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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 Schwartz, 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

We're Crazy 'Bout Testing
Registration is open for the Software Test & Performance Conference September 24-26, 2008. The East Coast edition this year moves from Cambridge to the Boston Marriott Copley Place, in Boston. The city-bound conference promises to be the best one ever, with dozens of new classes and tutorials.
6/10/2008 1:30PM EST

When the Server Crashes, Testing's Done
The challenge for software teams--typically locked into time-boxed deployment schedules--is to squeeze as much testing into the available time as possible while maintaining high levels of quality.
6/3/2008 1:30PM EST

Testing and Development--Together Forever
Software testing and development go hand in hand. The two are different disciplines, of course, and testing tasks are often performed well apart from those of development.
5/27/2008 1:30PM EST

Business Process Managers Are So Immature
According to a report published in February, most middle-managers and the organizations they govern act as if they are two; CMMI Level 2, that is.
5/20/2008 1:30PM EST

Where Java and .NET Apps Are Spending Time
As a tester of Java and/or .NET applications, do you know where those programs are spending time? If your apps deal with XML, HTML or another text-based protocol, they're likely bogged down with text-to-number conversions.
5/13/2008 1:30PM EST

Here's What You Missed at STPCon
By the time you finish reading this, you'll either be happily recalling your mid-April trip to California, or thinking about Boston in September. Or maybe-hopefully-you'll be doing both.
5/6/2008 1:30PM EST

Automatically Automate Your Automation
It's not an exercise in repetitive redundancy. It's a plan to use automation technologies to help automate your tests. And it's the brainchild of IDT testing consultant and author Elfriede Dustin.
4/29/2008 1:30PM EST

Into the Fire: A Transition to Scrum
Last week I wrote from STPCon in San Mateo, Calif., about a brief and telling encounter I had with industry guru Rob Sabourin, lover of Scrum and all things testing. I also promised to share one of his recent adventures in transitioning a test team to the practice.
4/22/2008 1:30PM EST

Out of the Frying Pan...
Rob Sabourin is smitten with Scrum. For proof, mention the development framework and watch his body language, as I just did.
4/15/2008 3:24PM EST

The Klingon Voice-Engine Debugger
There's no such race as the Klingons, but their fictional language did benefit one tester, at least according to his claims.
4/8/2008 1:30PM EST

Software Tester Connects With Extraterrestrials
An AOL News report last week of a UFO sighting from the beach community of Capitola, Calif., was confirmed yesterday by Franz Kranenberg, a German software tester.
4/1/2008 1:30PM EST

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