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Web Security You Can Take to the Bank
Attendees of FutureTest 2008, BZ Media's first annual conference for senior software testers and QA managers, heard nine plenary sessions by nine of the test industry's brightest minds helping to set the direction for testers and test-industry tools. On Feb. 24 and 25, 2009, the two-day conference will feature testers from the country’s top corporations, sharing secrets for keeping their Web applications safe, secure and responsive.
11/18/2008 1:30PM EST

Browser Bug Hunt Opens Tonight at Midnight
I love finding bugs. Even better is telling someone about a major bug that no one else could find and seeing it fixed before it does any harm. Here's your chance to do both, and maybe even get paid for it.
11/4/2008 1:30PM EST

Use-Case, Suit Case
Have developers ever given you a hard time when you've suggested how an application might be used?
10/21/2008 3:30PM EST

'Testers Are Idiots' Revisited
That's right: Testers are idiots. The practice of testing offers no innovation. Testing is boring, manual and repetitive.
10/14/2008 1:30PM EST

Snake Oil Sales for the Modern Day
In today's economic times, ads offering to take you away from all your troubles at next to no cost can start to look good. It's easy to play on the fears, needs, wants and desires of a public desperate for relief from worries about next month's mortgage payment.
10/7/2008 1:30PM EST

Five More Myths of Agile Testing
In "Agile Testing Fact and Fiction" last week, Original Software co-founder and general manager George Wilson brought us some falsehoods he's come across in his years with the test automation tool maker and as business group manager at AIG Computer Services.
9/30/2008 1:30PM EST

Agile Testing Fact and Fiction
If your company is practicing agile development, you might have been faced with some of the same challenges as George Wilson. As Business Group Manager at AIG Computer Services, he simultaneously managed IBM mid-range and PC development projects in a TickIT management environment, which requires ISO 9001 QA certification.
9/23/2008 1:30PM EST

Seven Tips for Virtual Test-Lab Automation
Last week I brought you 10 concepts for building successful automation scripts. This week, I've got seven automation ideas, with guidance on design and operation of a virtual test lab.
9/16/2008 1:30PM EST

Ten Concepts for Successful Automation Scripts
There isn't much use in automating a testing process if the automation scripts can't be used again and again. The more such scripts have to be tweaked or modified to be applied to the latest revision, the more likely they are to end up in the trash.
9/9/2008 1:30PM EST

Good Communication Starts With Good English
Any guide to leadership puts communication at the top of the list of good management skills. And good written communication skills start with a command of the language. Whether or not English is your first language, we all might have something to gain by brushing up on grammar and sentence construction.
9/2/2008 1:30PM EST

Playing Catch-Up With This Week's Report
Last week saw the debut of the uTester Community, which puts software testers in touch with organizations in need of application testing services but lack the staff in-house.
8/26/2008 1:30PM EST

Software Testing: The Stepchild of Innovation
Few would disagree that R&D efforts have given rise to countless technologies. But when it comes to research and development budgets, software testing often gets short shrift.
8/19/2008 1:30PM EST

A Peek Into China's Tech Sector
As the world turns its attention to the 2008 summer Olympic games in the northern Chinese city of Beijing, I thought it would be a good time to share the story of Brian Schwarz, a western journalist granted rare access to one of China's offshore development centers in the eastern city of Shanghai.
8/12/2008 1:30PM EST

Open-Source Tools: Asked and Answered
I asked and you answered. Many of you wrote in about my column two weeks ago titled, "Functional Testing Tools, the Open Source Wave," in which I described open-source alternatives to commercial test products contained in a Forrester research report. Thanks to each and every one of you for taking the time to write, particularly those to whom I didn't have time to reply personally.
8/5/2008 1:30PM EST

Software Is Deployed, Bugs and All
More than 40 percent of all software applications are released with between one and 10 critical defects. And managers are fully aware.
7/29/2008 3:00PM EST

Functional Testing Tools, the Open-Source Wave
Last week, I wrote about "The Forrester Wave: Functional Testing Solutions, Q3, 2008," a recent report that evaluated the six leading test-tool vendors offering manual and automated testing along with test management in a single solution. Qualifying vendors also earned at least US$10 million in annual revenues.
7/22/2008 1:30PM EST

Which Functional Testers Do the Best Job?
Since its acquisition of Mercury Interactive in 2006, Hewlett-Packard continues to lead the pack in terms of tools for software testers, according to a report from Forrester Research released last week. But is QuickTest Pro the best functional testing tool available?
7/15/2008 1:30PM EST

Organize, Automate, Succeed
A desk sign of a respected co-worker years ago read, "Organize, prioritize, succeed." That simple three-step plan has stayed with me ever since--its simplicity is its strength.
7/8/2008 1:30PM EST

CMMI Certification Might Not Yield Quality Software
Capability Maturity Model Integration is a method by which organizations can measure the effectiveness of their business processes and work toward improvement.
7/1/2008 1:30PM EST

Saving Development Costs by the Numbers
Last week I told you about ten cost-saving tips from the U.K. and presented the first five. Here are the remaining five. They're from Martin Adcock, managing director of London-based software quality management solutions consultancy Experimentus.
6/24/2008 1:30PM EST

Ten Tips to Reduce Development Costs
The sagging economy, fuelled by rising fuel prices, has hit businesses hard, and everyone's looking for ways to offset their new top-line cost-- energy.
6/17/2008 1:30PM EST

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