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What the Next Standard of CM Will Look Like[article] When will the ultimate software configuration management (CM) standard emerge? Although Joe Farah suspects that it may never happen, he recommends the next standard: one that will be very well defined, highly flexible, and will cater to agile development, automation, CMMI, and more. |
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Software Configuration Management Challenges: Capability and Finance[article] Part of managing software development is dealing with the challenges that arise. This article discusses the most basic software configuration management, capability to manage different configurations and the financial costs to do so. |
Austin Hastings
February 18, 2008 |
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STARWEST 2007: Branch Out Using Classification Trees for Test Case Design[presentation] Classification trees are a structured, visual approach to identify and categorize equivalence partitions for test objects to document test requirements so that anyone can understand them and quickly build test cases. |
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The Basics of GNU Make[article] GNU Make user-defined functions can do a lot. Ask Mr. Make takes you on a quick your of the basics. |
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How the Next Generation of CM and ALM Solutions Will Influence the Market[article] CM architecture has the ability to influence the market even more so than vice versa. The complexity of CM and ALM forces vendors to take the lead in market development. But the market will have its influence, and those solutions with strong architectures will be in the best position to serve that market. Last year at this time, I identified where I thought the CM solution space was heading generally. Looking back two and three years ago, I painted a bit of a picture of what defines 3rd and 4th generation CM/ALM solutions. Over the next couple of years, we should expect to see competitive and market pressures push the industry into the 3rd generation. |
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Agile SCM - Review of 2007 and Predictions for 2008[article] In this January article, the authors look back at the software development landscape in 2007 and make predictions for 2008. |
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Software Configuration Management: Getting Started[article] If you are not yet practicing software configuration management and just getting started, this article is written for you. There aren't any prerequisites or requirements for implementing "No CM," other than keeping people who know better from implementing some kind of CM system behind your back. Costs are fortunately low, as "No CM" costs absolutely nothing. |
Austin Hastings
January 13, 2008 |
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Designing Reusable Software[magazine] For software to be reusable, it must be usable in a variety of contexts, and an important attribute of reusability at the code level is genericity. Learn more about defining for reuse and using generics. |
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Challenges and Benefits of Test Process Assessments[presentation] When you need to make improvements in your test practices, a formal test process assessment can help you understand your current situation and direct you toward better testing. One assessment model is Test Process Improvement (TPI®). |
Gopinath Mandala, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
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Client Verficiation Sessions: A Low Cost, High Payback Approach[presentation] Want to improve the quality of your products? Of course you do. But how? Mette Bruhn-Pedersen uses a simple, but effective method that includes both clients and users in the development process. |
Mette Bruhn-Pedersen, XponCard Service Systems
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Component-Based Test Automation[presentation] Creating software applications by assembling pre-built components has proved to be very successful on many development projects. |
Vincenzo Cuomo, ST Incard
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Perils and Pitfalls of the New "Agile" Tester[presentation] If your background is testing on traditional projects, you are used to receiving something called "requirements" to develop test cases-and sometime later receiving an operational system to test. |
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Toot Your Own Horn: Hyper-visibility in Software Testing[presentation] Too often software projects are provided insufficient resources for testing. Perhaps, the project is under-funded, and testing is the first thing to get cut. |
Barrett Nuzum, Valtech Technologies
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Testing Hyper-Complex Systems: What Can We Know?[presentation] Throughout history, humans have built systems of dramatically increasing complexity. In simpler systems, defects at the micro level are mitigated by the macro level structure. |
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Lightweight Peer Code Review[presentation] Peer code reviews can be one of the most effective ways to find bugs. However, developers will not accept a heavy process, and it's easy to waste time using poor methods. |
Jason Cohen, Smart Bear Inc.
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