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Every year we like to take a look at where the CM industry is going. There are always two sides to the story. Where is technology moving, and where is the market moving? Technology is moving ahead at a good clip, from some vendors, while stagnant with others. The same can be said of the market. There are those looking at a full ALM solution or an Enterprise CM solution, while there are others who are looking primarily for a version control/build tool, possibly with some change management.

Did they have to create more work for IT? There is no doubt that Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and similar compliance regulations have created a significant new workload for IT departments, including many QA/Test groups.

While some outsourced test projects have delivered measurable business benefits, many others have not lived up to expectations.

Powerful lessons can be learned from some of the great epic movies of our day: "Star Wars" and bug triage, "Indiana Jones" and requirements, "Monty Python" and configuration management, "Jurassic Park" and unit testing, "The Usual Suspects" a

Every software project can benefit from some sort of metrics, but industry studies show that 80 percent of software metrics initiatives fail.

Developing your regression test suite does not have to be a guessing game.

How can we reduce costs associated with FDA imposed computer systems validation (CSV) guidelines and improve test coverage at the same time?