part I – Thinking about Acceptance explains six mental models that are useful when thinking about the acceptance process.

Part II – Perspectives on Acceptance describes the acceptance process from the perspectives of key stakeholders in two different kinds of organizations: the Information Technology Department in a business and the Product Development Company. Most readers involved in the acceptance process should find some commonality with at least one of the roles describes.

Part III – Accepting Software introduces the practices that are necessary for planning the acceptance process, for performing acceptance testing and for improving the acceptance process.

Updated Release: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - BETA2 (Jun 30, 2009)

gmelnik — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:48:29 GMT

Volume I provides an overview of the acceptance process and how acceptance testing and other key practices fit into the process. It is subdivided into three main parts:

Part I – Thinking about Acceptance explains six mental models that are useful when thinking about the acceptance process.

Part II – Perspectives on Acceptance describes the acceptance process from the perspectives of key stakeholders in two different kinds of organizations: the Information Technology Department in a business and the Product Development Company. Most readers involved in the acceptance process should find some commonality with at least one of the roles describes.

Part III – Accepting Software introduces the practices that are necessary for planning the acceptance process, for performing acceptance testing and for improving the acceptance process.

Released: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - BETA2 (Jun 30, 2009)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:48:29 GMT

Volume I provides an overview of the acceptance process and how acceptance testing and other key practices fit into the process. It is subdivided into three main parts:

Part I – Thinking about Acceptance explains six mental models that are useful when thinking about the acceptance process.

Part II – Perspectives on Acceptance describes the acceptance process from the perspectives of key stakeholders in two different kinds of organizations: the Information Technology Department in a business and the Product Development Company. Most readers involved in the acceptance process should find some commonality with at least one of the roles describes.

Part III – Accepting Software introduces the practices that are necessary for planning the acceptance process, for performing acceptance testing and for improving the acceptance process.

Created Release: Acceptance Test Engineering - BETA1 (Oct 30, 2008)

gmelnik — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:30:21 GMT

The next release ready for the community to comment on.

Released: Acceptance Test Engineering - BETA1 (Oct 30, 2008)

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:30:20 GMT

The next release ready for the community to comment on.

Updated Release: Acceptance Test Engineering Alpha (Aug 26, 2008)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:05:46 GMT

We are pleased to release this draft of the guide.

There are a number of empty sections in the actual text. If you see an empty section, assume we will fill in the section before we complete the book.

Happy reading! We look forward to your feedback!

Please provide it by posting a reply to the corresponding thread under Discussions.
Thanks!

Released: Acceptance Test Engineering Alpha (Aug 26, 2008)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:05:46 GMT

Created Release: Community Alpha -- August 26,2008 (Aug 26, 2008)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:04:44 GMT

Updated Release: Community Preview Aug 4, 2008 (Aug 04, 2008)

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Released: Community Preview Aug 4, 2008 (Aug 04, 2008)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:58:02 GMT

UPDATED RELEASE: Community Preview Jul 7, 2008 (Jul 07, 2008)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:15:28 GMT

This preview release is focused on models to frame reasoning about acceptance testing. We'd like your feedback on whether they help you think about acceptance testing.

Feel free to post your feedback as wiki comments, or track changes in the Word docs and email those to us.

UPDATED RELEASE: Community Preview Jul 7, 2008 (Jul 07, 2008)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:21:41 GMT

RELEASED: Community Preview Jul 7, 2008 (Jul 07, 2008)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:21:41 GMT