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Web Seminar: The Heartbeat of Development: The Build-and-test Process * Sponsored by Electric Cloud * This Web seminar examines how fast, automated builds and tests are critical enablers to agile development techniques. In fact, if done well, the build-and-test cycle can become the heartbeat of development--one of the best indicators of project health. Join us Wednesday, March 10 at 2 p.m. ET. www.sqe.com/go?0310WSEC
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT STICKYMINDS.COM?
Column: An Unusual Question about Managing Change
Naomi Karten
Change is disruptive. Even when a particular change leads to a positive outcome, the transition from the old way to the new way can be a time of turbulence. Might there be circumstances in which it's appropriate, or even helpful, to prolong that period of turbulence? That's the question Naomi Karten wrestles with in this week's column.
Or check out the Column Archive to catch up on what you've missed since your last visit.
Download Center: Practical Approaches for Securing Web Applications across the Software Delivery Lifecycle This white paper helps enterprises understand the importance of securing Web applications to protect critical corporate and customer data. What many don't understand, however, is how to implement a robust process for integrating security and risk management throughout the Web application software development lifecycle. Poorly implemented processes, at best, are ineffective for managing Web application risk and, at worst, lead to data loss and unacceptable slow downs in delivery times. www.stickyminds.com/IBMWNG0309
NEW CONTENT POINTERS
New Articles, Columns, Templates:
Article: Competitive Exploratory Testing
Mike Ricklin
This article is about getting users involved early in the iterative test cycles, and it also discusses exploratory testing. The author also delves into the benefits of an incentive-driven, team competition approach to testing.
Article: An Economic Analysis of Software Defect Removal Methods
Gary A. Gack
This paper and the models it uses are intended to help software organizations determine an optimal combination of defect containment methods and resource allocation. These models provide a mechanism to forecast the consequences of alternative assumptions and strategies in terms of both cost in person months and delivered quality measured by "Total Containment Effectiveness"—TCE, i.e., the estimated percentage of defects removed before software release to customers
NEW BOOK REVIEWS
Book Title: Agile Testing
By: John Watkins
Reviewed By: Melissa M. Tondi
For those who either are considering moving to agile or have only been practicing the methodology for six months or less and have not fully implemented the practice in their organization, this is a...
New Blog Entry: Lose the Lag By: Noami Karten When an organization with disgruntled customers takes major steps to improve service delivery, customers ought to be happy. Often, however, they continue to grumble and grouse because of what I've dubbed the perceptual lag. That is, the perception of an improvement often lags far behind the implementation of that improvement. Read more at: www.stickyminds.com/Karten-LTL
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