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What did we do in that half hour?
You might be wondering what the QuickBase team does to release a new version. I can give you a peek from my perspective…
Late this evening, many of us returned before our 11:00p cutover to get ready… Some dilligent folks in QA and Operations were working straight through…
While we were waiting for the appointed time, we had a ceremonial bug bashing (That’s Jana swinging the bat):
At 11:00, the Ops guys did a lot of work behind the scenes to make sure QuickBase came down smoothly, updated the files, and brought the new version up. This process took around 15 minutes.
After the servers were back up, a team of folks both in the office and at home logged in to do what is called ‘smoke testing’, making sure all of the major functions in QB were working correctly. Smoke tests are simple tests that should take around 10 minutes. For example, my job was to test out all the different methods of ‘Create from Scratch’ to make sure that the base functionality was still working. Here’s Peter doing his smoke tests.
After we were satisfied that the main functionality was working, we removed the ‘updating’ page, and y’all were able to log back in.
We, of course, are being especially watchful for the next few days, to make sure we shake out any remaining issues that may crop up.
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Alexandra Levit’s goal is to help people find meaningful jobs - quickly and simply - and to succeed beyond measure once they get there. Follow her @alevit.
Alison Green writes the popular Ask a Manager blog where she dispenses advice on career, job search, and management issues. She's also the co-author of Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Leader's Guide to Getting Results and former chief of staff of a successful nonprofit organization, where she oversaw day-to-day staff management, hiring, firing, and employee development.
Anita Bruzzese is a syndicated columnist for Gannett/USA Today on workplace issues and the author of “45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy.” She has been on the Today show, and quoted in publications such as O, The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, Self.com and BusinessWeek.com. Her website, 45things.com, is listed on the Forbes top 100 websites for women.
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