Outsourcing Software Projects, Project Management Process, Testing and QA Fundamentals, Software Project Teams, Project Tracking, Software Quality Management
Extreme Programming (XP), Traditional Models (RUP, V-Model, CMMI, Waterfall), Agile, Software Development Fundamentals, Scrum, TDD and MDD
Software Requirements Use Cases, Software Requirements Techniques, Software Requirements Tools, Building security into the SDLC
Security Testing, Software Security Testing Tools, Internet Security, Penetration Testing
Automated Software Testing, Software Testing Methodologies, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Mobile Testing, Software Test Design, Cloud Application Testing, Testing Tools and Frameworks, Exploratory Testing, Cloud Computing Testing and Development, Software Performance Testing, Functional Software Testing
Performance Management, Software Requirements Management, Deployment Management, Software Maintenance Process, Version Control, Configuration and Change Management, Business and ROI Analysis, ALM Tools, SLA Management, ALM Fundamentals
Definition
Worst-case execution time (WCET) is a software development metric that determines the maximum length of time a task or set of tasks requires on a specific hardware platform. The worst-case scenario is a crucial consideration for hard real-time systems, which have a non-negotiable deadline.
Software consultant Nari Kannan describes how agile practices and work can be scaled appropriately for success in large organizations. Using lean thinking, reduction of waste, and appropriately organizing work and people, agile can be successfully adapted, regardless of the size of the organization.
Undiscovered software glitches in complex systems are common, and one of the primary drivers is the loss of mainframe knowledge of a retiring workforce. Software glitches are lurking in many large systems, particularly mainframe systems, and the COBOL programmers that understand the code best are retiring, according to Jeff Papows, author of the new book, "Glitch - The hidden impact of faulty software." Papows describes how faulty software caused a huge charge to debit card holder's account and why such mistakes are on the rise in this interview. Papows notes the three most pressing drivers for software glitches: loss of intellectual knowledge, market consolidation and the ubiquity of technology
Karen Johnson explains the situations in which SQL skills are important for a software tester as well as times when the expertise is not required.
Implementing strong enterprise architecture and SOA helps support both business and software technology growth.
As both service-oriented and cloud-based architecture take the fore, IT shops increasingly value good integration design.
Service-oriented architecture is a way of including roles (customers, suppliers, engineers, etc) and viewing everything as a service. Generally, we recognize services that are provided by people, machines and both. SOA is the most important development in the last ten years and is 1) Business-oriented - "describe what not how" and 2) Message - "just ask and the service is given".
One of the problems with casting is that it does have the potential to cause a loss of precision, especially if the number that gets cast does indeed fall outside of the range of the target type. Here we will explain why this happens.
When naming your variables, put a little bit of thought into it and name them well. Well thought out variable names make Java programs both easier to read and easier to maintain. Good names can even make Java programming fun.
Everyone always talks about these new computer programming languages, and how great one is over the other. But really, has computer programming really changed that much over time?
This is the second part in a two part series on unit testing in Visual Studio 2010.
Visual Studio 2010 contains a unit testing framework, and I’ll show you how to use it to automate your own unit tests.
Get an overview of the testing tools available in Visual Studio. You will learn which testing features are in which Visual Studio edition.
One reader asks how to set up a report in Oracle SQL so that Monday is the first day of the week.
Oracle Advanced Analytics is the company’s newest announcement around data analytics, a market that Oracle seeks to blanket with products.
Oracle has finalized its $1.5 billion acquisition of CRM SaaS provider RightNow Technologies, and to celebrate executives held a webcast outlining their future plans for all the CRM and cloud products the two have on the table.
IBM SmartCloud services give enterprises some options to build private and hybrid clouds and may give IBM a chance to improve its lagging cloud image.
Determining how to manage hybrid clouds can seem daunting. The trick is to identify what you need to manage and the best types of tools for the job.
Lining up cloud platforms from major vendors can cause vertigo. What’s the difference among private cloud products? Take a look at HP Cloud Services.
The Paradies Shops’ search for BI tools to access data quickly and break away from Excel spreadsheets started with data discovery vendors but didn’t end with them.
New research reveals businesses’ relative lack of “big data” maturity and the hurdles in both technology and analytics techniques they need to overcome.
Interest in mobile BI is growing, but democratizing data also presents hurdles for building a business case, according to new research from TDWI.