About the Authors

Tip House is chief systems analyst at the OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering access to the world's information, where he develops and supports test automation tools and document management systems for the Web. Although his main interest has always been software development, he also has a long-standing interest in software testing, software measurement, and quality assurance, having presented papers on these subjects at development, measurement, and testing conferences in the United States and Europe. He has achieved Certified Quality Analyst, Certified Software Quality Engineer, and Lead Ticket Auditor certifications, and managed the independent test function at OCLC during their three-year successful effort to become registered to the ISO 9000 standards. Tip can be reached at [e-mail].

Lisa Crispin is the quality assurance manager for KBkids.com. She has been working as a tester on XP teams since July 2000. She is cowriting (with Tip House) a book on testing for XP, which will be published by Addison-Wesley in October 2002. Her article "Extreme Rules of the Road: How an XP Tester Can Steer a Project Toward Success" appeared in the July 2001 issue of STQE Magazine. She is a frequent presenter at software testing and quality assurance conferences such as STAR, Quality Week, and Quality Week Europe, and presented two papers at XP Universe 2001. Lisa has more than ten years' experience as a tester and quality assurance (QA) manager, testing Web applications, database software, case tools, client-server software, and 4GLs. She has introduced testing and QA to companies such as TRIP.com and introduced test automation to Fortune 100 companies.