Showing posts with label Standards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Standards. Show all posts

Monday, October 24, 2011

Best Ice Cream Practice

A twitter conversation from Friday, Oct 21...

@TesterAB Anna Baik: What's best practice for icecream? I don't know what flavour of icecream I should eat, and I'm afraid to get it wrong.
  • @skillinen Sylvia Killinen: @TesterAB Test ALL the ice cream, that way you'll know which one best satisfies conformance. :)
  • @adampknight Adam Knight: @TesterAB it's vanilla, if you're not eating vanilla you are doing it wrong. I'd suggest getting yourself CVM certified as soon as you can
    • @adampknight  Adam Knight: @sbarber @TesterAB we should be specific. I'll clarify in my "10 ways to check if you are truly vanilla" blog post #BestIceCreamPractice
    • @sbarber Scott Barber: @adampknight @TesterAB Certified Valuation Manager ™? No, no, no, that's only appropriate for *children's* icecream! #BestIceCreamPractice
  • @testingqa Guy Mason: @TesterAB Best to go for that which you most prefer at that point in time?
    • @TesterAB Anna Baik: @testingqa No no no. There must be one flavour of icecream that is best for everybody to eat at all points in time.
    • @TesterAB Anna Baik: @sbarber @testingqa Yes! None of this wishy-washy nonsense, I only want to eat the BEST flavour of icecream. #BestIceCreamPractice
    • @sbarber Scott Barber: @TesterAB @testingqa So chocolate, pistachio, lemon sorbet, raspberry swirl, topped with caramel & orange soda, right? #BestIceCreamPractice
    • @TesterAB Anna Baik: @sbarber @testingqa #BestIceCreamPractice Finally, someone who'll give me an answer! ...wait. How do I know you're qualified?
    • @sbarber Scott Barber: @TesterAB @testingqa #BestIceCreamPractice I founded a non-profit to establish BICP qualification stds and issued myself a certification.
    • @TesterAB Anna Baik: @sbarber @testingqa #BestIceCreamPractice Sounds reassuring, I knew there'd be an Official Body somewhere to tell me what icecream to eat
    • @sbarber Scott Barber: @TesterAB @testingqa #BestIceCreamPractice The invoice for my services are in the mail. $400/hr + $25,000 for the BICP flavor report.
    • @TesterAB Anna Baik: @sbarber @testingqa Eeek! Don't I even get something to show to people to prove I now know #BestIceCreamPractice?
    • @sbarber Scott Barber: @TesterAB @testingqa #BestIceCreamPractice when check clears we mail you a Certified BICP Practitioner Certificate (suitable for framing)
Questions?  No? Didn't think so.  :)

 
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Scott Barber
Chief Technologist, PerfTestPlus, Inc.
About.me

Co-Author, Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications
Author, Web Load Testing for Dummies
Contributing Author, Beautiful Testing, and How To Reduce the Cost of Testing

"If you can see it in your mind...
     you will find it in your life."

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

4-Second Rule?

 It looks like Juniper Research has finally done away with the 8-second rule in favor of a 4-second rule. I want to point something out right up front... This new "rule" is based on a survey that asks the question...
Question: Typically, how long are you willing to wait for a single Web page to load before leaving the Web site? (Select one.)
A. More than 6 seconds.
B. 5-6 seconds.
C. 3-4 seconds.
D. 1-2 seconds.
E. Less than 1 second.
Sorry Juniper - I promise that if we sat down with your respondents and asked them to identify how many seconds various pages took to load that MOST of them would not get it right and that MOST of the wrong ones *think* a page takes longer to load than it actually does. Reviewing the report for yourself here: http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2006/press_110606.html
 
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Scott Barber
Chief Technologist, PerfTestPlus, Inc.
About.me

Co-Author, Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications
Author, Web Load Testing for Dummies
Contributing Author, Beautiful Testing, and How To Reduce the Cost of Testing

"If you can see it in your mind...
     you will find it in your life."