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La mort du CM (and Other Predictions)[article] It's the start of a new year, and that means predictions for the future. Not content with a twelve-month window, Austin Hastings goes out on a limb with some longer-term prognostication. Also, of course, some suggestions on what to do when he's right. |
Austin Hastings
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A Look Ahead to the Third Generation of CM Tools[article] 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. |
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Future of CM: Standards Is A Key To Transparent Change[article] Current software engineering processes face a growing need for a transparent view into change. A transparent view into change is a view that allows accessing essential information about change throughout the application lifecycle, from capturing requirements to building and deploying production binaries. Such transparency is dictated by both natural and administrative needs and helps answer the question of who, why, when, where and how in detail. |
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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Burden or Opportunity for QA?[presentation] 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. |
Rutesh Shah, InfoStretch Corporation
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Test Metrics in a CMMI® Level 5 Organization[presentation] As a CMMI® Level 5 company, Motorola Global Software Group is heavily involved in software verification and validation activities. |
Shalini Aiyaroo, Motorola Malaysia Sdn. Bhd
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Test Centers of Excellence: A Structured Approach for Test Outsourcing[presentation] While some outsourced test projects have delivered measurable business benefits, many others have not lived up to expectations. |
Anand Iyer, Infosys Technologies Ltd
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Design and Optimize Test Cases from Use Cases[presentation] As part of developing software requirements, many project teams employ use cases to describe the human interactions with a system. Testers can use the same documents to optimize test case design. |
Ronald Rissel, Vanguard
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What Hollywood Taught Me About Software Testing[presentation] 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 |
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Behavior Specification for Testing Embedded Systems[presentation] A behavior specification is a valuable engineering artifact for the design, review, and testing of embedded software. |
Dwayne Knirk, Sandia National Laboratories
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Choosing Effective Test Metrics[presentation] Every software project can benefit from some sort of metrics, but industry studies show that 80 percent of software metrics initiatives fail. |
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Outsourcing Testing: Is it Worth The Headaches?[presentation] Although offshoring is becoming a business necessity, we've all heard the nightmare scenario. |
Alym Rayani, Symbio
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End the Guessing Game - Regression Test Selection Methods[presentation] Developing your regression test suite does not have to be a guessing game. |
Brian Robinson, ABB Inc.
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Let's Make Bugs Miserable[presentation] Preventing and eliminating bugs is what quality is all about. Help! Call the virtual exterminator! |
Anibal Sousa, Microsoft Corporation
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Quality Assurance and Testing in an FDA Regulated Environment[presentation] How can we reduce costs associated with FDA imposed computer systems validation (CSV) guidelines and improve test coverage at the same time? |
Eric Toburen, Genilogix
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Diagnosing Performance Problems in Web Server Applications[presentation] Many application performance failures are episodic, leading to frustrated users calling help desks, frantic troubleshooting of production systems, and re-booting systems. |
Ron Bodkin, Glassbox software
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