Elfriede Dustin

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Elfriede Dustin works as a QA/Test Manager at BNA Software (www.bnasoftware.com) Elfriede is co-author of the book Automated Software Testing, and also co-authored the recently published book Quality Web Systems. Her Automated Software Testing white papers are posted on www.stickyminds.com. You can contact her at [email protected]

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BNA Software

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Testing

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United States

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	Evaluating a Tester's Effectiveness
	Automated Testing Tool Evaluation Matrix The book Quality Web Systems (Addison Wesley, August 2001) contains a Tool Evaluation appendix, comparing major tools from Mercury, Rational, Empirix, Compuware, Segue. This matrix will be useful for anyone curious about the capabilities of the various tools - it gives a general comparison overview, but it does not substitute for an in-house evaluation of the tool (see the Automated Software Testing book for the author's guidelines to help the test professional prevent uninformed decisions concerning the use of automated testing tools). This matrix (copyright Addison-Wesley) is provided courtesy of Addison-Wesley and Elfriede Dustin.
	Automating Software Testing: A Life-Cycle MethodologyAutomated Testing Lifecycle Methodology (ATLM) is a structured approach that is geared toward ensuring successful implementation of automated testing. The ATLM approach mirrors the benefits of modern rapid application development efforts, where such efforts engage the user early in the development cycle. The end-user of the software product is actively involved throughout analysis, design, development and test of each software build, which is augmented in an incremental fashion.
	The Automated Testing Life-Cycle Methodology (ATLM) The Automated Testing Life-cycle methodology (ATLM) summarized in this article has been adopted by various companies throughout the world.