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Software integration is never an easy task, and a good integration testing process is the key to success. This introduction to integration testing will help you identify what to test, typical faults to look out for, and effective means to uncover these faults.

You know that old saying that the best way to schedule software development is to come up with your best guess and divide by three? In this article, Joel Spolsky explains how to take the guesswork out of estimations by simulating schedules and creating probability curves that are more than just a shot in the dark.

In this month's Test Connection Michael Bolton recounts a valuable lesson he learned early in his testing career: What's the best way to test a product? Use it yourself.

The 3C's of a great Scrum meeting comes down to communication, communication, and communication. This becomes more pronounced as a team becomes distributed. Distribution can be on the other side of the floor or the other side of the globe. Balance in communications methods is the key

In order to stay competitive, IT companies integrate offshoring and outsourcing in their corporate strategies. When these strategies are implemented it is often found that offshoring is full of challenges and much more difficult than expected. This article suggests that the challenges of offshore software development can be met by using agile values, principles, and practices. First the article will present some of the challenges in offshore development, then it will investigate how agile principles and practices have helped offshore development in becoming more competitive by eliminating the challenges usually found in traditional offshore development. However due to the added distance it was found that agile development will run into new challenges. Some challenges, such as time zones, are hard to meet and will impede direct agile communication.

Certain management principles are enduring and able to cross the boundaries of industry In this month's Technically Speaking, Lee Copeland takes a look at the software development applications of his favorite management book.

Unit tests are meant to demonstrate something only to the developers of the software. Make the best use of testing with databases by taking advantage of these helpful techniques, which demonstrate something to a wider range of interested parties.