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Monthly Archives: October 2011

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  Continuous Process Improvement within an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution.

  The right ALM environment can help your teams enforce the right process for your team, whether it's agile, formal/traditional, or something in between...

  • 31/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  FEAR: psychology in the pursuit of quality

  Do you consider quality assurance as a technological profession? Or have you got the same experience as I do that the difference in projects is mad...

  • 27/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Good Collaboration: Bringing Devs and Testers Closer

  I fully admit it: I'm extraordinarily biased to having developers and testers co-located in the same room, or even at the same desk. I've seen the gre...

  • 27/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Performance Testing: Laying the Groundwork

  Performance testing isn't something you can slap together and figure out as you go. While you certainly can (and likely will!) adjust your approach as...

  • 27/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Defect Prediction Model – A Boon to Business Enterprises

  Defect Prediction Model can reduce losses According to recent research, 40% of the companies reported failed software schedule and budget estimation ...

  • 27/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  The Essence of a Good Bug Report

  Writing an incident description The issue's title is also a summary, so we aim to be as concise as possible, trying to make sure that the language us...

  • 26/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Testing in Agile

  The Big Picture Right from the beginning of a project, I think it is important to discuss the testing infrastructure within the project alongside the...

  • 26/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  5 Good Reasons For A Documented Test Strategy

  Here are five good reasons why I feel that having an appropriate test strategy, documented at the right level makes sense and represents good practice...

  • 26/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Testing without Requirements?

  As I'm from IREB (International Requirements Engineering Board, www.ireb.org) you may bet that I believe that Requirements Engineering today is more i...

  • 25/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  I don’t believe in Rocket Science

  Have you ever heard the expression 'it's not rocket science', when trying to describe a seemingly easy task. I once worked on a data warehouse system ...

  • 25/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  About the bright future of testing and the value of conferences

  Attending a high-quality test conference now and then is worthwhile! I recently read a discussion on Twitter and the EuroSTAR blog about reasons to at...

  • 24/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Why do we make testing as complex as we do?

  I'm afraid this will not be the most popular blogpost that I ever wrote. But I'll post it anyway. In my opinion, we make testing far too complex. Let ...

  • 14/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Booming Mobile Market Leads To Mounting Demand for Mobile Testing Services

  The mobility world is characterized by a plethora of handsets with as many diversions in screen resolution, operating systems, memory and languages. T...

  • 14/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Hey Tester: Are you still wary of Agile?

  Coming from what I like to call the "old school" of testing, agile presented itself somewhat strange to me. While the idea of diluting the roles withi...

  • 12/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  The Definition of Testing

  The views expressed here reflect the views of the author alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of any of their organizations. Testing is ...

  • 11/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Manchester Memories

  Everybody that knows me a little, knows that the EuroSTAR Conference holds a special place in my heart. It's the first international software testing ...

  • 11/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Is Automation Overrated?

  No doubt that automation testing is sexy and impressive - it seems to be a great cure for the annoying process of more laborious testing. Imagine that...

  • 11/10/2011
  • 5852 Views
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Bringing information back into IT

  In my experience working on IT projects means a constant struggle with information, either too much or, more often, not enough of it. Timing is an im...

  • 10/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  An Introduction to Performance Testing

  If you've been monitoring  our roadmap or other announcement channels, you may have heard we're bringing performance testing to Test Studio. This is ...

  • 08/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  The 4 E’s for Getting the Most out of EuroSTAR 2011

  EuroSTAR seems just around the corner and as usual I'm expecting 4 days packed with inspiring sessions, networking opportunities and fun. It can be ov...

  • 06/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Brett Gonzales – Tester of Excellence

  A nomination for Brett Gonzales as European Tester of Excellence 2011, received from Peter Morgan and 317 others Brett Gonzales is a giant of the t...

  • 06/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  What came first? The chicken or the egg? A few thoughts about software testing Metrics

  There are many topics which fuel debates and emotional discussions within the software testing community, but it seems that there's one that really ma...

  • 04/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Why EuroSTAR?

  The first EuroSTAR took place in London back in 1993! At that time I was a novice tester and I managed to convince my boss that I needed to attend thi...

  • 04/10/2011
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  Microsoft at EuroSTAR? I thought Visual Studio was just for developers

  Visual Studio has included some testing tools in earlier releases, namely load and performance testing tools, but the latest realease, Visual Studio 2...

  • 04/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Going Agile? Effective QA Presence is Imperative to Succeed

  With the changing market dynamics, emergence of advanced technologies, ever-changing customer preferences, and evolving global standards and complianc...

  • 04/10/2011
  • 5531 Views
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR
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  Dashboards within an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution.

  Before you can create an effective dashboard, you must decide what purpose it is intended to address and how it will do that. Without this information...

  • 03/10/2011
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  • Posted by EuroSTAR