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Enterprise-Wide Change and Configuration Management[presentation] Multi-tier applications are increasingly strategic for many organizations, but manually coordinating the movement of disparate components-developed and deployed on multiple platforms through the software development lifecycle-can be tedious a |
Melissa Borza, Computer Associates International Inc.
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When Your Developers Don't Work for You-How I Managed A Band of "Hackers"[presentation] The future of the development world lies with a bunch of skilled programmers living wherever they want, taking whichever projects they like, naming their price, and disappearing once the project is over. |
Lee Fischman, Galorath, Inc.
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Troubled Times[article] Market analysts say the economy is recovering from the recession. But it seems that every day we read about another company laying off workers and the tough IT job market. All this has Eileen Strider wondering, in this week's column, how you are faring and what kind of support you are both giving and receiving during these tough times. |
Eileen Strider
May 31, 2002 |
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The Impact of Team/Personal Software Processes[presentation] Several years ago, the Naval Oceanographic Office initiated its process improvement effort with Team Software Process (TSP) and Personal Software Process (PSP) as its foundation. |
Edward Battle, Naval Oceanographic Office
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A New Approach for Estimating in e-Business Development[presentation] In order to control the costs and schedules of new eBusiness development projects, a revolution in estimation and the software lifecycle must take place. |
David Duncan, Cambridge Technology Partners
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Buffers and Risk: Critical Chain Project Management[presentation] Critical Chain Project Management uses statistical process control to more clearly define the relationships between tasks and the project end date by using buffers to represent process variation in project tasks. |
Robert Muller, Cytokinetics, Inc.
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Four Keys to Better Test Management[article] There seemed to be a disjoint between development and test groups. There were four things that became very obvious to me, that were necessary to get better organized:
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Software Configuration Management[magazine] Pat Wegerson recommends software configuration management resources AntiPatterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management and the online CM Yellow Pages. |
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How to Make Risk Conversations More Effective[article] Project managers may be reluctant, even unwilling, to discuss problems that testers discover in a project. In this column, management expert Johanna Rothman gives tips on how best to tell management that "the sky is falling," and how to respond if they don't want to hear about potential problems before they occur. |
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Tinkerable Software[article] In what ways should software be like a house? In a recent issue of STQE magazine, Technical Editor Brian Marick's musings about the concept of "tinkerable software" generated some interesting discussion about the very nature of software design. This week's column runs a portion of that piece so that our Sticky-minded readers can sink their thoughts into the concept. |
Brian Marick
April 23, 2002 |
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Partners in Testing[article] Manual software testing can never catch all errors–so can automation help? David Norfolk looks at the pros and cons of automated testing and offers advice–and warnings–on its use. |
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Institutionalizing Poor Quality[article] Have you ever noticed how many professional activities don't utilize a separate testing phase? Veteran tester and instructor Lee Copeland has. And it got him thinking about our industry and the role a tester plays. In this week's column, you may be surprised by his conclusions. |
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Managers and the Helpitis Malady[article] Most of us want to be helpful. It's satisfying knowing that we've been able to solve a problem for another person. But what about those times when the other person doesn't really want our help? In this column, Eileen Strider shows how to offer "healthy" assistance, without giving in to the sickly variety. |
Eileen Strider
April 3, 2002 |
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A Selection of "Our Take" Columns[article] "Our Take" is a regular column from the editors at Software Quality Engineering. It appears in the twice-monthly StickyLetter since its inception in September 2000 (originally "STQe-Letter"). From jazz music, to car troubles, to the Lewis and Clark expedition, Robert Rose-Coutré, former StickyMinds.com Editor, will use anything to make a point about building better software. The editors at Software Quality Engineering have compiled a collection of some of these pieces. Musings from StickyLetter's "Our Take" are presented here. |
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Bug Counts vs. Test Coverage[article] Occasionally, we encounter projects where bug counts simply aren't as high as we expect. Perhaps the product under test is in its second or third release cycle, or maybe the development team invested an inordinate amount of time in unit testing. Whatever the reason, low bug counts can be a cause of concern because they can indicate that pieces of functionality (which potentially contain bugs) are being missed. When low bug counts are encountered, management may begin to wonder about the quality of testing. This article covers techniques for dealing with low bug counts, and methods for reassuring management that coverage is being achieved. |
Andrew Lance
March 21, 2002 |
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