Interface or Interfere? One of the Holy Grails of automated quality toolsets is a fully integrated suite that seamlessly tracks the process all the way from requirements to test cases and on through to defect tracking. This fully integrated suite makes for a great marketing pitch and sexy slideware, but in Linda Hayes' experience its functionality usually stops there. The leap from theory to practice seems to fall short, and it makes her wonder whether the concept of a fully integrated suite is fundamentally flawed or if it's just the implementation that needs attention. In this column, she begins her investigation by studying two test cases to decide whether these experiences are anomalies or the rule. |
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Affordable Peer Reviews Many people know that peer reviews can help them to produce better-quality products, but most organizations do not use this potent tool. Why? Because, although they would like to experience the quality benefits, they can't justify the costs they would incur.
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Alan S. Koch
January 22, 2006 |
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Future of CM: Standards Is A Key To Transparent Change 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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La mort du CM (and Other Predictions) 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
January 18, 2006 |
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A Look Ahead to the Third Generation of CM Tools 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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All I Ever Need to Know about Testing I Learned in Kindergarten In addition to presenting a tutorial and a keynote address at the EuroSTAR testing conference in Copenhagen, Lee Copeland was asked to give the after dinner speech at the closing gala reception overlooking Tivoli Gardens. He chose to model his comments after Robert Fulghum's book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." But in his speech, Lee changes the rules of childhood into guidelines for living life as a tester. |
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The Software Quality Life Cycle - Venturing Beyond the QA Prerogative We live in an online, wired world. The digital and physical worlds are so intertwined that almost nothing can happen unless the relevant applications are up and running. You would think that as software applications become indispensable, they would likewise become more and more dependable. Instead, the rising tide of systems complexity and interdependency are making enterprise application problems inevitable, intractable, and more elusive. |
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SCM Design Patterns: Build and Deployment A Build is defined as the process of compiling and executing any needed activity that makes up the process of creating your run-time Application. A Deployment is the task of packaging up and copying your run-time application to an environment in which the SCM stakeholders and ultimately the customer can access and run the application. |
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The Joy of Unlearning There's more to a car than just a horseless carriage; you can't approach new technology with old habits. In this column, Andy Hunt explains more about the unlearning process and how rewiring your brain isn't as hard as you might think it is. |
Andy Hunt
December 14, 2005 |
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The Empty Cup Feigning competence is human nature, but unveiling your ignorance about a subject may lead to myriad learning opportunities and an accelerated path toward craftsmanship. In this week's column, Dave Hoover shares a story of two consultants who found themselves on the same learning path, but learned different lessons as each dealt with his own limitations differently. |
Dave Hoover
December 8, 2005 |
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