Another long day at the office, a crashed hard-drive at home, the wrong version of Windows Vista media (who knew you had to order the 64-bit version after you opened the version you purchased?), and estimates for a new driveway stuck in the door when you get home... It's all ok now. I'm smiling thanks to Geordie Keitt's new song, Black-Box Testing.

Mr Keitt, thank you vey much!

Last night I read a Fast Company article by Dan and Chip Heath titled Heroic Checklist. Now, I normally like everything these guys write because I like their writing style, but this one really resonated with me because at work we've been talking about building out some checklists to support our performance testing. We could use some checklists for environment configuration and coordination, modeling and calibration, and for execution and reporting.

I like the article because it addresses many concerns that I think testers have when they hear "checklist." If you're already a fan, not much new here. If you're a checklist skeptic, give it a read and see if it gets you thinking about how you might use a checklist or two.