The Latest
Automation Architectures -- Best Practices in Your Context[presentation] How are you going to develop 1,000 or more automated test cases and run them automatically and unattended night after night? |
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Get Your Testing Message Across[presentation] We all know how important test progress (or lack of) is to the success of the project. But why is it that sometimes no one takes notice? Valuable test reports provide information that is needed, not just easy to gather. |
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Customer-Focused Verbs[article] When building successful relationships with your customers, certain verbs such as "to respond," "to listen," and "to involve" are important and should be used. But this column is about another common place verb that's not at all customer focused: "to get." Naomi doesn't mean "to get a 50% raise for completing the project on time" or "to get a week off for creating a brilliant test plan." No, she means, "to get customers to do things your way." Learn how simple verb replacement therapy can help you build better relationships with the customer. |
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Suffering for Success[article] One of the most valuable services a QA group provides is preventing failure. Ironically if the group succeeds at this, QA might find themselves unpopular or out of a job. Linda Hayes reveals how typical methods of measuring success can actually cause failure. Especially if success is achieved at the loser's expense. |
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Building an Independent Test Group[article] Are you attempting to start an independent test group or increase the scope and value of your present group? After building a highly effective thirty-person test group, Scott Eder reflects on the three major areas where he focused and the challenges he faced along the way. Take away sample work scope and purpose statements for your test group, and learn how to set realistic expectations at all levels within your organization. Find out the key processes that Scott implemented immediately to get his team off to a good start.
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Scott Eder
January 31, 2005 |
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Detecting Great Testers before the In-Person Interview[article] Resumes only tell a portion of a candidate's story just like caller ID doesn't always reveal the caller's complete identity. Screening candidates over the phone can help extract more of the person's story if you ask the right questions. In this column, Johanna Rothman shares phone-screening techniques she uses to detect great potential testers. This process of elimination saves her valuable time and ensures only qualified candidates make it to the in-person interview. |
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A Strategic Approach - "Beta the Business"[presentation] Beta testing is an industry standard practice to obtain user feedback prior to general availability of software. Have you ever considered that the Beta release can be used to validate the software's value to customers and application users? |
Pete Conway, EMC Corporation
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Breakthroughs in Measurement and Benchmarking[presentation] The "business of IT" is in the limelight more than ever. |
Howard Rubin, META Group Inc
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Agile Project Management - Reliable Innovation[presentation] From software to materials research to drugs to airplanes, companies are relentlessly driving the cost of change out of their new product development processes. Why? |
Jim Highsmith, Cutter Consortium
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Cosmic Truths about Software Requirements[presentation] The history of many software projects shows that requirements mistakes are the most expensive ones to correct late in development. So, why do we make big requirements errors over and over, even in mission-critical software projects? |
Karl Wiegers, Process Impact
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Software is Entering a New Dimension - Are You Ready?[presentation] A revolution in the business of software is coming . . . The boundaries between the business and IT from one enterprise to another will disappear. The space around functional system silos will dissolve. |
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Getting Started with Test Driven Development[presentation] Test-driven (or test first) development (TDD) is an excellent method for improving the quality of software applications. |
Robert Walsh, EnvisionWare, Inc.
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Preventing Security Breaches at the Source[presentation] Security is a complex and often overwhelming issue. You cannot rely solely on trying to prevent hackers from entering your systems. Instead, you must ensure that the system safeguards itself if a hacker does break in. |
Sergei Sokolov, ParaSoft Corporation
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Continuous Integration Using an Open Source Platform Architecture[presentation] Continuous integration is the process of performing a fully automated build, run often, usually daily, during software development. How do you develop a robust platform architecture to automatically integrate your software into builds? |
Paul Duvall, Cigital, Inc.
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Open Source Development Tools: Coping with Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt[presentation] Using open source tools in a development and test environment can be a big relief for your budget. However, open source remains a foreign and often frightening concept for many developers and organizations. |
Danny Faught, Tejas Software Consulting
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