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99 Agile-Testing Problems, Scrummerfall is one

matt.heusser@gmail.com — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:26:54 -0600

Where Matt talks about how to improve an 'Agile' Process ... he hopes.

Why Do I Need Regression Testing?

mikewlyles@gmail.com — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Many quality organizations will publish that regression testing is part of their testing life cycle and a core ingredient in their test cases before moving deliverables to production. But how strong is the regression test suite in your organization? How well are you monitoring your test suite to maintain relevance?

DaVita: a Quality Culture Focused on Flawless Execution

corymedlin@gmail.com — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600

DaVita is a unique place to work. The word DaVita means “giving life,” and when asked what our teammates (employees) do for a living, each is proud to respond with a simple answer: “I give life.” Providing dialysis treatments to one in three Americans with kidney failure only scratches the surface of what we do. We are a community first and a company second, and while we promote a healthy balance of work and life, we also expect the highest level of performance in everything we do. We believe the work that each of our teammates does directly affect the lives of our chronically ill patients – and that includes our IT team.

Test Automation and Coding – Parallel Life Cycles

gregory.solovey@alcatel-lucent.com — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:00:00 -0600

An alternative approach is to start test automaton in parallel with product development and then reuse the automated cases while moving to the subsequent process phases. Such an approach can shorten the products’ time-to-market without compromising its quality, since testability and error coverage are built into the product.

Webcast: Performance Testing Value Propositions

sbarber@perftestplus.com — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:45:00 -0600

Recorded webcast featuring Scott Barber now available.

Optimizing: Software Test Efforts: What You Need to Know

bzahiri@coverity.com — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:00:00 -0600

As a society, we've become heavily reliant upon software to make our personal and business lives more effective and enjoyable.

Are We in the Business of Quality Assurance or Quality Review?

rhand@softwaretestpro.com — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:30:16 -0600

There is a lot of discussion around the term Quality Assurance in the testing arena. Michael Bolton has a very popular Blog Post he is turning into a session at our October conference called “Testers get out of the Quality Assurance Business”. Words do mean things, and the change of positioning although seemingly small can often bring about greater understanding of the things we do in software testing, within the bigger picture of QA.

How to Predict and Produce Software Quality Releases

rbaucom@redwoodcollaborative.com — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:00:00 -0600

Downloadable Webcast from Spectrum Systems Inc.

Requirements Are Like Pornography

Lhayes@worksoft.com — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:39:42 -0600

When the Supreme Court of the United States was called upon to distinguish pornography from art, one of the justices famously opined that “I cannot define it, but I know it when I see it”. The conundrum of developing a legally enforceable description of what is and is not an acceptable work of art is disturbingly akin to the challenge of defining software requirements.

San Francisco, Silicon Valley Testers are Invited to a Local Roundtable

rhand@softwaretestpro.com — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:32:15 -0600

Join Rich Hand, Director of Membership & Publications for STP and Vladimir Belorusets, SQA Manager for Xerox at this free roundtable hosted by the good people of Robert Half Technologies... A special guest appearance by RHT's Executive Director Dave Willmer...

NY and NJ Testers are Invited to this Free Local Interest Meeting...

rhand@softwaretestpro.com — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:45:38 -0600

“Testing Software Systems in the Financial Industry”; Navigating the complexity and regulation to deliver quality software…

Performance Testing within the Agile Methodologies

articles@teoinnovations.com — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Software engineering and the programs generated from such initiatives have indeed changed the way business is conducted in every enterprise large or small spanning the globe. Furthermore, the way software is being constructed and managed today is rapidly changing as the environments, development tools, and methodologies evolve to fit the unique needs of every organization.

Snapshot Survey

rhand@softwaretestpro.com — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Please review the questions and make comments on the survey...

Automation Works When You Do

Lhayes@worksoft.com — Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Why is the majority of testing still performed manually? True, many tools are too hard to use and maintain, but is that the only reason? Read on to find out what it really takes to make automation successful.

Automated Isn't Automatic

Lhayes@worksoft.com — Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600

No matter how hard you try, you can't avoid the most important and challenging step in the software testing process--the first one. That is, the gathering and defining of requirements that will be tested. That step requires intelligence and skill that no automated testing tool can provide. Read on to find out what can - and can't - be automated.

Get Involved

rhand@softwaretestpro.com — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Join An Advisory Board The association of Software Test Professionals (STP) reflects the vision of the industry; provides timely valuable tools and resources as well as encourages member communication and collaboration. In order for STP to stay abreast of the industry trends and standards that directly impact the association we need members who are willing to collaborate on various advisory boards.

TQA- Review “The Definitive Guide to Quality Application Delivery” by Don Jones an e-book.

rhand@softwaretestpro.com — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0600

If you are part of the STP community you have received the opportunity to download a new e-book, “The Definitive Guide to Quality Application Delivery” by Don Jones sponsored by Micro Focus. This guide is an extremely comprehensive effort, and I have been finding it very helpful in my education about the role of testing in the Software Development Life Cycle. As a quality/testing professional you may find it interesting for different reasons but I thought I would share some thoughts and try to encourage you to take advantage of this complimentary resource from STP on behalf of the book’s sponsor Micro Focus.

This book is a complete guide so I can’t share it all but I chose some excerpts that I found interesting. The book is over 200 pages jammed packed with great resources for the testing professional and all functional roles in the development of quality applications. Don Jones does a great job organizing …

Cultivate Your Crop For High-Performance From The Ground Up

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:00:00 -0700

To grow the best-performing Web applications, you must nurture them from the start and throughout the SDLC.

"The SDLC"

matt.heusser@gmail.com — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:53:00 -0600

There's been some great discussion on software-testing yahoo group lately.

‘Testers Don’t Do Security Testing’—But We Should

EDustin@idtus.com — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:00:00 -0700

At first a skeptic, now I’m a convert: Though it was tough to admit, I know now that the full life-cycle approach is the only way we can achieve truly secure software.

An Actual Job Description I saw today -

matt.heusser@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:36:00 -0700

For a senior programmer/analyst type .

Model Driven Testing

350@stpcollab.com — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:00:00 -0700

To keep your automation running smoothly and boost all phases of the Java development life cycle, put UML 2.0 behind the wheel.

Get Quality Into Your Head

313@stpcollab.com — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:00:00 -0600

This six-stage template can lead you to a successful quality-driven process.

Using History to Help Topple Problems

prakash.sodhani@gmail.com — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:00:00 -0600

Need more info in your testing process? Make your metrics matter with test-case execution state analysis.

How to make your Quality Assurance Efforts Fly

249@stpcollab.com — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 08:00:00 -0700

A carefully planned application life cycle is key to delivering on-time, quality software—and the test team should be involved in each step.