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Ask the Experts

• Facilitating requirements gathering with Agile development expertise

  Agile expert Lisa Crispin offers tips for companies to avoid “analysis paralysis” and discusses how an Agile approach changes requirements gathering and management.  Continue Reading

• Exploring integration testing in the Agile development lifecycle

  Agile expert Lisa Crispin explores the various meanings and offers tips to testers on how to work integration testing into the Agile development lifecycle.  Continue Reading

• Succeeding in test automation: Collaboration between Agile testers and programmers

  Agile expert Lisa Crispin discusses the collaboration dynamic between testers and programmers, particularly in the interest of test automation success.  Continue Reading

• Exploring the role of the product owner on a Scrum team

  Expert Scott Sehlhorst discusses where the product owner’s responsibilities start and stop, particularly in relation to automation.  Continue Reading

• Generating code from software requirements: Is it possible?

  Software requirements, descriptions of features that will solve a problem, are not necessarily transferable into coding languages. Requirements management expert Scott Sehlhorst explains the nature of requirements and availability of tools that ...  Continue Reading

• 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.  Continue Reading

• 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.  Continue Reading

• ALM tools: Is purchasing from a single vendor or multiple vendors better?

  Integrating ALM tools from different vendors can be nearly impossible, yet buying a toolset from a single vendor poses problems as well. Expert Kevin Parker explores these choices.  Continue Reading

• Automation in your SDLC: Identifying vital ALM tools

  Process-centric tools and dashboards are among the ALM trends identified by expert Kevin Parker. Here he discusses how these trends are now indispensable to automation in the SDLC.  Continue Reading

• Test management tools: Supporting your SDLC

  Expert Kevin Parker delves into the importance of choosing test management tools that integrate with and support your organization’s SDLC.  Continue Reading

• Choosing an ALM tool for managing your software testing processes

  ALM expert Kevin Parker discusses the different ALM tool features that teams should consider as well as the steps to follow.  Continue Reading

• The role of the software testing manager in gathering requirements

  What are the responsibilities of the product manager, business analyst, and software testing manager in requirements gathering? Learn how the roles are distributed here.  Continue Reading

• How traceability benefits the software development lifecycle

  Read expert Scott Sehlhorst’s explanation to learn how traceability of requirements improves visibility into building the right product as well as building the product right.  Continue Reading

• Managing software testing processes on an Agile development team

  In Agile development, testing processes are addressed by the whole team, according to Lisa Crispin. In this expert response, she highlights techniques for teams to work together to improve their testing and QA, including story mapping and Community ...  Continue Reading

• Choosing the right test management tool: A team effort

  Agile expert Lisa Crispin recommends that teams collaborate in choosing and implementing the appropriate test management tool. Read this response for insights into how test management tools can facilitate collaboration and enhance team productivity.  Continue Reading