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Idealogy vs. The Software Process Naturalist

Thursday November 12th 2009 7pm Rated 0 7 Comments Process Software offshore
Several years ago, I worked with a company pursuing process improvement with the (then) brand new CMMI model.

5 Tips for Building Trust

Thursday December 2nd 2010 10am Rated 10 4 Comments Teams Project Management Management Leadership offshore
If you are coming in to a project in a situation where trust has been violated, you may notice a few side effects. If your manager seems to be micromanaging you, ask some questions about what happened in the past. You may notice a project manager or dev manager is negative overall about testing and begrudges having testing at all.
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Testing Centers of Excellence

Monday February 1st 2010 8am Rated 1 4 Comments Best Practices Management Automation Development Case Study Process Technology Certification Services Functional Integration Software Testing Unit Web offshore Tools
CA is using its global test facilities to raise the bar on product quality and time to market.
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Outsourcing Confidential

Tuesday September 1st 2009 7am Rated 0 4 Comments Management Services Development Process Jobs offshore
A long-time software testing consultant shares stories from the trenches, and not all of them end well.
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Ask the Tester

Monday October 11th 2010 12am Rated 2 3 Comments ST&QA Magazine Agile Software Testing Unit Ask the tester offshore
Ten Questions for Markus Gaertner
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Do Offshore Testing Operations Build Stakeholder Value?

Thursday September 10th 2009 7am Rated 0 2 Comments Services Forums Testing offshore
Labor arbitrage in the form of hourly rate differentials is usually the incentive for CIOs to outsource testing abroad, but hidden costs, management challenges and communications issues must also be accounted for. Today’s forum asks you if testing offshore is truly value additive?
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Adventures in Consulting

Monday November 29th 2010 5pm Rated 5 1 Comment Software Testing Test and QA offshore
Matt Heusser's true story of his adventures of with a "process improvement specialist." Or, er ... something like that.

Agile Testing Notes

Thursday July 29th 2010 10am Rated 2 1 Comment Testing Agile Teams Project Management Automation Metrics Software Unit User Error Handling Training offshore Tools
On a quest to understand how agile projects are successful, I encountered several interesting scenarios and insight into how the overall project is executed. But to my dismay, I almost always find that the information on Agile Testing itself, is quite generic (not talking Automation or Unit testing here). WHY SO?

Making the Case: Develop Your Defense For Test Automation

Monday January 1st 2007 8am Rated 2 1 Comment Automation Development Exploratory Leadership Testing Software Training Web offshore
In an age of shrinking budgets, you’ve got to persuade the powers-that-be that automation is a compelling priority for your organization. A softer view of ROI can help.
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Web Test Strategy

Monday August 9th 2010 3am Rated 6 0 Comments Testing Strategy Agile Performance Management Automation Functional Load Regression Teams Unit Web offshore
Many organizations struggle with forming an effective web test strategy. Today’s interconnected world means software testing needs to move far beyond simple requirements validation, to include negative tests, performance and scalability tests, as well as a strong automation strategy. In this article, I will provide lessons I have learned over several years of testing at www.lds.org, www.expedia.com, and www.livemeeting.com. These lessons are the foundation for my strategy, no matter the web application I am testing.
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Building Highly Effective On/Offshore QA Teams

Tuesday August 23rd 2011 8am Rated 4 0 Comments offshore Test and QA Process Teams
The offshore testing model does not have to be painful or difficult, or strain the QA organization.
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How to Keep Quality Assurance From Being A Juggling Act

Saturday September 1st 2007 7am Rated 1 0 Comments Test and QA Quality Assurance Project Management Performance Management Integration Software Teams User Web offshore
With a sweet three-part strategy—quality planning, quality assurance and quality control—techniques such as weekly meetings, status reports and collocation can help you keep all the QA balls in the air.
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Testing Centers of Excellence: The Big Picture

Monday March 1st 2010 8am Rated 0 0 Comments Management Metrics Services Software Testing User offshore
Following our February case studies on testing centers of excellence, we explore TCOEs’ pluses and pitfalls to help you assess their potential for your organization.
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Outsourced Testing Demands Trust and Transparency

Tuesday November 10th 2009 8am Rated 0 0 Comments Interviews Management Services Testing Unit offshore
Relinquishing control is critical to maximize the benefits of outsourced testing, says Qualitest US CEO Yaron Kottler, who shares global insights into the state of software testing and QA.
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A 'Crowdsourcing' Pioneer

Tuesday September 1st 2009 7am Rated 0 0 Comments Services Interviews Performance Software Web offshore
The premiere installment of this interview series features Doron Reuveni, CEO and co-founder of uTest, an international community of software testers that broke new ground in crowdsourcing.
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Fly Into Agile Development With Agile Testing

Sunday June 1st 2008 7am Rated 0 0 Comments Agile Automation Development Strategy Functional Testing Teams Unit User offshore
Adopting an agile development methodology? Don’t forget to incorporate an agile testing methodology, as well, right from takeoff.
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Whip Your Tests Into Shape For Winning Results

Tuesday April 1st 2008 7am Rated 0 0 Comments Test and QA Development Security Acceptance Process Functional Testing offshore
When your tests are up for review by management, you need to find a thoroughbred solution. Learn to build smarter, more modular tests to deliver more meaningful and informative results.
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Shore Up Those Levees ’Cause Change Is A-Comin’

Saturday March 1st 2008 8am Rated 0 0 Comments Best Practices Performance Management Software Unit Web offshore
From tulips to leaky levees: a comparative study in change management.
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Keeping Track of Your Offshore Playbook

Tuesday January 1st 2008 8am Rated 0 0 Comments Management Services Agile Performance Acceptance Testing Teams Unit Requirements Web offshore
Your company could be looking overseas to cut costs and deadlines. Put the odds in your favor with a quality audit, so that your team’s best practices will be on the agenda—wherever you test.
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Conferences - II

Monday May 21st 2007 3pm Rated 0 0 Comments offshore
The thing about international conferences is that they are, well, international.
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