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Blind Alleys in Automated Testing[presentation]

More often than not, even modest software test automation efforts fail to achieve their goals.

Douglas Hoffman, Software Quality Methods LLC
STAREAST 2002: How to Break Software[presentation]

Trying to figure out how you can become a more effective tester? That's easy: Become a better bug hunter. This presentation uncovers the root cause of software failure and offers techniques you can use to find bugs.

James Whittaker, Florida Institute of Technology
Four Keys to Better Test Management[presentation]

Three years ago, Christopher DeNardis embarked on a career as a software tester. After just one year of testing, he was promoted to leader of the test group.

Chris DeNardis, Rockwell Automation
Testing in the .NET Maze[presentation]

.NET is a multi-tiered approach to developing applications for Windows OS and Web applications. While these are new development tools, many testing requirements remain the same, yet require additional emphasis by a QA organization.

Thomas Arnold, Xtend Development, Inc.
Movin' On Up: Making the Transition from Test Lead to Manager[presentation]

Want to be a test lead? Ready to take on the responsibilities of test management? Making the transition to a lead, then a management position, takes more than just guts- it takes preparation.

Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group
Unified Test Automation Using XML[presentation]

Are you looking to reduce the maintenance costs of your testware? Unified Test Automation (UTA) is one approach that's demonstrated cost-saving success.

Rodrigo Geve, Geve & Associates
Testing Your Software's Requirements[presentation]

Many testing organizations focus primarily on software executable code, but that's not the only thing you can test. For instance, did you ever consider testing your software requirements?

Brian Lawrence, Coyote Valley Software
Looking Ahead: Testing Tools in 2010[presentation]

It's May 15, 2010, and you're in a triage meeting reviewing the testing status and bugs in your telemedical software.

Sam Guckenheimer, Rational Software ATBU
Beyond Record and Playback: The Behind-the-Scenes View of Web Test Automation[presentation]

Web-based test automation goes well beyond the mere action of recording manual test scripts and replaying them. Test automation is more of a development process than the normal quality assurance or test effort.

Michael Prisby, UPS
Outsourcing Trials and Traps[presentation]

Sometimes outsourcing can help your business, but there's too much at stake to take outsourcing lightly.

Steve Jeffery, PowerQuest Corporation Inc
Applying Testing Expertise to the Retrospective Goldmine[presentation]

Digging up postmortem project data is like mining for gold. The returns can be significant and long-term because this is where your best (and worst) practices really shine.

Nick Borelli, Microsoft Corporation
The W Model Strengthening the Bond Between Development and Test[presentation]

In software development, thirty to forty percent of all software activities are testing related. That is why it is critical to launch test activities at the beginning of the project rather than after coding is completed.

Andreas Spillner, Hochschule Bremen and Karin Vosseberg, Specialists
Enterprisewide Testware Architecture[presentation]

Testware: the stuff of which tests are made. The term comprises a bewildering range of artifacts including data files, scripts, expected results, specifications, and environment information.

Mark Fewster, Grove Consultants
Automated Web Testing Strategies[presentation]

As Web applications move from static content to dynamic transactions, the risk of failure increases while cycle time collapses.

Linda Hayes, WorkSoft
STAREAST 2002: A Case Study In Automating Web Performance Testing[presentation]

Key ideas from this presentation include: define meaningful performance requirements; changing your site (hardware or software) invalidates all previous predictors; reduce the number of scripts through equivalence classes; don't underestimate

Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering

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