Rick Craig

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Rick Craig is a consultant, lecturer, author, and test manager, who has led numerous teams of testers on both large and small projects. In his twenty-five years of consulting worldwide, Rick has advised and supported a diverse group of organizations on many testing and test management issues. From large insurance providers and telecommunications companies to smaller software services companies, he has mentored senior software managers and helped test teams improve their effectiveness. Rick is co-author of Systematic Software Testing and a frequent speaker at testing conferences, including every STAR conference since its inception.

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Consulting

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United States

Rick Craig

Rick Craig has worked as a consultant and lecturer at SQE since 1989. His primary focus is on leadership, metrics, and, of course, testing. Rick is a familiar face on the lecture circuit, having presented talks at hundreds of conferences over the last thirty years. He is the coauthor of Systematic Software Testing. Rick is also the coowner of Maddogs and Englishmen, a popular restaurant established in Tampa, Florida, in 1991, and a retired USMC colonel.

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	The Cultural Changes Testers Most Want to SeeA recent survey of software testers explored their pain points and the state of testing today. In many ways, the answers have not changed much in the last twenty-five years. What are the most important cultural changes testers want to see? What has actually gotten better in the last quarter-century?
	Are Your Metrics Causing Unintended Consequences? When you collect metrics that involve people, it will change the way they behave—but not always for the better. Attaching numbers to how people work often makes them perform their work differently. Every time you gather metrics, you should try to analyze what the unintended consequences could be.
	From the Good Old Days to Today: Twenty-Five Years of Testing with SQEToday, Rick Craig travels the world speaking about testing. Since he started working at SQE twenty-five years ago, the company has changed, he has changed, and testing has changed—although maybe not as much as you think. This trip back in time looks at what makes our industry great year after year.