The Sherpas of Testing Success: Studies of Successful Independent Test Groups
How can we measure success for such team? In this presentation, drawn from three decades of industry experience, Rex will help you find answers to these questions, and to establish—or improve—your independent testing team. Join in the discussion after the initial presentation, and ask Rex about the challenges you face with test estimation.
YU55 Near Miss
I dare to ask about the consequences of an eventually failing asteroid observation software. I think the good news is that there are a lot of amateurs out there who will use a broad variety of similar tools which calculate and “estimate” the same thing. If one of...
Part II: Performance Requirements: An Attempt at a Systematic View
This is Part 2, didn’t read Part 1 – See it here. IEEE Software Engineering Book of Knowledge defines four stages or requirements1: Elicitation: Identifying sources and collecting requirements. Analysis: Classifying, elaborating, and negotiating...
Five Trends Affecting Testing: Five Years Later
In this webinar, Rex will revisit each of those five trends now, five years on. He’ll talk about the effects that have occurred, the effects that have not occurred, and the effects that are yet to occur. He’ll give you ideas about how to effectively handle these trends, and also some hints about new trends that are emerging.
Using Web Analytics for Modeling Application Usage in Performance Tests
In my last article, I wrote about the paradigm shift in web application architecture and why performance testers have to re-think their strategy around testing rich internet applications (RIA) for performance. Web application development processes and user...
Cross Browser Testing
Our organization recently implemented Sharepoint 2010. During testing, functional users noticed that the application “looked different” or rendered information that was impossible to read on different browsers. The test team was called in to help after the...
Meeting the Stranger in Town
In western movies, whenever a suspicious stranger blows into the bootstrapping town of good folk, the local sheriff makes a point to interact with the stranger early. “We’re a law-abiding people,” the sheriff says, instructing the stranger on the town rules and his...
Listen to Your Defects
In this webinar, Rex will discuss important things test professionals can learn by listening to defects. He’ll illustrate these insights with a variety of case studies and examples. You’ll walk away ready to listen to your defects, and to understand what they’re telling you.
Steps To Achieving Governance in Development Testing
You can’t govern what you can’t see. As simple as this axiom might sound, it holds true for industries of all types. It holds particular relevance to the IT industry since many critical processes that an entire business depends on runs under the hood in...
A Discussion on How To Do Estimates
Estimates are important to test leads and test managers for a number of reasons. As test lead or a test manager, I would want to know, How many test cases do we need to write? Can we use any of the existing test cases? How many existing test cases do we need to...