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Got You Covered[magazine] Excellent testing starts by questioning the mission. So, the first step when we are seeking to evaluate or enhance the quality of our test coverage is to determine for whom or what we're determining coverage. |
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Passing the Buck[magazine] One way object-oriented systems address the maintenance problem is by using "implementation hiding." Clients of an object shouldn't be dependent on its inner workings--they should only have to know how to talk to it. |
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Scenario-Based Software Architecture Reviews: A Quality Process[presentation] Quality attributes--performance, scalability, availability, maintainability, etc.-are often referred to as the non-functional requirements. |
Kevin Bodie, Pitney Bowes Inc
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Fuzzing: New Tests for Robustness and Security[presentation] Traditional security measures are doomed to fail because they are focused only on defending against known attacks-and studies show that more than 80 percent of software will likely crash when extensive negative testing is employed. |
Ari Takanen, Codenomicon Ltd.
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The Challenges of SOA Security[presentation] Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has many security challenges. To address these challenges, it is not enough to set up a secure operational infrastructure. |
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Deception and Estimation: How We Fool Ourselves[presentation] Cognitive scientists tell us that we are hardwired for deception. It seems we are overly optimistic, and, in fact, we wouldn't have survived without this trait. |
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Test-Driven Analysis: Focus on the User, Not the Code[presentation] Test-driven analysis (TDA) focuses on the system at the user interface level. |
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An Alternative to Consensus: Accelerating Effective Decisions[presentation] Software development teams don't always need, want, or have time to make decisions via group consensus. And project leaders often already feel over-burdened with the multiple decisions they have to make on their own. |
Michele Sliger, Sliger Consulting, Inc.
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Maximizing ROI on New Technology Acquisition[presentation] IT departments and software technologists must invariably navigate many challenges when planning to acquire new tools, invest in new technology, fund new technology projects, and introduce process changes. |
Chris Ronak, Divestco Inc
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Real Software QA[presentation] With the ever-increasing demand for software products, it is imperative for organizations to move away from trying to "test in" software quality and move toward adopting a comprehensive, total-life cycle software quality management approach. |
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Better Software Conference & EXPO 2008: Automating Security Testing with cUrl and Perl[presentation] Although all teams want to test their applications for security, our plates are already full with functional tests. What if we could automate those security tests? |
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SOA Testing Challenges and Proven Practices[presentation] The best thing about Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is its flexibility-a heterogeneous computing environment in which different services and service providers can use different technologies; loose coupling of components to allow any appl |
Guruprasad Gopalakrishnan, Wipro Technologies
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Function Point Analysis: A Quick and Easy Primer[presentation] The function point metric is used by many organizations worldwide to more accurately size systems. |
David Garmus, David Consulting Group
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The Impact of Poor Estimating and How to Fix It[presentation] Running Scrum by-the-book for three months, the team was continually failing to meet its delivery commitments. As a result, trust between the business managers and the team degraded almost to a point-of-no-return. |
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The Leadership Imperative: Creating a Culture of Trust[presentation] In our personal and business lives, many of us know leaders who successfully foster environments of incredible creativity, innovation, and ideas-while other leaders try but fail. So, how do the top leaders get it right? |
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