Physical Books:
Writing with a spine. No really, books with a binding down the middle.

Senior Editor, How To Reduce the Cost of Software Testing, A collected antholog, Taylor and Francis, September 2011 Contributed the Foreword, The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, By Robert Martin, Prentice Hall, May 2011 Chapter Contributer, Chapter 16, Chapter 16 in "Beautiful Testing", O'Reilly Media, October 2009 I was also involved in the vetting and review process for several books; I am mentioned in the credits of Robert Martin's prior book Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship as well as Jim Brosseau's Software Teamwork and Scott Bain's Emergent Design. My work is also referenced or excerpted in Chris Sterling's Managing Software Debt as well as the collected work How We Test Software at Microsoft.

Software Test and Quality Assurance Magazine:
"Ask the Tester", a community of interview with experts in Software Testing

An Interview with Pradeep Soundararajan, (On Pg. 28), February 2011 An Interview with Scott Barber, (On Pg. 14), December 2010 An Interview with Markus Gaertner, (On Pg. 9), October 2010 An Interview with Michael Bolton, (On Pg. 10), August 2010 An Interview with Jon Bach, (On Pg. 24), June 2010

Software Test and Performance Magazine:
An introductory/definitional column with Chris McMahon called "ST&PEdia"

The Fishing Maturity Model, (On Pg. 7), April 2010 When Software Absolutely, Positively Must Work (On Pg. 7), March 2010 On Distributed Teamwork (On Pg. 8), February 2010 Ten Tips to Test Web 2.0 Apps (On Pg. 8), January 2010 Considering Code Coverage (On Pg. 9), November 2009 Performing the Software (On Pg. 8), October 2009 Test Outsourcing Fundamentals (On Pg. 8), September 2009 Web Load Testing Magnificent Seven, August 2009 Agile Testing In Practice (On Pg. 10), July 2009 Deliver. Running. Tested. Features. (On Pg. 10), June 2009 Unit Testing Redux (On Pg. 9), May 2009 Q&A: Paul Melson (On Pg. 9), April, 2009 How Fast is Fast Enough?(On Pg. 9), March, 2009 It's SOA, not SOL (On Pg. 18), February, 2009 Stop the cycle, I'm getting off (On Pg. 28), January 2009 The Automation Automaton, December 2008 Taster's, er, Tester's Choice (On Pg. 13) November 2008 Application Security (On Pg. 13), October 2008 MS Terms of Endearment (On Pg. 13), September, 2008 The Unit Testing Unit (On Pg. 9), August, 2008 Defining What's Possible (On Pg. 13), July 2008 Super Testers (With Pat Bailey; Pg. 30), September 2005 Don't just take two asprin ..., August 2005

Informit.com:
Interviews and Articles on Software Development and Test Topics

Building a Better Build System, an interview with Peter Smith, April 2011 Cloud Computing Conundrum, an interview with Chris Moyer, April 2011 Beyond Process and Tools with the Authors of the new book Individuals and Interactions: An Agile Guide, April 2011 Managing Software Debt, an interview with Chris Sterling, February 2011 Lean-Agile Acceptance Test Driven Development, An interview with Ken Pugh, January 2011 On Agile Management, An Interview with Jurgen Appelo, author of Management 3.0, November 2010 The Poppendiecks Speak: Two-Pizza Teams and the Software Development Experience, August 2009 Master of Scrum, an interview with Mike Cohn, August 2009 Scott Amble on Agile Development, August 2009 The Future of Agile Software Testing with xUnit And Beyond, an interview with Gerard Meszaros, August 2009 Crystallizing the Software Development Process, A Chat with Alistair Cockburn, August 2009 Confidence Games in Software Engineering, March 2006 How to Develop Software Faster (With Sean McMillan), March 2006 Perils and Pitfalls of Agile Adoption, February 2006 Managing a Doomed Software Project, January 2006 Methodology Design: The Way We Do Things Around Here, December 2005

SearchSoftwareQuality.com:
Tech Tips, Interviews, Editorials, and the occasional podcast on Software Quality Issues (A free Registration may be required)

Menlo Staff on Building an Agile Test Practice, April 2011 Shmuel Gershon on Fuzzing and Fault Modelling, April 2011 A Strategy for Mobile Application Testing, April 2011 Mobile Application Test Tips, April 2011 Large-scale Agile: Making the transition to Scrum, Jan 2011 Effective test-driven development and continuous integration, March 2011 Performance testing tips from the greats (An STPCon Trip Report), December 2010 Applying lean concepts to software testing, November 2010 Effective Bug Reporting Techniques, August 2010 Referenced in Gain better software testing skills: Practice what the pros preach, August 2010 Referenced in Agile software development by Dan Mondello, August 2010 Tutorial: Introducing Selenium IDE, July 2010 Getting started with Selenium Remote Control - Part 2, June 2010 Tutorial: Installing and running Selenium-RC in Perl, June 2010 Podcast: Distributed Agile Development, June 2010 Podcast: Agile Web Testing, May 2010 Video Podcast: Distributed Development (Fourth in the list), May 2010 Performance test metrics (with Oliver Erlewein), May 2010 Podcast: Open Source Test Management, May 2010 Podcast: Using Selenium for Application Testing, May 2010 Quick attacks for Web security, penetration testing and SQL advisory, April 2010 Ten quick attacks for Web-based software, April 2010 Podcast: Introducing the Rebel Alliance, April 2010 Referenced in Open Source: Not your father's testing tools by Colleen Frye, March 2010 Just-enough application lifecycle management (ALM), March 2010 Q&A On Performance Testing with Cristina Lalley, February 2010 No silver bullets for software developers, February 2010 Handling the people side of Agile software development, December 2009 Easing software performance testing and usability modeling pressures, November 2009 Waterfall Vs. Agile Test Automation, with Lanette Creamer, November 2009 Accelerate your Agile Software Testing, October 2009 Test Driven Development Face-Off, with Lanette Creamer, October 2009 Podcast: Improving software testing productivity using record-playback, October 2009 Podcast: Accelerating Agile testing with computer assistance, October 2009 Using automation to accelerate software testing in Agile, October 2009 Why is QA always the bottleneck?, September 2009 5 ways to answer executives' unfair software test, QA questions, August 2009

SoftwareQualityConnection.com:
Case Studies, tips, advice, and lists on Software Excellence

25 Agilists to Follow on Twitter, May 2011 Three Years of Scrum at Socialtext, March 2011 Four Ways to Make the Ship/No-Ship Decision, January 2011

Better Software Magazine and it's subsidiary, Stickyminds.com:
Case Studies, tips, advice, and lists on Software Excellence

Where Do I Go From Here, Better Software Magazine, April, 2008 A Box Of A Different Color, Better Software Magazine, March, 2007 A New Strategy Better Software Magazine,March, 2006 An Ounce of Prevention, Better Software Magazine, March 2004 Issue Charge of the Light Brigade Considered Harmful, Stickyminds.com, March 2004 Can US IT Survive Outsourcing,Stickyminds.com, January, 2004

Personal Finance and Business Writing
Writing on Personal Finance, Business and Investing

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad AMT?Adaptu.com, August 2011 How Do Millionaires Think?Adaptu.com, August 2011 5 More Ways To Live Below Your MeansAdaptu.com, August 2011 Credit Card ConundrumAdaptu.com, July 2011 The Two Income Trap -- and How to Avoid ItAdatpu.com, June 2011 Five Ways to Live Below Your MeansAdaptu.com, May 2011

Blogging:
Blogs, Podcasting, Microblogging, and other forms of expression

Creative Chaos, Matt's free, public blog since 2006 Community Blogging at SoftwareTestPro.com, Fall 2009-Current Podcasting at SoftwareTestPro.com, Summer 2010-Curret (Free registration required for current month's episodes; STP Professional membership required for previous episodes.) Use.Perl.Org, a blog about Software Development and Perl, 2003-2005 Software Development Thoughts, 2002-2006 Software Quality Insights, 2009-current-ish, including comments on:         - Kent Beck and Release Schedules         - Pairwise Testing at STPCon         - Butt-in-seat, hands on keyboard: Quick Attacks         - The Boutique Tester         - What Software Testers Should Know About Databases         - STPCon Wrap-Up: Day Three         - First Takes on Boston SPIN, STPCon

Everything else:
From Dr Dobbs to CIO.com, Matt gets around

Hiring Software Developers: The Agile Aptitude Test, cio.com, January, 2009 When "IT Alignment in with the Business" Isn't a Buzzword, cio.com, also in print magazine, December 2008 Testing Service Oriented Architectures CIO.COM, July, 2008 Have I got a deal for you!, What is Testing Magazine, April, 2008 (Free Registration Required; Download April 2008 issue) Are Tests Requirements?, Dr Dobb's Online, May, 2007 Tomorrow's Software Factory--Today, Dr Dobb's Journal - Online,February, 2006 Take Two Asprin ..., The Software Development Times, Oct 1st, 2005 (Free Registraton Required) Beautiful Code, Dr Dobb's Journal Online, August 2005 Why I Am Not An Architect, Dr Dobb's Journal Online, May 2005 How To Surivive the Coming Bust, AngryCoder.Com, July 2003

Video -- and people who ask Matt things:
Every now and again Matt goes on someone else's show for an interview

(One of) Matt's Lightning Talk(s) on Software Maturity, May 2010 Five Questions with Phil Kirkham, February 2009 Interview with FreelanceSwitch.com, January 2009 Elegant Coders Podcast, 2009 Software Quality Engineering Podcast, with Joey McCallister, July 2008

Heusser on Consulting and Business
Discussing the intersection of Business, Project Management, and Computer Science.
Published in The Grand Valley Lanthorn or on AngryCoder.Com.

Nutshell MBA, Part I:         Nutshell MBA, Part II:         Nutshell MBA, Part III:         Nutshell MBA, Part IV:         Survive the coming bust:

(Humor): Running a Lemondade Stand in the 21st Century Risk (A Game of Global Conquest(TM)) Better Risk Management Meaningful Mission Statements The mental leap from Code Monkey to Consultant

Leading the Way:
Leadership Editorials for Cadets, Seniors, and other various military-wanna-bees.
My target audience is a Cadet NCO, just about to earn the Mitchell Award, in 10-11th Grade.
Published on CadetStuff.Org.

Intro (Actually I):          Issue II:          Issue III:          Issue IV:          Issue V:          Issue VI:          Issue VII:          Issue VIII:          Issue IX:          Issue X:          Issue XI:          Issue XII:          Issue XIII:          Issue XIV:          Issue XV:          Issue XVI:          Issue XVII:

Introduction The Myth of False Militarism The Myth of Social Activities Content, Collaboration, and Choice The Role of the Staff Officer Staff Officers Part II: The Modern Major General The Trouble with Experts Building a Squadron Charisma, Credibility and Character "He has a Gift": The Myth of Charisma Staff Re-Visited Saving a Life: Cadet Programs Style Makings "Be a Good Example" Real The Myth of "But I was told" ... The Myth of Command = Leadership Quality Vs. Quantity Two philosophies of management

Guide to Promotion Boards:
Originally Published as a Boulle-Norman Cadet squadron pamphlet.
adapted for the internet by CadetStuff.Org.

Part I:          Part II:          Part III:

Philsophy Through the Mitchell How do you board Cadet Officers, anyway?

Heusser On Leadership:
Rambling Tidbits of my Philsophy on Life, the Universe, and Everything.
("Everything" Pretty Much Means Computer Science & Civil Air Patrol. :-)

What you talkin' bout, Willis?:           Building Capability Over Time:           Heusser On SF:           Heusser On PeopleWare:           Heusser on HollyWood:           Heusser on Risk Management:

The Purpose of this web site My Core Assertion Of Culture Change, James T. Kirk and The Status Quo PEOPLE, not Widgets!(MS PPT Req'd) Pat Sajak Comes to Hillsdale Accounting for Risk (MS PPT Req'd - 715K) Printed Handout (850K Zipped)

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