VISTACON 2010 – Keynote: The future of testing THE FUTURE OF TESTING BJ Rollison – Test Architect at Microsoft VISTACON 2010 – Keynote BJ Rollison, Software Test Architect for Microsoft. Mr. Rollison started working for Microsoft in 1994, becoming one of the leading experts of test architecture and execution at Microsoft. He also teaches …
Source: From I.M.Testy (BJ Rollison’s blog) I just finished reading Implementing Automated Software Testing by E.Dustin, T. Garrett, and B. Gauf and overall this is a good read providing some well thought out arguments for beginning an automation project, and provides strategic perspectives to manage a test automation project. The first chapter made several excellent …
Data was compiled and analyzed by Michael Hackett, LogiGear Senior Vice President. This is the first analysis of the 2010 Global Testing Survey. More survey results will be included in subsequent magazine issues.
METHODS M1. The test cases for your effort are based primarily on: Response percent Response count Requirements documents 61.3% 46 Discussions with users on expected use 2.7% 2 Discussions with product, business analysts, and marketing representatives 9.3% 7 Technical documents 4% 3 Discussions with developers 8% 6 My experience and subject or technical expertise 12% …
TOOLS T1. What testing-support tools do you use? (Please check all that apply.) Response percent Response count Bug tracking/issue tracking/defect tracking 87.70% 64 Source control 54.80% 40 Automation tool interface (to manage and run, not write automated tests) 52.10% 38 Test case manager 50.70% 37 Change request/change management/change control system 47.90% 35 A full ALM …
Few people like to admit team dynamics and project politics will interfere with successful completion of a software development project. But the more projects you work on, the more you realize it’s very rare that technology problems get in the way. It’s always the people, project, planning, respect, communications issues that hurt development teams the …
Introduction All too often, senior management judges Software Testing success through the lens of potential cost savings. Test Automation and outsourcing are looked at as simple methods to reduce the costs of Software Testing; but, the sad truth is that simply automating or offshoring for the sake of automating or offshoring will only yield poor …
