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- Software Testing With Visual Studio Team System
- Adequate testing of software projects is critical to ensuring high quality. The attendee of this learn how the Microsoft Visual Studio Team System product family can be used to test the distributed application from end-to-end, through all stages of the application lifecycle, starting with the earliest development and reaching into...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Software Testing, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts 2008-10-18
- Stop brain-dead software testing!
- Stop brain-dead software testing!re: Stop brain-dead software testingin reality, its not usually software testing that's the problem. it's the project stakeholders who don't plan enough time to do adequate testing. it's the programmers who go way over their time estimates. it's the program managers or similar role...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software testing, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Stop brain-dead software testing!
- Lousy software testing damages many IT projects. When testing doesn't uncover obvious problems that prevent software from operating as users expect, then failed projects are inevitable. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Software, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Software Testing, Failure, Erik Hollnagel, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Software Testing (exe)
- During the software development process, errors are inevitably introduced and some of them are even amplified as a project progresses. To detect these errors so that they can be removed, we need to test the software. The success of testing depends on the test cases used. Considering that most software...
- Tags: Software, Software Testing, Edistalearning, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-10
- Identity Patrol (exe)
- Identity Patrol was originally developed as an advanced tool to protect your online identity from any attempt to access your personal information. Our users quickly realized that although the program was engineered to protect against identity theft, the process of which it accomplished this made it an extremely powerful anti-spyware...
- Tags: System Monitoring, Software Testing, Identity, Patrol Software, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2008-03-28
- Testuff (exe)
- Testuff is a hosted software test management service. Testuff's most exciting feature is its ability to record the tested application and attach the resulting video to the defect reports. It is a fully featured test management suite that includes test creation and organization, iteration planning, test execution, and automatic defect...
- Tags: Software Testing, Testuff
- Software downloads 2008-01-15
- A Laboratory Exercise in Testing Database Applications
- For years one has been involved in teaching several Software Engineering courses, including a module of software testing. However, due to the time assignments, software testing includes only the main concepts along with black-box and white-box techniques. Exercises carried out by the students include the design of tests form a...
- Tags: Software, Database, Software Testing, Student, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Effective Software Testing: An Approach to Better Products
- The cost of fixing a software defect is cheaper if the defect is detected in the phase in which it was introduced. Yet in many projects of strategic importance, this testing is only an after thought. Traditionally, testing is associated only with the end product. And, in many IT organizations,...
- Tags: Software, Software Testing, Jupitermedia Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2007-12-26
- Software Testing 3.0: The Continuing Evolution of Software Testing
- This paper traces the evolution of software testing through its first two phases, and then presents the current state-of-the-practice: Software Testing 3.0, an independent and strategic approach to software quality. The paper concludes with a discussion for senior executives on how and why software testing can finally...
- Tags: Software, Software Testing, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2007-12-19
- The Great Software Testing Swindle
- The vast majority of tools available use scripting language which is fundamentally limiting, requiring specialist technical skills which can be difficult to find and expensive to hire. For someone who had bought a house that had only a coal fire in the lounge, he or she would immediately install central...
- Tags: Software, Software Testing, Original Software
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Borland Software Case Study: Pivot
- Pivot is an inter-enterprise performance network dedicated to serving the capital markets arena. Pivot wanted to exceed customer expectations by maintaining a high level of quality with each build and better prioritize and expand software test coverage. The challenge was to support Agile development with existing testing resources. Pivot chose...
- Tags: Software, Software Testing, Borland Software Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2007-09-12
- STATE Software Tool for Automated Test Environment
- Software testing is an integral, costly and time-consuming activity of the software development life cycle. Since testing involves running the system under test under varied configuration and circumstances, automation of testing activities is a potential source of saving in the testing process. Testing a complex system, such as UMTS, GPRS,...
- Tags: Software, Environment, Software Testing, Tool, Productivity, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2007-05-01
- The Business Case for Outsourcing Software Testing to Vietnam
- This white paper outlines a framework that your development organization can use to evaluate whether a potential outsourcing destination can meet its critical software testing needs. The country of Vietnam is then evaluated against that framework, which considers each of these key criteria: Labor cost Workforce...
- Tags: Business Case, Software, Software Testing, LogiGear, Vietnam, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2007-01-01
- SymbioTest Probe (zip)
- SymbioTest Probe helps you make the right choice, completely eliminating the risk of facing SymbioTest Framework's incompatibility with your software testing needs.
- Tags: Software Testing
- Software downloads 2006-08-31
- Improve Code Quality With Unit Testing in Visual Studio Team Edition
- Many Agile development methodologies require testing source code early and often. Because inefficient software testing methods result in code that is not tested often, it is critical to adopt a testing strategy that is both as automated as possible and also lets developers author tests easily and quickly. Visual Studio...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Software Testing, Jupitermedia Corp., Visual Studio Team Edition, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2006-07-28
- Implementing Resource Management: Using Business Service Management Principles
- How would a person schedule one thousand servers in three different locations so that he or she could test software from four separate locations? One might start with spreadsheets and white boards, but would realize quickly that the customers require heavy-duty scheduling and request processing. For a heterogeneous computer environment...
- Tags: Software, BMC Software Inc., Environment, Software Testing, Business Service Management, Resource Management, It Management, It service Management
- White papers 2006-07-17
- Holodeck Enterprise Edition (exe)
- Holodeck is a fault injection software testing tool that allows you to authentically analyze the interaction of the application with its environment. It is a filemon, regmon, netmon, processmon, libmon, and apimon all in one user interface, so you can scope by process or process and thread. This allows you...
- Tags: Software Testing, Holodeck
- Software downloads 2006-07-07
- Software Testing as a Strategic Business Advantage
- Developer testing, user testing, outsourced testing, ad-hoc testing--however it works in your organization, testing plays a crucial role in the successful delivery of today's complex, heterogeneous, business-critical software systems. As software development is becoming more sophisticated, companies are discovering that when armed with the right tools, processes, and people...
- Tags: Software, Team, Enterprise Software, Software Testing, Tools & Techniques, Team Management, Management
- White papers 2006-06-01
- DemoCharge 2005 (exe)
- Create Flash, Java, animated GIF, and executable demos for inclusion in animated e-mails, documents, and help files. Replace static screenshots with GIF animations recorded by capturing your desktop. DemoCharge allows you to capture screen activity to create animated demos and content for the Web, e-mails, tutorials, presentations, training materials, product...
- Tags: GIF, Software Testing, YesSoftware, DemoCharge
- Software downloads 2005-09-26
- Software Testing Fundamentals - Concepts, Roles, and Terminology
- SAS software provides a complete set of application development tools for building stand-alone, client-server, and Internet-enabled applications, and SAS Institute provides excellent training in using their software. But making it easy to build applications can be a two-edged sword. Not only can developers build powerful, sophisticated applications, but they can...
- Tags: Software, Software Testing, SAS Institute
- White papers 2005-03-09
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