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The Anatomy of a Bug Lifecycle and Some Tools to Improve It From finding a bug to verifying a fix, software testing calls for the attention of many team members. Learn about some of the tools available to help you improve the efficiency and accuracy of your testing process. |
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The Homegrown Tools Syndrome Test management is a generic process, yet much effort goes into developing tools in house to do this work. Learn the reasons for this phenomenon and suggestions for avoiding it. |
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Arming Advertisers versus Users: Social Media Platforms at Odds` Twitter and App.net both made headlines recently by taking completely different approaches to reach the same goal: dominance in the world of social media. |
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Driving Efficiency and Effectiveness with Web Analytics and Risk-Based Testing Web analytics can help you deduce, reduce, and prioritize your testing efforts. Learn how to gather and use qualitative and quantitative information about your users and the risks that can threaten your software's success. |
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Five Ways to Make Test Automation Fail Test automation promises much, but it can deliver disastrous results if implemented poorly. Laura Salazar takes a look at five common practices that can cause automation projects to fail. |
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Power of Post-its with Payson Hall In this article, which originally appeared in the August 2006 issue of the Sticky ToolLook, Payson Hall talks about a helpful, inexpensive brainstorming and project management tool that most of us have close at hand: the sticky note. |
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How to Squeeze the Most Out of Your Automated Testing Jonathan Lindo describes examples of automated test infrastructure utilizing both open source and traditional, independent-software-vendor-sourced software. In addition, he discusses new techniques for extending the value of automated testing by transforming the process from defect finding to defect resolution by reducing the effort required to document, reproduce, and troubleshoot the defects generated from automated tests. |
Jonathan Lindo
July 25, 2011 |
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Three Components of Effective Defect-Management Systems Software development teams and software testing teams have numerous defect-management tool choices to help support their software defect efforts. But, selecting and utilizing an effective tool is really only part of an overall defect-management system. |
Krishen Kota
February 17, 2011 |
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Fuzzing Through the Side Door Fuzz testing, or "fuzzing,” is an approach to test automation that attempts to uncover weaknesses in a system using tool-generated data. In this article, Jonathan Kohl recounts how he used this technique on a published web services interface to test “through the side door”—those testable, in-between areas like messaging APIs. |
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9 Questions You Must Ask When Selecting the Right Tool and Vendor The key to selecting the best vendor and tool is asking the right questions. The answers to these nine essential questions can mean the difference between satisfaction with your purchase and a giant waste of time and money. |
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