- Outsourcing Software Projects
- Project Management Process
- Testing and QA Fundamentals
- Software Project Teams
- Project Tracking
- Software Quality Management
Email Alerts
-
Test management: Measuring the performance of testing-- who tests the testers?
By answering three questions, software test organizations can improve their effectiveness and the value of their services. In this tip with Software Quality Systems' director Ivan Ericsson, you'll learn the metrics needed to ensure an effective and efficient test organization.Tip
-
Podcast: Randy Rice on software development scenarios
Expert Randy Rice explains software development set backs, overcoming delayed learning curves and agile's influence on development.Podcast
-
Software security: Removing insecurity from outsourced development
In this podcast, software security expert Jack Danahy describes when and when not to outsource application development and why.Podcast
-
How Covad made the switch to a distributed agile development process
Waterfall methodologies weren't working for Covad Communications, so the company switched its process to agile and cut costs while achieving faster project completions.Article | 02 Mar 2009
-
QA manager role depends on communication, planning, capacity
Improve the exchange of information in your organization to better fulfill your role as a QA manager with these three cornerstones.Tip
-
The future of software testing
Should a business analyst invest time and money in software testing training or will testing jobs become scarce as more are moved offshore? Expert Mike Kelly offers his insight.Ask the Expert
-
Offshore outsourcing projects: Seven things every PM should know
Project managers handling offshore outsourced software projects face extra challenges. PM expert Bas de Baar explains how managers can work with and learn from their foreign partners and employees.Tip
-
Trust on a global scale
Globalization and the transparency of the Internet may lead to trickery and mediocrity, argues project management expert Bas de Baar. If reputations are known worldwide, then many people will either lie or avoid risk altogether.Tip
-
Collaboration and communication tools for virtual meetings
Distributed teams need good tools in order to conduct productive meetings. Project management expert David Christiansen discusses communication and collaboration tools, including both proprietary and open source.Ask the Expert
-
Project management tools and strategies: Communication and collaboration tools
Project managers need sound communication and collaboration tools more than ever, as software development projects become more complex and teams further apart.Learning Guide
- VIEW MORE ON : Outsourcing Software Projects
-
Idea management tools and features that support ALM
Idea management features and capabilities have been finding their way into application lifecycle management. Learn common features typically supported by idea management tools and about the commercial and open source options available.Tip
-
DevOps as an Agile practice: Delivering quality
In this expert response, Lisa Crispin describes how the DevOps approach works on an Agile team and discusses the roles of the different team members.Answer
-
Can Scrum change the world?
Read how Agile evangelist John Miller brought Scrum to a fourth grade classroom, teaching the students valuable lessons in teamwork, decision-making and managing work.News | 11 May 2012
-
A three-step process for managing project risk in Agile ALM
Consultant Howard Deiner talks of the importance of understanding the customer requirements and then gives a three-step process in determining and addressing project risk.Tip
-
Create flow in ALM processes with automation and elimination
Matt Heusser provides tips on how to assess, streamline and automate ALM processes, and at the same time, rid your organization of the waste.Tip
-
Communication advantages of distributed Agile teams
Distributed Agile teams are often thought to be at a disadvantage when compared to co-located teams, but are they really?Tip
-
Does Agile development’s emphasis on face-to-face hurt teams?
Site Editor Yvette Francino urges Agile leaders to consider problems that may occur if there is too much emphasis on co-location.Tip
-
Agile ALM: Tools for release management
IT leaders and decision makers will benefit from this tip, written by Software Consultant Nari Kannan, about the problems and challenges in release management and the commercial and open source tools that address them.Tip
-
Building a quality organization with talent management
At STAREAST 2012, keynote speaker Keith Klain spoke about his success in leading cultural change by emphasizing leadership skills, talent management and empowerment.News | 19 Apr 2012
-
Agile development: Changing the way leaders lead
“Moving towards Agile methods challenges all aspects of our traditional management and leadership approaches,” says Agile Consultant, Coach and Trainer Bob Galen. Galen will be presenting “A Test Leader’s Guide to Agile” at STAREAST 2012. In this interview, we hear more about the differences between traditional and Agile leadership and how the transition is affecting leaders and teams.News | 04 Apr 2012
- VIEW MORE ON : Project Management Process
-
What is the software tester’s role in release management?
In this expert response, Lisa Crispin explains how the tester contributes to the release management process on an Agile development team.Answer
-
Quality assurance vs. testing the focus of Belgium Testing Days
Lisa Crispin continues with summaries of the keynote and many of the sessions at Belgium Testing Days. The theme of the conference was “QA versus Testing: Antagonism or Symbiosis?”News | 30 Apr 2012
-
Belgium Testing Days conference: The purpose of software testing
“QA versus Testing: Antagonism or Symbiosis?” was the theme for the Belgium Testing Days conference. SSQ’s Agile expert Lisa Crispin attended the conference and brings back highlights in this two-part series.News | 30 Apr 2012
-
Prioritizing security concerns in a complex software testing market
Expert John Overbaugh identifies the three top concerns of the test manager and offers advice on how to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to security and compliance.Answer
-
How software testing managers can ensure security compliance
While security may be everyone’s job, the software testing manager holds particular responsibilities to ensure security requirements are met.Answer
-
Four ways to reduce software testing cost without sacrificing quality
Matt Heusser, lead editor of "How to Reduce the Cost of Software Testing," shares a few of his favorite tips on how to reduce testing costs without sacrificing quality.Tip
-
Dogfooding: Why CIOs and senior managers should test their own mobile apps
Using your own application or “eating your own dog food,” shows confidence in your product. Nari Kannan shares insights on why CIOs or senior managers should test mobile apps.Tip
-
Using DevOps approaches for pre-release and production software quality
Consultants explore DevOps strategies that may facilitate team collaboration and consistent software quality.Feature
-
Performance management for mobile devices: Solutions and strategies
Software experts reveal mobile application performance management challenges in the enterprise, as well as strategies, best practices and tools to address those challenges in this article.Feature
-
Determining the cloud model that best meets your business requirements
Even though businesses of all sizes have begun considering cloud adoption for their QA environments, a common challenge is understanding the different aspects of cloud that would aid in choosing the right cloud deployment model. In this third of a three-part series, we shall understand how to evaluate an organizations’ current QA infrastructure and the different cloud deployment models which will help decision-makers determine a cloud deployment model that best suits its business needs and requirements.Feature
- VIEW MORE ON : Testing and QA Fundamentals
-
Release management: How DevOps facilitates collaboration
Collaboration is essential to release management success, according to expert Kevin Parker. He explains how DevOps enables collaboration.Answer
-
DevOps as an Agile practice: Delivering quality
In this expert response, Lisa Crispin describes how the DevOps approach works on an Agile team and discusses the roles of the different team members.Answer
-
What is the software tester’s role in release management?
In this expert response, Lisa Crispin explains how the tester contributes to the release management process on an Agile development team.Answer
-
Communication advantages of distributed Agile teams
Distributed Agile teams are often thought to be at a disadvantage when compared to co-located teams, but are they really?Tip
-
Does Agile development’s emphasis on face-to-face hurt teams?
Site Editor Yvette Francino urges Agile leaders to consider problems that may occur if there is too much emphasis on co-location.Tip
-
Using DevOps approaches for pre-release and production software quality
Consultants explore DevOps strategies that may facilitate team collaboration and consistent software quality.Feature
-
Building software security testing skills for managers
Security expert John Overbaugh describes how managers can foster the professional growth of employees by helping them get the training they need to become skilled security testers.Tip
-
Social media tools aid in collaboration between business, IT and users
CIOs and managers will learn how new generation social tools are providing features necessary to collaborate internally and externally with customers and stakeholders.Tip
-
What are CIOs thinking? What we can learn from social media conversations
A recent report from Logicalis revealed the top ten buzzwords used in social media by CIOs. Learn how the data from that report was gathered and what trends were found.Tip
-
Social media: A guide to enhancing ALM with collaborative tools
guide
- VIEW MORE ON : Software Project Teams
-
Agile development practices: Extending agility to contracts
Outlining a variety of ideas for contracts, consultant Howard Deiner shows how Agile practices move beyond the development of code and into developing a collaborative contract.Tip
-
How test managers measure test team effectiveness
Software testing expert Pete Walen warns against cookie-cutter metrics for measuring team effectiveness. Read this response for advice on approaching the challenge of measuring tester efficacy.Answer
-
What are CIOs thinking? What we can learn from social media conversations
A recent report from Logicalis revealed the top ten buzzwords used in social media by CIOs. Learn how the data from that report was gathered and what trends were found.Tip
-
Software quality: When defect tracking is not necessary
In Quality metrics: Defect tracking throughout the software lifecycle, we explored the argument in favor of tracking defects throughout the lifecycle. In this second article in the two-part series, we look at the other side.Tip
-
Agile software development: Tips for writing testable user stories
Testing pressures are always high on Agile projects. In this article we explore some of the ways adding clarity to stories can help make testing easier for all parties involved.Tip
-
Tools and techniques for tracking changes to software requirements
In this tip, requirements expert Sue Burk explains different techniques and tools that can be used to track changes to the requirement itself as well as changes to the attributes of the requirement.Tip
-
Differences between Agile and conventional portfolio management
In this tip, Kay Diller spells out ten differences between Agile portfolio management and conventional portfolio management.Tip
-
Change management: Tracking security defects found with scanning tools
Expert John Overbaugh explains how testing teams can maintain change management system efficiency.Answer
-
Agile teams and software defect tracking: Is a DTS necessary?
In this expert response, Lisa Crispin discusses the pros and cons of DTS and offers advice to teams on how to best manage their bug-free development approach.Answer
-
STAREAST: Agile testing and defect tracking
Defect tracking systems (DTS's) are often used in application lifecycle management (ALM) to keep track of the bugs found during software development. In this tip, Agile expert Lisa Crispin talks about the pros and cons of using a DTS and alternatives used by Agile and lean teams.Tip
- VIEW MORE ON : Project Tracking
-
DevOps as an Agile practice: Delivering quality
In this expert response, Lisa Crispin describes how the DevOps approach works on an Agile team and discusses the roles of the different team members.Answer
-
Quality assurance vs. testing the focus of Belgium Testing Days
Lisa Crispin continues with summaries of the keynote and many of the sessions at Belgium Testing Days. The theme of the conference was “QA versus Testing: Antagonism or Symbiosis?”News | 30 Apr 2012
-
Belgium Testing Days conference: The purpose of software testing
“QA versus Testing: Antagonism or Symbiosis?” was the theme for the Belgium Testing Days conference. SSQ’s Agile expert Lisa Crispin attended the conference and brings back highlights in this two-part series.News | 30 Apr 2012
-
Building a quality organization with talent management
At STAREAST 2012, keynote speaker Keith Klain spoke about his success in leading cultural change by emphasizing leadership skills, talent management and empowerment.News | 19 Apr 2012
-
Software troubleshooting: Managing opportunity costs
Senior managers will want to understand and consider “opportunity costs” that result when a crisis occurs. Consultant Catherine Powell explains that by taking opportunity costs into account, the cost of crisis can be better managed.Tip
-
Using DevOps approaches for pre-release and production software quality
Consultants explore DevOps strategies that may facilitate team collaboration and consistent software quality.Feature
-
Determining the cloud model that best meets your business requirements
Even though businesses of all sizes have begun considering cloud adoption for their QA environments, a common challenge is understanding the different aspects of cloud that would aid in choosing the right cloud deployment model. In this third of a three-part series, we shall understand how to evaluate an organizations’ current QA infrastructure and the different cloud deployment models which will help decision-makers determine a cloud deployment model that best suits its business needs and requirements.Feature
-
The benefits of adopting the cloud in quality assurance environments
In the second of this three-part series, we provide insights that aid senior managers in understanding why QA environments are the best place to begin their cloud adoption journey.Feature
-
Cloud computing: Addressing software QA environment issues
This first part in a three-part series goes over the challenges faced in traditional QA environments and how those are addressed with a cloud solution.Feature
-
What upper management should know about managing software testing processes
Contributor Crystal Bedell interviews experts about how test managers can keep senior managers informed of the value and quality their team adds to the organization.Feature
- VIEW MORE ON : Software Quality Management