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 Time Boxing Planning: Buffered Moscow Rules
Author(s): Eduardo Miranda
Summary: Time boxing is a management technique that prioritizes schedule over deliverables, but time boxes that are merely self- or outside-imposed targets, without agreed-upon partial outcomes and justified certainty, are at best an expression of good will on the part of the team. This essay proposes the use of a modified set of Moscow rules that accomplish the objectives of prioritizing deliverables and providing a degree of assurance as a function of the uncertainty of the underlying estimates.
Date Posted: Oct 10, 2011 |
Passing the Baton
Author(s): Rinku Sahay
Summary: A knowledge transfer session is the least-sought-after activity in a project. The intention is to get rid of your current responsibility and move on, no matter what mess you leave behind. But, while watching a relay race, Rinku Sahay realized how crucial it is to have a successful “pass.”
Date Posted: Sep 28, 2011 |
Dependable vs. Irreplaceable
Author(s): Rinku Sahay
Summary: We all like being in demand, feeling wanted, and being dependable. But, we forget that there is a thin line between being dependable and irreplaceable. The result is not only a loss of credibility but also a loss of opportunities.
Date Posted: Sep 7, 2011 |
What Do You Do when a Showstopper Escapes into Production?
Author(s): Joel Montvelisky
Summary: You are the QA manager of a company developing an enterprise application. Last week, your team released a product version, including features requested by new customers. But, it included a showstopper that already has affected about a third of customer installations. What would you and your team do in this situation?
All of a sudden the phone rings. It's your R&D director, who wants you in his office for an urgent meeting: last week's release included a showstopper that already affected about a third of customer installations.
What would you and your team do in this situation?
Date Posted: Aug 23, 2011 |
Developer's Exploratory Testing
Author(s): Davor Crnomat
Summary: In this article, Davor Crnomat introduces a new, efficient method of testing in agile teams called "developer's exploratory testing” (DET). The method focuses on situations where you have few or no dedicated test resources on the team, and it increases the number of found bugs and decreases the time needed to find them.
Date Posted: Aug 10, 2011 |
Early Automation Approach
Author(s): Senthilkumar Gopalakrishnan
Summary: An early automation approach involves the automation team in the early phase of the testing lifecycle to support agile or iterative projects. Automation scripting can commence in parallel to system development.
Date Posted: Aug 5, 2011 |
A Balanced Approach to Systems Engineering
Author(s): Ryan Maxwell
Summary: A balanced approach to systems-engineering project management will help navigate difficult and seemingly intractable decisions. A project manager’s focus should remain on business needs. Technology and tools—having a limited and identified lifespan—should be supporting elements. Consider agile principles for technology selection and product maintenance, as well as for software development.
Date Posted: Jun 20, 2011 |
Test-data Management Best Practice
Author(s): Stephanie Chace
Summary: Effective test-data management is a key component of successful product development that can improve the quality of your product and lower the cost of producing that product. Test-data management plays a key role in securing sensitive data and minimizing the risk of a data breach. This paper reviews the fundamental issues affecting test data and helps you understand how to choose the right data to ensure robust coverage while minimizing cost.
Date Posted: Jun 13, 2011 |
White Paper: ROI Metrics for Testing Engagement
Author(s): Vineet Singh Pangtey
Summary: With the economic slowdown, the overall budget for IT has gotten more stringent. Testing may face the biggest impact of overall cost cutting if it appears not to give any return on investment (ROI). This white paper explains an approach for calculating the ROI for a testing engagement and also provides steps to measure and optimize the testing cost for a better ROI.
Date Posted: Jun 3, 2011 |
A Checklist for Good Agile Testing Practices
Author(s): Biswajit Nanda
Summary: This checklist lists the core agility principles that are important from a testing perspective. Organizations can make use of this checklist for agility assessment and identifying areas of testing improvement.
Date Posted: May 13, 2011 |
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