The Art of Software Testing Standards
Did you know there is a new software testing standard for the world, ISO29119? It was produced jointly by the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the IEEE. The standard is a result of years of work by members of ten countries, with approval by members of...
Considering Test Estimation and Negotiation
What Is Estimation? Test estimation is a forecast of the projected cost and duration of testing which is agreed upon between the testers and enterprise which requires testing. It is a means for discerning information which will need to be fed back in to the business....
Practical Tips to ETL Testing
Big Data represents all kinds of opportunities for all kinds of businesses, but collecting it, cleaning it up, and storing it can be a logistical nightmare. According to the latest IDC research the big data technology and services market is showing a compound annual...
Scenario Testing: Four Tips on How to Manage Effectively
Testing software has always been complex. The minute you add more than a handful of features to any system, theoretical complexity sky rockets. All the buttons to click, links to follow, client browser versions, client bandwidth and what have you, will soon add up to...
Test Process Improvement
Introduction: We have been doing software testing for quite a long time now. There are many organizations who have invested a considerable amount of time in their testing capabilities. How mature are those capabilities? Each organization has different set of processes...
A Roadmap to Streamlining SAP Automated Regression Testing – Part 1
Introduction Anyone that has watched the movie A League of Their Own must remember the scene when Dottie quit the team right before the World Series. The conversation between her and Jimmy [Tom Hanks] has been one of the most unforgettable scenes for me....
Test Estimation
We have executed many projects Large Projects, Small Projects etc. Sometimes we miss our testing deadlines because there is no defined criterion that is used to build our execution test plan. To help avoid missing our deadlines we have prepared these Test Estimation...
Give Spreadsheets The Boot: From Spreadsheets to Complete Quality Management
Software testing is more complicated, labor intensive, and time consuming than ever before. Applications support multiple platforms, browsers, devices and/or languages and end users are expecting better usability, performance and integration with the applications they...
Agile Testing Challenges: Four Years Later
In this webinar, Rex will revisit his presentation on Agile testing challenges. How are we, as testing professionals, doing in terms of surmounting these challenges? What remains to be done? How can you recognize and manage these challenges in your Agile projects? In this free webinar, Rex will discuss these points and more, helping you be more effective in Agile projects.
Quality Risk-Takers: NASA vs. Wall Street
You know something’s wrong when a Mars spacecraft lands without any software glitches or crashes, while at the same time here on Earth a company’s financial trading system fails disastrously costing nearly half-a-billion dollars. I expected the opposite,...
Advanced Software Testing: Reviews
This is another webinar in a series on advanced software testing, excerpted from Rex’s popular book, Advanced Software Testing: Volume 2, a book for test managers.