No one is born an expert so amateur analysis is a great idea (especially with it being debated). Yet we must carefully control how data is analysed and findings communicated...

Never. Only budget.

I think that there is a huge difference between team building and cross-team building. In the former you are dealing with colleagues who generally know each other at least a...

This is an area where I feel that databases are far in advance of applications. Developers have the APIs etc. to add instrumentation to application but rarely do in any...

Confidence suggests that you have planned and tested...being scared suggests that you have remained sane.

A problem with estimates that I find is that often effort and elapsed time are considered equivalent.

[PM] How long will it take you to do X?

[Me] 5 days.

[PM] OK. Start...

My favourite artist since I was a child.

100% agree with the article. I also believe that this includes testing (with an eye to the issues discussed http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/138608/%5B/url%5D of course).

Well written scripts (including appropriate comments) documents the task...

I totally agree that automation testing can only take us so far. It is the exploratory testing that roots out the more nuanced defects. As a developer I have a...

Thanks for coming back to post the solution.

Thanks all.

May I suggest to those who would prefer a different type of editorial that you submit your alternatives through the standard channel (look left and click on "Write for us").¹

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/4/2016)

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I have still yet to come across a requirement that would benefit from the use of a tally table. I read up so...

A good business, in my opinion, is one that provides value to its customers whilst creating a good enough return on investment.

How it generates that income and whether the value...

lshanahan (3/4/2016)

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Is it fair for me to be charged more because my wife doesn't work for the same company I do as opposed to a couple who both work for...