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American software tester, author (born c. 1966)
James Marcus Bach (born
c. 1966 ) is an American
software tester , author,
[1]
[2] trainer, and consultant.
Career
In his autobiography,
[1] Bach wrote that he worked as a software testing manager for
Apple and
Borland after dropping out of high school. He also programmed
Apple II and
Commodore 64 ports of various titles for
Spinnaker Software .
Since 1999, he has worked as independent consultant
[3] based in
Eastsound, Washington .
[4] As a witness in the 2001
United States v. Microsoft Corp. antitrust case, Bach testified that Microsoft could indeed unbundle
Internet Explorer from
Windows .
[5]
[6]
[7]
Bach is a proponent of
exploratory testing and the
context-driven school of software testing and is credited with developing
session-based testing .
[8] He was a member of the board of directors of the
Association for Software Testing .
[9]
Lessons Learned in Software Testing ,
[2] a book he co-authored, has been cited over 130 times according to Google Scholar, and several of his articles have been cited dozens of times
[10] including his work on heuristics for testing
[11] and on the
Capability Maturity Model .
[12] He has written numerous articles for
Computer .
[13]
[14]
He is an advisor to the
Lifeboat Foundation as a computing expert. They credit him with developing the General Functionality and Stability Test Procedure for Microsoft, part of the Designed for Windows program.
[15]
Personal life
Bach is the son of the author
Richard Bach and Bach's first wife, Bette Jeanne Franks, and is the brother of Jonathan Bach, who is also a software tester.
[16]
References
^
a
b Bach, James Marcus (2009).
Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: How Self-Education and the Pursuit of Passion Can Lead to a Lifetime of Success . Scribner.
ISBN
978-1439109083 – via
Internet Archive Book Reader . Academic Student Record 1980–81 Gr. 9…
^
a
b
Kaner, Cem ; Bach, James; Pettichord, Bret (2001). Lessons Learned in Software Testing . Wiley.
ISBN
0471081124 .
^ Elizabeth Kohl (January 26, 2009).
"James Bach - Satisfice, Inc" . Satisfice.com. Retrieved January 19, 2012 .
^ James Bach (September 13, 2009),
The Self-Educated Apple Genius , Daily Beast
^ Thibodeau, Patrick (May 8, 2002).
"Did Microsoft Foes Craft Antitrust Penalties?" . PCWorld. Archived from
the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2012 .
^ Hopper, D. Ian (May 7, 2002).
"Judge in Microsoft case shows interest in penalty proposal" . The Seattle Times .
^
"States missed a break in Microsoft trial - CNET News" . News.cnet.com. Retrieved January 19, 2012 .
^
"Use Session-Based Testing to Structure Exploratory Testing" . TechWell. February 26, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2013 .
^
"Board of Directors" . Associationforsoftwaretesting.org. Retrieved January 19, 2012 .
^
"author:"james bach" - Google Scholar" . Scholar.google.ca. Retrieved January 19, 2012 .
^ James Bach, Heuristic risk-based testing, Software Testing and Quality Engineering Magazine 11, 1999
^ James Bach, The Immaturity of the CMM, American Programmer 7, 1994
^ James Bach, Good enough quality: beyond the buzzword, IEEE Computer 30 (8), pages 96-98, 2002
^ James Bach, A framework for good enough testing, IEEE Computer 31 (10), pages 124-126, 2002
^
"Lifeboat Foundation Bios: James Bach" . Lifeboat.com. Retrieved January 19, 2012 .
^
"Five Testing Questions with James Bach - QA Intelligence" . qablog.practitest.com . December 17, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2017 .
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