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Advanced Software Testing: Integration Testing

rex_black@rbcs-us.com — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:00:00 -0600

Previously recorded on October 20, 2011

The “World Series” of Test Requirements

jamieg0926@gmail.com — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0600

We first met Jamie in the November/December 2010 issue where she took us step by step through the process of re-engineering a group of testers working on the ROSS project into a productive, efficient team with the emphasis on “team.” In this article, she moves beyond the test team to the requirements team in order to achieve better alignment resulting in improved efficiencies and better design in the end product.

Who is Watching Your Test Data?

daven.kruse@gmail.com — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Is your project looking for ways to reduce invalid defects, maintain a consistently clean testing environment, and increase the effectiveness of its development resources? Look no further than test data.

Forture Consulting Partners with Reflective Solutions to Deliver Optimal Application Performance for Maximo Users

jrovansek@redwoodco.com — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:00:00 -0600

Eclipse for Testers

werner.keil@gmx.net — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:00:00 -0600

Eclipse has been one of the best IDEs for unit testing ever since its early days. Not too great a surprise, as until a few months ago, JUnit co-founder Erich Gamma was also lead engineer for Eclipse Java Development Tools and related IBM products like Rational Jazz. From Version 3.2 on, JUnit was directly built into Eclipse after a separate plug-in has already been available.

Jasmine, BDD for JavaScript

werner.keil@gmx.net — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:00:00 -0600

A few months ago, a meeting of Vienna JavaScript User Group (Vienna.js) introduced me to Jasmine, a Behavior Driven Development Testing Framework for JavaScript.

A Discussion About Bug Regression

Mohammad.Alam@cgg.com — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0600

This article discusses the importance of bug regression in context with different test cycles and its outcome within the span of a project. The concept of bug regression is nothing new, but the practice is not very common.

Sidebar: A Testing Menu

matt.heusser@gmail.com — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:16:11 -0600

Other fields offer menus for services; what should a testing menu look like?

Golden Rules of Testing

testertroubles@hotmail.co.uk — Tue, 10 May 2011 11:00:00 -0600

I've put together what I think are the golden rules of testing that still apply. So when someone says "that's not how we do it in Agile" (and believe me - they will) don't take none of it and stick with the basics.

You’re a New QA Manager! What’s next?

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:30:00 -0700

Congratulations! You’ve just joined a company as the new QA Manager and you’re eager to dive right in and be successful. What will be your first steps besides familiarizing yourself with the applications under test? Our recommendation is to thoroughly review the processes and policies within the company as well as those internal to QA. Your success significantly depends on close collaboration with each of the touch points QA has. Therefore, your first task is to assess these relationships and improve them as necessary. This article will arm you with a “checklist” that will help you with this endeavor.

Case study of the Resource Ordering & Status System (ROSS) Project

jamieg0926@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:30:00 -0700

I started on the Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS) project in August, 2005 at one of the largest government contractors in the United States. The U.S. government uses ROSS to order and status resources for numerous types of incidents, mainly wildfires.

Ask the Tester

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:30:00 -0700

A U.S. Army Officer turned performance tester, Scott Barber is probably best known as the co-author of Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications by Microsoft Press.

‘Father of Software Quality’ Watts Humphrey dies at 83

Katie.Serignese@nostpmail.com — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:00:00 -0700

November 2, 2010 - Watts Humphrey, a 2003 recipient of The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s National Medal of Technology, and fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and Software Engineering Institute, died Thursday in his Sarasota, Fla. home. He was 83.

Agile Testing... Why Dig into the Technical Design

nancy.kelln@unimaginedtesting.ca — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0600

There are cases where not knowing the inner working of your application is a valid approach to testing. However, I believe that we may make incorrect assumptions when we don’t learn the technical aspects of our software projects and could expose ourselves to unnecessary risks.

Electric Cloud Optimizes Software Production for Android Device Manufacturers

jrovansek@redwoodco.com — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:47:18 -0600

New enhancements to ElectricCommander and ElectricAccelerator improve the software build-test-deploy process for teams developing Android devices

A Brief History of Software Testing

sbarber@perftestplus.com — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:17:00 -0600

When STP announced the call for nominations for the Software Testing Luminary award, it got me thinking about how software testing came to be a role separate and distinct from software programming with unique and identifiable skills and responsibilities. It also got me thinking about the pioneers who blazed the trails that today’s luminaries strive to bring out of the shadows and into the light, sometimes revealing new trails along the way that improve software’s journey through what I like to call “testerland”.

Risk-Based Testing: A Visual Approach

d8e29ed628c3bf0@stpcollab.com — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:00:00 -0600

The winner of the Logica Triple Star Award for Innovation at EuroSTAR 2009 shares highlights of his showstopping presentation on RBT. “RBT is geared toward developing an objective technique to prioritize the testing effort, with a view to reducing the overall testing effort, while minimizing any increase in risk exposure to the organization.”

Out of the Box

joel@joelshore.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0700

Hot tools and updates from uTest, dynaTrace and more…

Testing Centers of Excellence

hnarayan@yahoo.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0700

CA is using its global test facilities to raise the bar on product quality and time to market.

Career Advice From the Experts

amuns@stpcollaborative.com — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0700

We asked 8 veteran testers how they got into the field and what guidance they can offer those just starting out. Here’s what they told us.

Six Sigma, Part II: Time to Measure

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0700

How to apply Six Sigma measurement methods to software testing and performance.

Tracking Quality Variations With Six Sigma Methods

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:00:00 -0600

Six Sigma methods are designed to spot tiny variations in quality before they get big. The techniques also apply to software quality. Here’s how

C+M=REPAYING DEBT

joel@joelshore.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:00:00 -0600

Ward Cunnimgham in 1992 attached the phrase “technical debt” to the practice of applying short-term fixes to a code base that must later be repaired. Read how Motorola uses SCM to stay avoid this kind of debt.

Agile Testing in Practice

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 -0600

The Agile Manifesto flew in the face of development theory. Now its processes are ubiquitous.

Coloring Outside the Lines?

8cb92381908b3de@stpcollab.com — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 -0600

Will our company’s Web services work with others? Learn from a former WS-I working group leader about testing tools and techniques that can help you determine whether interoperability will be and issue for you.