Tejas Software Consulting Software testing consulting and training
Danny R. Faught, proprietor
faught@tejasconsulting.com
office +1 817 294 3998
cell +1 817 360 1597
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Articles, Papers, and Presentations

Note: See the Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter for more content.

Bisection and Beyond
StickyMinds.com column, January 7, 2008

Communicating with Context
StickyMinds.com column, October 15, 2007

Synthesize Your Test Data
StickyMinds.com column, July 20, 2007

Do You Work in IT?
Last Word column, Better Software magazine, June 2007

Toolsmiths—Embrace Your Roots
StickyMinds.com column, April 2, 2007

Challenges of the Part-Time Programmer
StickyMinds.com column, January 8, 2007

Hurdling Roadblocks
StickyMinds.com column, September 21, 2006

Get to the Point
StickyMinds.com column, June 26, 2006. Coauthored with Rick Brenner.

Wreaking Havoc With Simple Tests
StickyMinds.com column, April 1, 2006

A Look at Command Line Utilities
Better Software magazine Tool Look article, March 2006

Exploratory Load Testing
StickyMinds.com column, January 9, 2006

A Bug Begets a Bug
StickyMinds.com column, October 3, 2005

"A Look at PerlClip"
Better Software Tool Look article, September 2005

Five Minutes Ahead of the Boot
StickyMinds.com column, July 11, 2005

After the Bug Report
StickyMinds.com column, April 4, 2005

Not Your Father’s Test Automation: An Agile Approach to Test Automation
StickyMinds.com column, January 10, 2005. Co-authored with James Bach.

Browser-Based Testing Survey
Open Testware Reviews, December 2004

Seeking the Inner Ring
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, December 2004/January 2005, vol. 4 #6

Technology Bulletin: Web Link Checkers
Open Testware Reviews, November 2004

Free Test Tools are Like a Box of Chocolates
Invited presentation at STARWest 2004, November 2004

Test Tools for Free: Do you get more than you pay for?

Keynote presentation at the TISQA Test Automation Today Conference and Expo, October, 2004

Keyword-Driven Testing
StickyMinds.com column, November 8, 2004

How to Make your Bugs Lonely: Tips on Bug Isolation
Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, October 2004

The Consultant as Human
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, October/November 2004, vol. 4, #5

Open Source Development Tools: Coping with Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (PDF slides)
2004 Better Software Conference

Keywords are the Key to Good Automation (PDF slides)
DFW Mercury Users Group, September 14, 2004

Being Resourceful When Your Hands are Tied
StickyMinds.com column, August 30, 2004. Co-authored by Alan Richardson.

Software I Don't Install
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, August/September 2004, vol. 4, #4

Review: MWSnap
Open Testware Reviews, August 2004

Stress Test Tools Survey
Open Testware Reviews, July 2004

Meaningful Connections
StickyMinds.com column, July 26, 2004

Alphabet Soup for Testers
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, June/July 2004, vol. 4, #3

Review: Mantis
Open Testware Reviews, May 2004

A Testing Career in 3-D
StickyMinds.com column, May 25, 2004

Linking up on LinkedIn
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, April/May 2004, vol. 4, #2

Interviewing the Interviewer: Turning the tables on Vipul Kocher

Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, April/May 2004, vol. 4, #2

Book review: The Book of VMware
StickyMinds.com Books Guide, April 5, 2004

Testing, Zen, and Positive Forces
StickyMinds.com column, March 15, 2004

My Mentor: The Internet

Better Software magazine, February 2004

Review: FitNesse
Open Testware Reviews, February 2004

Out of the Terrible Two's
Tejas Software Consulting Newsletter, February/March 2004, vol 3, #6

Scripting Language Survey

Open Testware Reviews, January 2004

Earlier publications are listed on my Ancient Writings page.


Resources

testingfaqs.org is the .org sister site to tejasconsulting.com. It houses the the Testing Tools Supplier List, the Testing Contractors and Consultants List, and the Testing Courses List.

I am the founder of the Toolsmith Guild, a forum for experienced software tool specialists to learn from each other.

Professionals in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex with an interest in software quality, software testing, or software process improvement are invited to join the Metro-SQA networking group.

Software Resources for North Texas - a list of local organizations, job hunting help, and other resources for the North Texas area.

See my notes on Being a Consultant, which is my answer to the many people who ask me "How do I get into consulting?"

I maintain the stress_driver, a generic stress test tool, on SourceForge.