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Test Terms You Really Need [article] Defined here are several terms in common use that rarely or never make it into the "official" testing glossaries. |
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Effective Risk Management: An Interview with Payson Hall[interview] We recently sat down with Payson Hall ahead of his upcoming 2012 Better Software Conference East presentation titled "Twelve Risks to Enterprise Software Projects - And What to Do about Them" in order to learn more about his experise in the field of risk management. |
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| Mobile Testing's Challenges: An Interview with Manish Mathuria[interview]Noel Wurst had the chance to sit down with Manish Mathuria for this insightful interview. Manish discussed the topics he was covering during his STARWEST 2012 presentation "Mobile Test Automation: Lessons Learned in the Trenches." | ||
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Where Are the Interns?[article] The demand for software engineers is outpacing the supply from colleges and technical schools. Find out why you should care and how to attract new talent through internships. From the value they can bring, to the opportunity for fresh, original ideas, interns are often a fantastic resource. |
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How to Successfully Develop and Deploy DevOps[article] DevOps puts the focus on automated application lifecycle management supporting development, test, integration, quality assurance (QA), user acceptance testing (UAT), and production. But, how do you develop DevOps, and how do you know when you have achieved success? |
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The ROI of Learning for Testers[article] Lisa Crispin explains shares some helpful tools she has come across in her software career. Although Lisa has written automated test code since the early ‘90s, in the past year she's collaborated more with coder and tester teammates to write maintainable, DRY, automated test code. |
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Surprise! Making the Most Out of Your Most Surprising Moments[magazine] Lee Copeland explains that surprise is often an indicator that discovery, learning, or even delight may be just around the corner. The surprise itself can be amusing, enlightening, befuddling, disconcerting, or frightening, but surprise should not be the end of the experience; it should be the beginning. Analyze the surprise to learn why you didn't see it coming and what you gain from that. |
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Practical Security Testing For Web Applications[article] It seems like every week the press has yet another story about security breaches or stolen data at some of the world’s largest companies or government agencies. Sometimes the responsibility for ensuring thorough security resides with an IT security group, and other times it gets outsourced altogether. The responsibility seldom falls to testing teams. However, this is changing. Having trained and experienced testers hunt for security bugs will make web applications safer from hackers and will further protect consumers, corporate assets, and brands.. Scott Aziz offers some practical techniques that will help you get started. |
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The Software Development Game[magazine] Adapting your software development tools, practices, and processes can be difficult, even overwhelming. The authors have studied and applied game-like processes and behaviors to help provide structure to software development adaptation. They propose a process strategy called the software development game to help teams who are faced with change. |
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Considering the Modern Technology Career[article] The technical career ladder may be a quick climb, but what will you find at the top? Matthew Heusser looks at the lifespan, challenges, and opportunities of the modern tech career. |
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Making Beautiful Music—The Art of Small Teams[magazine] In a jazz combo, each member of the team has a specialty. As the members play individually, they create a tapestry of music that becomes much greater than the sum of the individual contributions. A small development team also works best this way. |
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Test Automation on an Agile Project: An Interview with Alexander Andelkovic[interview] We recently had the opportunity to speak with Alexander Andelkovic, who works as a test lead for Spotify in Stockholm, Sweden. Alexander is a driving force for implementing agile model-based testing techniques and is an ambassador for session-based test management. |
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Making Agile Work for Government: A Blended Approach[article] As technology development programs represent some of the biggest line items on agency budgets, there should be little surprise that agile development, with its promise of a fast, lightweight, and iterative approach to delivery of value, has caught the attention of officials from across the government space as they seek to improve their programs’ productivity and effectiveness. |
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Management Myth #8: I Can Still Do Significant Technical Work[article] The temptation can be incredibly strong for managers—especially new ones—to step in when a technical problem arises. But, that isn’t a very good show of faith in one’s team members. Johanna Rothman writes that as a manager, you have to delegate a problem and leave it delegated. |
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Changing Iteration Contents Mid-Sprint[article] Johanna Rothman writes on how she facilitated a project management clinic in which she overheard this statement: "We have a product owner who persists in changing the contents of the sprint during the sprint. This is difficult for us. It costs us to change the content." To Johanna, this is a huge pain and it is similar to multitasking. |
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