Tips

Tips

• Understand how DAD works as an Agile framework

  If your team is struggling to implement Agile principles, it might be time to give DAD a try. Expert Yvette Francino explains how to use this Agile framework.  Continue Reading

• Emulator vs. real device testing: Do you have to choose?

  When coding a mobile app, you should no longer question whether to use an emulator or test with a real device. Expert Chris Riley makes the case for testing using both methods.  Continue Reading

• Understand the importance of a mobile testing strategy

  By 2017 users will have downloaded 270 billion mobile apps. Gerie Owen explains what every tester must understand about developing a mobile testing strategy.  Continue Reading

• A primer on automated API testing

  Not sure where to begin with automated API testing? Expert Yvette Francino demystifies the process from start to finish.  Continue Reading

• Seven ways to know when to automate testing

  Everyone wants automation, but knowing when to automate testing is the trick. Expert John Scarpino gives you seven questions to ask.  Continue Reading

• Tips for effective software project collaboration

  Software project collaboration sounds easy, but how do you really do it? An expert shows how to get started and avoid traps along the way.  Continue Reading

• Tips for an effective continuous integration process

  Maintaining software quality can be challenging, but implementing a continuous integration process can help reveal problems quickly.  Continue Reading

• Security in Agile product development: What not to do

  In Agile product development, user stories may not be enough to ensure application security. Here are tips for dealing with security more effectively.  Continue Reading

• Choose team collaboration tools for quality assurance

  To reach their goals, QA teams must work together effectively. Here are some team collaboration tools that can ensure effective collaboration.  Continue Reading

• Use Agile software testing principles to plan your tests

  An expert walks you through two Agile software testing methods so you can choose an Agile testing strategy that best fits your needs.  Continue Reading

• Scaling Agile using nine SAFe principles

  There is no step-by-step recipe for scaling Agile, but with solid principles the software development team will have the ingredients to create high-quality enterprise software.  Continue Reading

• Editor's choice for innovation: Sauce Labs

  Sauce Labs' new continuous integration user interface for its test automation PaaS achieved the editors' choice for innovation for July 2015.  Continue Reading

• Agile thinking: Failure is the new success

  Agile thinking allows for mini failures along the way, leading to success.  Continue Reading

• Strategies for developing business mobile apps

  Everyone wants mobile applications that improve productivity in the enterprise. Here's what you need to think about before developing business mobile apps.  Continue Reading

• How to track configuration changes in mobile app testing

  Amy Reichert reviews tips on how we should track configuration changes in mobile app testing.  Continue Reading

• How to move from Web to mobile business apps

  Moving from Web to mobile business apps goes beyond reaching out to customers. Mobile apps extend enterprise application functionality to mobile workers.  Continue Reading

• Agile vs. Waterfall: When is each approach to software requirements best?

  When it comes to choosing between Agile or Waterfall projects, Agile proves more valuable for helping development teams and stakeholders retain focus on the right software requirements.  Continue Reading

• How to test mobile responsive design applications

  Two experts offer 10 tips for testing mobile responsive design applications, with or without software requirements.  Continue Reading

• Companies need to embrace distributed Agile teams

  No matter where software team members are located, they must work productively. Companies can benefit from having distributed Agile teams.  Continue Reading

• How ALM tools help embrace distributed Agile teams

  Distributed Agile teams offer many advantages, and when using ALM tools, such teams provide the flexibility that both employees and employers need to communicate more efficiently.  Continue Reading

• How API testing is evolving as a regular part of application development

  Whether it is obvious in an organization or not, API testing exists. Learn why API testing is necessary in the application world.  Continue Reading

• Why a COTS package requires testing

  Buying COTS systems doesn't necessarily mean security. Learn why COTS testing is needed.  Continue Reading

• Tracking bugs effectively in continuous development

  Tracking bugs in a continuous development environment can be challenging. An expert offers tips for smoothing the process.  Continue Reading

• Use APM data for continuous process improvement

  Continuous process improvement is an important part of achieving the Agile vision. Learn to leverage APM data to support better processes over time.  Continue Reading

• Assemble an ALM system out of best-of-breed tools

  Today's ALM systems are a mix of project management tools that work well together. Matt Heusser explains how to build a custom ALM system.  Continue Reading

• Consider building salespeople's business analysis skills

  Business analysis skills are lacking at many organizations. BA training and certifications may be underutilized resources for supporting better sales.  Continue Reading

• Testing APIs protects applications and reputations

  When testing public APIs, test expert Amy Reichert recommends testing API functionality, endpoint security and, above all, proper connectivity.  Continue Reading

• Tracking the evolution of ALM tools

  Modern ALM tools evolved from physical story walls. Matt Heusser explains what was lost in translation and what can be gained.  Continue Reading

• Testing techniques for data exchanges and interoperability

  Testing data exchanges involves the ability to view, track and verify messages, among other things. Here are techniques for testing data exchanges.  Continue Reading

• Automation processes for continuous delivery

  Implementing continuous delivery requires automation processes. Here are tips and tools to help smooth the implementation process.  Continue Reading

• What are the best database testing tool features for testers?

  Software testers need database viewing tools that make their job easier, not harder. Here are features non-SQL experts shouldn't be without.  Continue Reading

• KillerIT evaluates application portfolios

  In this innovation spotlight, learn how KillerIT Application Portfolio helps organizations evaluate application portfolios using data-driven initiatives.  Continue Reading

• Use story mapping for more customer-focused apps

  Story mapping can replace requirements gathering and shows developers what is needed to solve business problems in end users' workflows.  Continue Reading

• Choose the right software testing service

  Learn about tips for choosing a testing service and whether it makes sense to test outside the business.  Continue Reading

• Insight on data masking tools

  Private and non-public data must not be compromised during testing. Learn about data masking and the vendors that offer data masking tools.  Continue Reading

• Infrastructure as code and other prerequisites for CD

  Are you ready for continuous delivery? This article outlines three prerequisites: automated testing, infrastructure as code and a staging environment.  Continue Reading

• Prep for continuous delivery with iterative development

  Are you ready for continuous delivery? This article explains how an established, iterative development practice puts you on the right path.  Continue Reading

• Change control tools keep change control regulated

  Change control tools help to manage data and keep change controls in order.  Continue Reading

• Consider these requirements when building B2B mobile apps

  Many factors must be considered when building mobile B2B apps. Take into account these must-have requirements.  Continue Reading

• Software development: Pick the method that fits best

  Making sense of software development methodologies is challenging. The key is to understand the challenges and what you're trying to achieve.  Continue Reading

• Is continuous delivery a path to continuous improvement?

  By embracing the cultural and technological changes of continuous delivery, developers and testers can use it as an approach to continuous improvement.  Continue Reading

• Identify performance problems in Java applications

  Software testers trying to identify performance problems in Java apps might be using the wrong requirements and tools. Two experts suggest ways to accurately pinpoint problems.  Continue Reading

• Explore cloud application testing technique

  Learn some cloud application testing techniques to ensure data security.  Continue Reading

• Five tools to improve embedded software testing efforts

  Embedded software testing tools are useful for catching defects during unit, integration and system testing. Here are five such tools that can make testing easier.  Continue Reading

• App Quality Alliance compiles mobile testing criteria

  SearchSoftwareQuality.com talks to Martin Wrigley of the App Quality Alliance about smart practices and testing criteria for mobile app developers.  Continue Reading

• Tools for extracting system and performance information

  Getting system and performance information from Android and iOS mobile devices can be difficult, but the process is made easier with these tools and tips.  Continue Reading

• Penetration testing: Finding Web application flaws

  Though complex, penetration testing is worth the effort and helps make Web applications as secure as possible. Here are some tips for testing effectively.  Continue Reading

• Explore integration testing tools and services

  Review integration testing and some available tools in this tip. Learn about how specific tools work and what they can do.  Continue Reading

• Mobile load testing tools review: Appvance vs. HP StormRunner

  Appvance PerformanceCloud and HP's StormRunner Load are two of the most advanced load testing tools on the market today. See how the two compare.  Continue Reading

• Continuous delivery benefits the business side

  Continuous delivery emerged as a way to reduce risks around software releases. Now continuous delivery benefits business executives by facilitating fast feedback on products and strategies under development.  Continue Reading

• Explore the benefits of continuous delivery

  An outgrowth of Agile, continuous delivery lets organizations release small, incremental updates constantly. What's more, it keeps the codebase stable and boosts quality over time.  Continue Reading

• Reviewing test tools in the mobile app market

  As the mobile app market ramps up, so does interest in outsourced software testing services.  Continue Reading

• Assessing APM vendors as a cloud service

  APM vendors are offering services for making cloud deployment easier.  Continue Reading

• Roundup of mobile emulator tools

  Learn about a few favorite mobile emulator tools that can ease software testing pain points.  Continue Reading

• Continuous development brings changes for software testers

  Continuous development calls for lots of automated testing and a little manual testing. Form a continuous testing plan based on the right balance between the two.  Continue Reading

• Mobile APM tools take shape

  In this tip we'll take a look at why SaaS tools and mobile APM fit together so well and review a few of the leaders in SaaS APM for mobile devices.  Continue Reading

• Agile testing methods for multiple teams

  Learn the latest Agile testing methods for converting multiple teams from a traditional process to Agile.  Continue Reading

• Encouraging an Agile mind-set

  Transforming your organizational practices to Agile involves more than just changing your methodology.  Continue Reading

• Five rules for using software quality metrics

  Software quality metrics can either tell us what needs work or disguise the real root causes. If you want to play the testing metrics game, you have to play by the rules.  Continue Reading

• Reviewing open source Appium

  A mobile test app veteran discusses why Appium is his first choice in testing tools.  Continue Reading

• Working with legacy code: An easy way to kill hard bugs

  It turns out working with legacy code might not require days of pouring over cryptic comments. For finding and fixing bugs, developers can use simple testing tools to peel and slice their way down to the problem.  Continue Reading

• CI success depends on quality acceptance criteria

  Successful continuous integration requires testable acceptance criteria that help to guide developers.  Continue Reading

• Onus for third-party APIs is on enterprise developers

  Successfully integrating a third-party API into an enterprise application requires the development team to find ways to test and ensure outside code.  Continue Reading

• Why is SaaS testing harder than traditional testing?

  SaaS development cycles are shorter than traditional Web apps, require more test types and result in greater scrutiny from quality assurance.  Continue Reading

• Debunking test CoE myths

  QA expert Gerie Owen debunks myths about test centers of excellence and talks about the real benefits and challenges of a test CoE.  Continue Reading

• MAM tool options abound for developers

  Software testing expert Amy Reichert walks through the importance of MAM tools and options for developers looking for one.  Continue Reading

• Creating and implementing a mobile testing strategy

  QA consultant Gerie Owen discusses how to create a mobile testing strategy that addresses variation and complexity in the mobile world.  Continue Reading

• Select MAM tools with critical criteria in mind

  An MAM tool should be selected based on comprehensive criteria that address security for personal devices with corporate data on them.  Continue Reading

• Taking on embedded software testing

  Experts explain why embedded software testing projects call for heightened security and better code coverage than mobile or desktop test efforts do.  Continue Reading

• GUI testing in the M2M world

  Learn about easier GUI testing and user interfaces in embedded and mobile devices.  Continue Reading

• Electric utility device testing in the smart grid era

  Learn how to test your electric utility device, and why it makes sense to do this in the age of the smart grid.  Continue Reading

• AWS mobile development tools hold steady lead

  AWS mobile tools are able to stay ahead of other mobile development vendors' tools.  Continue Reading

• Goals and options for mobile real user monitoring

  Real user monitoring provides valuable performance information through the use of actual mobile traffic.  Continue Reading

• Wildly outnumbered, app sec pros turn to automation

  Today's enterprise app sec pro can be expected to work with as many as 200 programmers. Keeping up with the pace requires security automation.  Continue Reading

• Mobile testing tutorial: Testers transition from Web to mobile apps

  Test expert Matt Heusser offers a practical mobile testing tutorial for developers who are no longer beginners in the mobile space.  Continue Reading

• IOS testing: Expert offers practical strategies for testing on iPhone

  Test expert Matt Heusser gives practical strategies and step-by-step instructions for iOS testing.  Continue Reading

• Android testing: Expert gives step-by-step guidance to mobile testers

  Test expert Matt Heusser gives Web app developers specific instructions for Android testing.  Continue Reading

• Agile application lifecycle management is not an oxymoron

  Learn how Agile application lifecycle management supports the development process for better software and business needs.  Continue Reading

• BYOD and security: Five tips to keep boundaries between work and home

  Software project manager Kay Diller gives five tips on keeping boundaries between work and personal life by embracing BYOD and security.  Continue Reading

• Application performance metrics are what to test, not how to test

  Test expert Amy Reichert explains what measures are valuable metrics for application performance and what the numbers mean.  Continue Reading

• App performance monitoring closes gap between testing and production

  QA consultant Gerie Owen discusses the role of application performance monitoring in meeting user expectations once an app is in production.  Continue Reading

• Agile project management: Increasing business agility with Agile ALM

  Increase business agility capabilities with Agile project management. Find tips and tools for Agile ALM best practices.  Continue Reading

• Agile and ALM: A marriage made in heaven?

  Learn why developing Agile and ALM can benefit organizational processes.  Continue Reading

• How Agile ALM tools shape business agility

  Learn how Agile ALM tools can increase agility in businesses.  Continue Reading

• Agile business: Stand-up meetings for success

  Learn why CEOs are doing daily stand-up meetings for project success.  Continue Reading

• Identifying user personas for software quality strategies

  User personas help define your most valuable users so you can better understand them and direct the path of your projects accordingly.  Continue Reading

• Remote wiping: Tools and practices to protect corporate data

  Mobile connectivity increases productivity but threatens corporate data. John Overbaugh discusses the advantages and limitations of remote wiping.  Continue Reading

• A secure development lifecycle protects software from vulnerabilities

  Security professional John Overbaugh explains how designing a secure development lifecycle can help teams implement more secure code.  Continue Reading

• Developing mobile applications meets a new kind of application testing

  Testers need new skills when developing mobile applications that are both effective and secure.  Continue Reading

• Getting started with application performance management and Method-R

  Matt Heusser explains how to use application performance management and Method-R measurement to monitor the entire customer experience, end to end.  Continue Reading

• Agile development practices: Three predictions for 2014

  Agile expert Yvette Francino predicts that Agile development practices will gain momentum in 2014.  Continue Reading

• Find the project metrics you need to track your Agile team's performance

  Project metrics are a useful method to determine if an initiative is on track or off the rails. Expert Johanna Rothman shows you how to get started.  Continue Reading

• Boost mobile app performance without cellular network control

  Today's mobile apps have to work with the network signal they can get. Shaky connections hurt performance, but proper testing can mitigate problems.  Continue Reading

• Software requirements: Why the term 'nonfunctional requirements' misleads

  Requirements expert Robin Goldsmith explores the problems with common nonfunctional requirements scenarios and offers more useful alternatives.  Continue Reading

• Using a nonfunctional requirements template, plus examples

  Requirements expert Robin Goldsmith explains how and why to use a nonfunctional requirements template.  Continue Reading

• How application performance metrics keep healthcare software healthy

  Learn why application performance metrics are a critical aspect of the healthcare industry.  Continue Reading

• Agile teamwork: When collaboration becomes groupthink

  Quality assurance consultant Gerie Owen discusses how Agile teamwork can lead to groupthink if it's not tempered.  Continue Reading

• Good software design and development starts with customers' needs

  Discovering customer needs isn't a simple query and response. It takes some work to get the information your design and development efforts rely on.  Continue Reading

• Testing mobile apps: Strategies for monitoring and user emulation

  Rebecca Clinard, performance engineer with Mentora Group, offers insights on testing mobile apps using monitoring and user emulation techniques.  Continue Reading

• Avoiding too many user stories in software development

  In software development today, the overuse of user stories has become a common waste of time and resources.  Continue Reading