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Traditional Test Engineering, Your Days Are Numbered

In the first installment of this article, Dr. James Whittaker discussed turning testing on its head—to revitalize and improve the value of late-stage testing. James also discussed ideas behind empowering your dogfooders, testers, and the crowd to significantly and efficiently improve software quality. In part two, Jason Arbon discusses the research and engineering experimentation behind realizing these ideas into new tools and processes.
Jason Arbon's picture Jason Arbon
June 4, 2012
Paul Poutanen From One Expert to Another: Paul Poutanen

Paul Poutanen has developed extensive mobile expertise working in management for wireless hardware and cellular location firms such as Wi-LAN and Cell-Loc before launching Mob4Hire. In this interview with Jonathan Kohl, Poutanen discusses the complex global testing process for mobile devices.
Jonathan Kohl's picture Jonathan Kohl
June 1, 2012
Exploratory Testing in an Agile World: An Interview with Matt Barcomb

Matt Barcomb works at LeanDog where he is passionate about building collaborative cross-functional teams and finding ways to make the business-software universe a better place to work, play, and do business. Heather Shanholtzer talked to Matt about exploratory testing in an agile project.
Heather Shanholtzer's picture Heather Shanholtzer
May 4, 2012
FAQ: Do I Need to Program to be a Tester on an Agile Team?

In this installment of FAQ, SQE Trainer Janet Gregory answers one of the questions students ask her most often.
Janet Gregory's picture Janet Gregory
May 1, 2012
Oracle's Approach to Application and Infrastructure Testing: Strategies and Best Practices
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Learn from our application testing experiences. We've integrated these lessons into our own Application Quality Management solutions. These solutions support a new, time-saving and risk-averse approach to testing Oracle application and infrastructure.
Mughees Minhas, Oracle
STAREAST 2012 Keynote: Lightning Strikes the Keynotes
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Lightning Talks are a very popular part of many STAR conferences. Lightning Talk sessions consist of a series of five-minute talks by different speakers within one presentation period and are the opportunity to deliver their single biggest bang-for-the-buck idea in a rapid-fire presentation.
Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering
Software Testing Using Microsoft Visual Studio Test Professional
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Help simplify the entire development process, from design to deployment. Bring a vision to life using powerful prototyping, modeling, and design tools. Work more efficiently with integrated testing and debugging tools that enable delivery of high-quality solutions.
Charles Sterling, Microsoft
STAREAST 2012 Keynote: Testing Trends: Cloud, Virtualization, and Mobility
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Almost daily, we see reports of software failures that harm enterprises and impact the brand, putting testing organizations and their efforts in the spotlight. Fortunately, testers are now in one of the most exciting times in the software industry’s history!
Theresa Lanowitz, voke, inc.
Collaborative Web-based Testing for Product and Software Development
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How to establish instantaneous traceability with Requirements and Development Artifacts. How to automatically process and identify unit test methods and promote as "First Class Citizens". How to perform any test. Test any product. Test on any device. Anywhere.
David Merrill, Polarion
STAREAST 2012 Keynote: What Managers Think They Know about Test Automation—But Don’t
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Managers play a critical role in the success or failure of test automation. Although most testers and some test managers have a realistic view of what automation can and cannot do, many senior managers have firm ideas about automation that are misguided—or downright wrong.
Dorothy Graham, Independent Test Consultant

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