The V-Model for Software Development specifies 4 kinds of testing: Unit Testing Integration Testing System Testing Acceptance Testing You can find more information here (Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Model_%28software_development%29#Validation_Phases What I’m finding is that of those only the Unit Testing is clear to me. The other kinds maybe good phases in a project, but for test design it ...
When You’re Out to Fix Bottlenecks, Be Sure You’re Able to Distinguish Them From System Failures and Slow Spots Bottlenecks are likely to be lurking in your application. Here’s how you as a performance tester can find them. This article first appeared in Software Test & Performance, May 2005. So you found an odd pattern ...
As I write this article I am sitting at a table at StarEast, one of the major testing conferences. As you can expect from a testing conference, a lot of talk and discussion is about bugs and how to find them. What I have noticed in some of these discussions, however, is a lack of ...
Last week I went to StarWest as a presenter and as a track chair to introduce speakers. Being a track chair is wonderful because you get to interface more closely with other speakers. Anyway…one of the speakers I introduced was Jon Bach. Jon is a good public speaker, and I was pleasantly surprised that he ...
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LogiGear Magazine – July 2011 – The Test Methods & Strategies Issue
From cross-device testing, to regression testing, to load testing, to data-driven testing, check out the types of testing that are suitable for Test Automation. Scene: Interior QA Department. Engineering is preparing for a final product launch with a deadline that is 12 weeks away. In 6 weeks, there will be a 1 week quality gate, ...
This is an adaptation of a presentation entitled Software Testing 3.0 given by Hung Nguyen, LogiGear CEO, President, and Founder. The presentation was given as the keynote at the Spring 2007 STPCON conference in San Mateo, California. Watch for an upcoming whitepaper based on this topic. Introduction This first article of this two article series ...
Introduction Many companies have come to realize that software testing is much more than a task that happens at the end of a software development cycle. They have come to understand that software testing is a strategic imperative and a discipline that can have a substantial impact on the success of an organization that develops ...
Having developed software for nearly fifteen years, I remember the dark days before testing was all the rage and the large number of bugs that had to be arduously found and fixed manually. The next step was nervously releasing the code without the safety net of a test bed and having no idea if one ...
The key factors for success when executing your vision. There is an often cited quote: “…unless an organization sees that its task is to lead change, that organization—whether a business, a university, or a hospital—will not survive. In a period of rapid structural change the only organizations that survive are the ‘change leaders.’” —Peter ...
Explore It! is one of the very best software testing books ever written. It is packed with great ideas and Elisabeth Hendrickson’s writing style makes it very enjoyable to read. Hendrickson has a well-deserved reputation in the global software testing community as someone who has the enviable ability to clearly communicate highly-practical, well-thought-out ideas. ...
The three areas ceevrod (schedules, focus on weak spot, study groups) are all valuable. I would add one more complementary and most powerful thing. This is study in a pattern that maximizes recall. To quote Aristotle repeatedly recalling a thing strengthens memory . There is a proven rule involved in this which has been confirmed by Karpicke at Purdue University repeatedly and actively TEST yourself. Actually most students do not do this but the improvement in performance if you do can be massive.