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Wayne Mallinson

editor of Test Focus

Born in 1958, Wayne achieved a first class BSc Honours (Geology) at Rhodes University in 1979 and practised mining geology in Zimbabwe and SA for eight years. He switched careers, going into IT software testing and obtaining a diploma in Datametrics from Unisa. Twelve years of software testing and test integration experience in military and commercial projects followed, during which he was exposed to both real-time scientific and financial applications on mainframe and client-server technologies. He has been involved in the creation of company testing standards and procedures to comply with ISO requirements. He has extensive software lifecycle development experience and also five years of hands-on test automation tool experience. He is editor of Test Focus, a monthly publication covering software testing issues.

Articles

4:30
SoftwareJun 1, 2006

Benefits of good test estimation

While there are many benefits of good test estimation, it is important to note the influences that are involved in an overall test estimation project.

Wayne Mallinson
3:50
SoftwareMay 3, 2006

Executing test estimation

There are various approaches to executing test estimation and finding the right method is all-important.

Wayne Mallinson
4:00
Software testingMar 6, 2006

The importance of test estimation

Software test estimates are difficult to do because so many variables have to be taken into account.

Wayne Mallinson
5:40
Software testingFeb 28, 2001

High software testing expectations

It is increasingly the duty of business users to distil their business experience into user requirement specifications for e-commerce and other IT-enabled solutions.

Wayne Mallinson
5:20
Software testingDec 8, 2000

Does your software measure up?

Many managers are not aware or knowledgeable enough about software testing - a key component of IT differentiation.

Wayne Mallinson