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An Overview of the ESB-Based Tool Integration Approach[article] Business users who tend to follow the enterprise service bus model to implement SOA for tool integrations are yet to optimize their effort and investment. It is imperative that businesses are completely aware of why, when, and how to select the right ESB solution to build an integrated ALM ecosystem, and they should know what to ask an integration vendor in order to get the most out of the deal. This article takes them through the critical steps of choosing an appropriate ESB solution. |
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Creating Android Apps in Java: An Interview with Mark Meretzky [interview]
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In this interview, Mark Meretzky talks about his presentation at Agile Development and Better Software Conference West 2014, how he feels about Android versus iOS, his favorite programming language to teach at New York University, and what language he thinks programmers should learn first. |
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Attacking Quality Issues in Data Warehousing[magazine] To fully detect, isolate, and resolve quality issues in a traditional, large-scale data warehouse requires that several approaches be used together. Wayne identifies types of data quality issues and then illustrates how to best attack and resolve those pesky issues. |
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Make Your Mainframe Systems and Technology More Agile: An Interview with Jay McFarling and Danielle Roecker[interview]
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Jay and Danielle talk about their presentation at Agile Development and Better Software Conference West 2014, why teams should care about their mainframe systems going agile, the role of legacy tech in an agile world, and some ways that teams can modernize their development practices. |
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Using Positive Psychology in DevOps[article] Bringing different technology groups together can result in some interesting challenges. We often feel like we are doing group therapy for a very dysfunctional family, and many of the challenges encountered highlight the biases people often bring into the workplace. Leslie Sachs describes how to identify these behavioral issues and utilize positive psychology to help develop high-performance teams. |
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Redistributed Testing: A Shift to Refine Requirements[article] In short, redistributed testing is a shift in the emphasis and responsibility for testing. Testers are reassigned to work closer to the business with users or business analysts or are embedded in the development team.By being involved in story and scenario writing, the testers help to refine requirements and improve their quality. How could your systems benefit from redistributed testing? |
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Implementing DevOps in Large, Complex Organizations: An Interview with Mike Baukes[interview]
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Mike Baukes talks about his definition of DevOps and why it's hard for organizations to get it right, common failues organizations experience when implementing DevOps, and the importance of visibility across the organization, and he even covers some of the great tools available today. |
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Is Software Configuration Management Technology Regressing?[magazine] There are ever-growing ways to organize your project assets with public domain configuration management tools. There's a mistaken belief that these free software configuration management (SCM) alternatives can be just as powerful as leading commercial tools. |
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Consider Deployment Automation to Add Business Value Faster[article] “Business value sooner” is a simple phrase, but it has been pondered by the best IT project managers. Deployment automation provides business value sooner, which makes for a better return on investment. It not only gets features to market sooner but also gets defects resolved faster. |
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Avoiding the Prioritization Trap[magazine] With incoming priorities being requested by just about everybody, how in the world can you and your team prioritize? Brandon shows you some innovative techniques that you can use to turn chaos into order. One surprising approach is simply handling priorities on a first-in, first-out basis. |
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We Value Your Feedback - Editor's Note[magazine] Better Software magazine editor Ken Whitaker introduces the May/June 2014 issue, highlighting the feature articles and detailing how readers can provide their feedback. |
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Succeeding as an Ethnic or Minority Tester[presentation]
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No one wishes to see himself as different or treat other people differently because of his uniqueness. Unfortunately, we are frequently judged and our skills presumed based on our... |
Yousef Harfi, Medavie Blue Cross
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Video: Put Your Test Automation on Steroids[presentation]
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Do you ever wonder if you are maximizing the potential of your Test... |
Regg Struyk, Polarion
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Using the Cloud to Load Test and Monitor Your Applications[presentation]
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Load testing is often one of the most difficult testing efforts to set-up—in both time for the deployment and cost for the additional hardware needed. Using cloud-based software, you... |
Charles Sterling, Microsoft
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Extreme Automation: Software Quality for the Next Generation Enterprise[presentation]
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Software runs the business. The modern testing organization aspires to be a change agent and an inspiration for quality throughout the entire lifecycle. To be a change agent, the... |
Theresa Lanowitz, voke, inc.
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