The Latest
Retrospectives: They're Not Just For Developers Anymore[presentation] Traditional methods for improving testing include training, hiring, adding new processes, building infrastructure, and buying new tools. But what about increasing the capability of the team? |
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Testing Mission Critical Software Changes[presentation] This paper is based on a recent experience implementing and testing a large new software capability in a |
Alan Ogletree, United Space Alliance
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Identifying Testing Priorities Through Risk Analysis[presentation] It's impossible to test everything-even in the most trivial of systems. Tight time schedules and shortages of trained testing personnel exacerbate this problem; so do changing priorities, feature creep, and loss of resources. |
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Career Path Activities for Test Professionals[presentation] Ever wonder how some people seem to find the time to always do that "little extra" to benefit their careers? Have you ever thought about writing an article, speaking at a conference, or even teaching a course, but didn't know where to begin? |
Eric Patel, RapidSQA
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Blind Alleys in Automated Testing[presentation] More often than not, even modest software test automation efforts fail to achieve their goals. |
Douglas Hoffman, Software Quality Methods LLC
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STAREAST 2002: How to Break Software[presentation] Trying to figure out how you can become a more effective tester? That's easy: Become a better bug hunter. This presentation uncovers the root cause of software failure and offers techniques you can use to find bugs. |
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Four Keys to Better Test Management[presentation] Three years ago, Christopher DeNardis embarked on a career as a software tester. After just one year of testing, he was promoted to leader of the test group. |
Chris DeNardis, Rockwell Automation
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Testing in the .NET Maze[presentation] .NET is a multi-tiered approach to developing applications for Windows OS and Web applications. While these are new development tools, many testing requirements remain the same, yet require additional emphasis by a QA organization. |
Thomas Arnold, Xtend Development, Inc.
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Movin' On Up: Making the Transition from Test Lead to Manager[presentation] Want to be a test lead? Ready to take on the responsibilities of test management? Making the transition to a lead, then a management position, takes more than just guts- it takes preparation. |
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Unified Test Automation Using XML[presentation] Are you looking to reduce the maintenance costs of your testware? Unified Test Automation (UTA) is one approach that's demonstrated cost-saving success. |
Rodrigo Geve, Geve & Associates
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Testing Your Software's Requirements[presentation] Many testing organizations focus primarily on software executable code, but that's not the only thing you can test. For instance, did you ever consider testing your software requirements? |
Brian Lawrence, Coyote Valley Software
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Looking Ahead: Testing Tools in 2010[presentation] It's May 15, 2010, and you're in a triage meeting reviewing the testing status and bugs in your telemedical software. |
Sam Guckenheimer, Rational Software ATBU
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Beyond Record and Playback: The Behind-the-Scenes View of Web Test Automation[presentation] Web-based test automation goes well beyond the mere action of recording manual test scripts and replaying them. Test automation is more of a development process than the normal quality assurance or test effort. |
Michael Prisby, UPS
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Outsourcing Trials and Traps[presentation] Sometimes outsourcing can help your business, but there's too much at stake to take outsourcing lightly. |
Steve Jeffery, PowerQuest Corporation Inc
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Applying Testing Expertise to the Retrospective Goldmine[presentation] Digging up postmortem project data is like mining for gold. The returns can be significant and long-term because this is where your best (and worst) practices really shine. |
Nick Borelli, Microsoft Corporation
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