Douglas Hoffman, President of Software Quality Methods, LLC., has written papers and presented talks on a variety of subjects relating to software quality assurance. (PDF List of Publications) The abstracts, papers, and slide sets provide varying degrees of detail on frequently overlapping subjects. Not all of the material has been linked to the web site, but labels are included for all of the material being assembled.

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Title Date Purpose
Lessons for Testing From Financial Accounting 07/21/2008 2008 Conference of the Association for Software Testing
Divide and Conquer 01/01/2005 Better Software, "Front Line" January 2005
Five Automation Fallacies 06/08/2009 Better Software Conference
Leverage Test Automation ROI 10/04/2012 STAR West 2012 (Keynote)
CAST 2009 Interview with Doug Hoffman 05/09/2009 Michael Kelly Interview about "Why Tests Don't Pass"
Darker Side of Metrics, The 10/02/2000 PNSQC 2000
Automated Testing of Embedded Software 04/02/2003 Spring 2003 SoftwareTest Automation Conference
Automated Results Comparison Isn't Always Easy 03/01/2016 Recife Summer School (Recife, Brazil)
Architecture and Design of Automated Software Tests 05/02/2000 PNSQC Spring Workshop 2000
Avoiding the "Test and Test Again" Syndrome 07/16/2007 Conference for the Association for Software Testing (CAST) 2007
Bugs for Sale 04/21/2010 IV EBTS (Recife, Brazil)
Early Testing Without the Test and Test Again Syndorme 11/14/2006 SSQA November 2006
Evolving Leadership Within AST 03/14/2012 AST Blog
Graphical Display of Testing Status for Complex Configurations 04/17/2007 PNSQC 2007
Lessons Learned From Financial Accounting 02/21/2008 CAST 2008
Measuring the Quality of Software Consulting 04/19/1994 Fourth International Conference on Software Quality
Metrics for Metrics: Cost Analysis and Justification 11/17/1998 Developing Strategic I/T Metrics Conference 1998
Misleading Metrics 10/01/2002 Dr. Dobb's Journal, October 01, 2002
Overview of ASQ's Certification in Software Quality Engineering (CSQE) 09/16/2002 Quality Week 2002
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis 05/08/2000 May, 2000 ASQ Presentation
Requirements for Test Automation 10/19/1999 PNSQC 2000SSQA December 2000
The Software Quality Group’s Relationship to Development 05/18/1993 Quality Week 1993
What Makes Software Quality Different? 04/20/2001 ASQ SV Section 2003
Why Tests Don't Pass 10/11/2009 CAST July, 2009; PNSQC October, 2009
Measuring the Quality of Consulting 10/14/1994 Quality Week 1994PNSQC 19944ICSQ
21CFR Part 11: Electronic Signatures, Electronic Records 05/16/2000 May, 2000 ASQ Presentation
A Process for Measuring the Quality of Software Consulting 05/09/1994 PNSQC
What's Different About Software 05/19/2017 ASQ Silicon Valley Innovation Conference
Managing Quality Changes: Setting Your Horizons 05/18/1989 Quality Week 1989
The Effects of Hardware Advances on Software Quality Assurance 05/01/1990 Quality Week 1990
Assessing the Quality of a Software Development Project 05/01/1991 Quality Week 1991