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Contributors MAtthew heusser is on the technical staff and a QA group member at Socialtext. Matt has been developing, testing, and occasionally managing software since 1997. Along the way, he found time to organize the Grand Rapid’s Perl Mongers, the Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference, earn his master’s in CIS at night, and do a modest amount of writing and speaking. You can read Matt’s blog at xndev.blog spot.com www.xndev .blogspot.com or email him at matt.heusser@ gmail.com. PACo hoPe is a technical manager with Cigital, Inc. and has extensive experience securing Web applications, operating systems, and embedded devices (lottery systems, cell phones, casino gaming devices). He lectures on security testing and Web application security. Paco brings the techniques of security assessment into the mainstream activities of QA departments and testers. nAoMi kArten has delivered seminars and presentations to more than 100,000 people internationally to help them improve customer satisfaction, strengthen teamwork, and manage change. Her books and ebooks, including Managing Expectations and Changing How You Communicate During Change, provide guidelines and advice for carrying out projects, delivering superior service, strengthening teamwork, and managing change. Her Web-based. newsletter, “Perceptions & Realities,” offers serious advice in a lively, chucklegenerating manner. She is a regular contributor to StickyMinds.com and Better Software magazine. Contact Naomi at naomi@ nkarten.com or via her Web site, www.nkarten .com. JonAthAn kohl is a software testing consultant with Kohl Concepts Inc., based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Jonathan writes about and speaks on software testing and is a technical editor for Better Software magazine. Contact Jonathan at jonathan@kohl.ca. roBert sABourin, P.Eng., has more than twenty-five years’ experience leading software development teams. He frequently speaks at conferences and writes on software engineering, testing, management, and internationalization. The author of I am a Bug!, the popular software testing children’s book, Robert is adjunct professor of software engineering at McGill University and president of AmiBug.Com, Inc. APRIL 2008 BETTER SOFTWARE www.StickyMinds.com 7 http://www.xndev.blogspot.com http://www.xndev.blogspot.com http://www.xndev.blogspot.com http://www.xndev.blogspot.com http://www.StickyMinds.com http://www.nkarten.com http://www.nkarten.com http://www.amibug.com http://www.StickyMinds.com

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Better Software - April 2008 Contents Mark Your Calendar Contributions eLightenment Technology Speaking - A Change Would Do You Good Code Craft - A "D" In Programming, Part 1 Test Connection - Learning the Hardware Lessons Management Chronicles - The Art of Persuading Management Cover Story - Incremental and Iterative Development Developers...Start Your Engines Where Do I Go From Here Product Announcements 10 Things You Might Not Know About... The Last Word - Software Quality and the Prisoner's Dilemma Ad Index

Better Software - April 2008

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