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Fixing the Quick Fix
Author(s): Esther Derby
Summary: Demands on businesses these days tend to make speed a priority--often at the expense of other areas. When it comes to correcting a problem in your organization, you should make sure you are, in fact, fixing the problem and not just a symptom. In this article, Esther Derby takes a look at the issue of the quick fix and offers some tips on how to get to the heart of the problem.
The Agile Project Manager
Author(s): VersionOne Inc.
Summary: Agile mythologies are helping companies stay competitive in today's economy by enabling software teams to deliver products more frequently and with significantly higher quality. However, transitioning from traditional project work to the agile philosophy will pose challenges to even the best project managers. This white paper explores the impact agile development methodologies are having on the project management community, what new skills are required, and what the project manager can do to ease the transition.
Date Posted: Feb 24, 2010 |
Diary of an Agile Tester
Author(s): John Reber
Summary: This fictional diary looks at the experience of an agile QA during a single iteration, sharing some of the scenarios, questions, queries, and successes typically encountered by an agile test team. Some of the issues touched on in this first part include estimations, TDD, exploratory testing, team size, tester-developer ratios, relationships with other team members, and sign-offs.
Date Posted: Feb 24, 2010 |
A Structured Approach for Test Automation Framework
Author(s): Shripad Hebbar
Summary: A structured approach to test automation proves to be a crucial element in addressing issues against manual testing and record/playback automation. In this article the author details an application-independent automation framework. He also explains why test automation should be approached as a separate software development phase.
Date Posted: Feb 19, 2010 |
Service Hiding
Author(s): Eugene Wineblat
Summary: Discover ways to hide applications within a Windows operating system in this paper. The approaches described benefit corporate security systems development when hiding system agents and preventing users from switching them off. This article is also useful for those who research harmful software and want to build an adequate answer for such threats.
Date Posted: Feb 19, 2010 |
Taming the Torrent
Author(s): Linda Hayes
Summary: There was a time when software releases came slowly--perhaps even annually for some projects. But in today's fast-paced world, where computers are everywhere and software has to keep up, some teams are promoting software daily or even more frequently. If you feel like a storm cloud of change is unleashing its fury upon you, Linda Hayes has some suggestions to give you hope and help you gain control.
White Paper: A Lucky Shot at Agile?
Author(s): Zeger Van Hese
Summary: In this paper, Zeger describes life as a tester in a team of agile rookies. The context: a major healthcare IT company and what adopting agile did and didn't do for it. Zeger writes about the practices adopted successfully, but also highlight the mistakes and missed opportunities. Was his shot at agile just a lucky shot or one that actually proved the value of agile practises?
Date Posted: Feb 12, 2010 |
Baseline Testing
Author(s): Johann du Plessis
Summary: I developed and use a very successful performance testing methodology, which has baseline testing as an important part of the methodology. Proper baseline testing saves a lot of time on performance testing projects. This article covers the how, why, and what of baseline testing.
Date Posted: Feb 12, 2010 |
The Role of the Test Manager in an Agile Organization
Author(s): Johanna Rothman
Summary: If you're a test manager--or any sort of manager, for that matter--in a company that's transitioning to agile, you might be curious about where you stand in the new environment. Many of the traditional management roles are gone, but managers still have their place. As Johanna Rothman explains, it's time to think about coaching, removing obstacles, providing career development, and building relationships and organizational capacity.
There are Always Requirements
Author(s): Drew Jackson
Summary: It often seems a fact of life that processes are made to be broken. In nearly all the organizations where the author has directed testing efforts--large or small--there have been times when best practices regarding feature design and product requirements were knowingly dodged. Recently, Drew encountered an example of this, where a new report was required to address an immediate need of a new customer. The deadline for completion was firm, and the information needed came late. This article reveals some of the lost processes Drew found in digging for more information.
Date Posted: Feb 5, 2010 |
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