Mark Wilson
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part six: testing
Testers have to be destroyers, argues Mark Wilson. But too often testers aren't trying too hard to bust the software. Rather, they are trying to show it working
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part five: design
Design is all about applying the fundamental principles of engineering, believes Mark Wilson, in the latest in his ten-part series
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part four: Methods
A method should lead a project to the desired result without significant variation, with much of the thinking already been done for you, writes Mark Wilson
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part three: the formal review
Formal reviews are often left by the wayside, but without them annoying defects can become crippling bugs, warns Mark Wilson
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part two: documentation
Not many people love documentation, but it's an essential element of any project. However, too much is just as bad as too little, warns Mark Wilson
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part one: the contract review
Each week, QA specialist Mark Wilson will spell out his top-ten tenets for Quality Assurance - the fundamental things you need to do to build better IT systems