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Documenting Exploratory Testing[magazine] Exploratory testing projects can have documentation requirements, just like any other project. Jonathan describes various ways we can create documentation on our exploratory testing projects, including guidance documents, test-coverage reports, and video software to help create lightweight, powerful documentation. |
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Agile Planning and Analysis: Synergizing to Deliver Value[magazine] Are your planning and analysis activities synergistic? Is their total effect on your project greater than the sum of the two activities? When done hand in glove you’ll see how planning and analysis can help groom your backlog and enable you to continuously deliver valuable software. |
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Managing and Tracking Distributables[article] No matter how big or small your project, or even your organization as a whole, release management simply cannot be overlooked. Learn how centralized distribution, when focused on from the beginning, can make everyone's job easier, in order to give your customers a better finished product. |
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Testing Release Management in the Cloud[article] For many organizations, cloud computing has transitioned from a hyped buzzword into a reality in regards to their business operations. Many more enterprises are realizing the benefits of remote hosting IT services rather than local IT management, especially as managing and operating IT networks and services is not getting any easier. |
Dan Joe Barry
August 11, 2011 |
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Aspects of Release Management[article] The lack of proper planning can doom any project, or team. By involving every stakeholder, release management is made easier by helping to ensure customer satisfaction. Deadlines are able to be met, and with the exact product your customer had in mind. |
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Release Management and Deployment Essentials[article] Business requirements often dictate how changes in release management are addressed. But by following some essential practices and core beliefs, database deployment does not have to result in the headaches once caused. |
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The Wrong End of the Stick[article] When we don’t understand what the words we use could mean to our customers and business stakeholders, we can trigger misunderstanding or strong emotional reactions that impair working relationships. To be successful, we either need to speak our customers’ language or, when we don’t speak their language, act with conscious intent. |
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The Top Testing Challenges—or Opportunities—We Face Today[presentation]
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Some people thrive on challenges, while others struggle with how to deal with them. Handled well, challenges can make us stronger in our passion, drive, and determination. In this video, Lloyd Roden describes some of the challenges we face today in software testing and how we can respond... |
Lloyd Roden
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How to Squeeze the Most Out of Your Automated Testing[article] 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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Path to Agility 2011 - Kelly Allen - Deming Then, Now, and for the Foreseeable Future[article]
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Kelly Allen is one of the foremost experts on Edward Deming. In this discussion, he talks about measurement, punishment by rewards, human factors in organizations, and organizational development to education. |
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From One Expert to Another: Simon Baker [article] In this interview, author, speaker, and agile tester Lisa Crispin speaks with Simon Baker, cofounder of Energized Work and recipient of the Gordon Pask award, about the approaches and tools his lab uses. |
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A Practical Way to do Agile in an Enterprise ALM Environment[article] While some falsely accuse agile of not being scalable at the enterprise level, large development teams are beginning to see the benefits that agile can bring larger environments. As more business leaders, and CTO's become familiar with agile methodologies, the trend will only continue to rise. |
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Continuous Integration and the Automated Database Update Process[article] Developers must have good feedback to ensure productivity. Most shops have a continuous integration (CI) build process that allows the developer to quickly know if a build failed, and some shops have an automatic deploy of the CI build to provide website feedback. Lance Lyons writes about an approach to automating the update of databases in a CI environment. |
Lance Lyons
July 14, 2011 |
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Early Automation Approach[article] An early automation approach involves the automation team in the early phase of the testing lifecycle to support agile or iterative projects. Automation scripting can commence in parallel to system development. |
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Strategies for Addressing Thorny ALM Issues[article] When looking to correct issues regarding ALM or CM, don't just look for quick fixes to stop the bleeding; look for solutions that allow you to grow, and to improve processes across the board. Short, iterative approaches are often a great starting point for seemingly never-ending projects. |
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