Category: Software Testing

Agile ALM and the Tools to Practice It

Sep 25, 2012 | Software Testing | Eric Landes

Armed with the right tool or set of tools, a development team can incorporate ALM into its Agile process and start reaping the benefits of Agile ALM.

As the software development industry matures, it is devising methods for ushering products from inception to completion—a process that has come to be known by the buzzword ALM (Application Lifecycle Management). Of course, development teams having been practicing ALM since software development began. The fancy acronym is the new thing!

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Eric Landes
Eric has been working in the software field since 1986. He is currently a solution architect at Agile Thought where he engages in Agile coaching, consulting on ALM practices, good engineering practices and leading software teams.

Eric specializes in Agile Project Management (XP/Scrum variant), Lean Software Development, Kanban, EPM, Enterprise Project Management implementation (Microsoft Project Server) and Software Project Management. He is a Microsoft MVP Visual Developer and Certified Scrum Master (CSM). You can read more from Eric at: www.ericlandes.com

Software Testing in Agile Development – 5 Parts Article Series

Apr 27, 2011 | Software Testing | Michael Hackett

A comprehensive five part series focused on how to adapt software testing to fit with agile development.

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Michael Hackett
"Michael is also a co-founder of LogiGear Corporation, and has over two decades of experience in software engineering in banking, securities, healthcare and consumer electronics.

Michael is a Certified Scrum Master and has co-authored two books on software testing. Testing Applications on the Web: Test Planning for Mobile and Internet-Based Systems (Wiley, 2nd ed. 2003), available in English, Chinese and Japanese, and Global Software Test Automation (HappyAbout Publishing, 2006). He is a founding member of the Board of Advisors at the University of California Berkeley Extension and has taught for the Certificate in Software Quality Engineering and Management at the University of California Santa Cruz Extension. As a member of IEEE, his training courses have brought Silicon Valley testing expertise to over 16 countries."

Do Testers Have to Write Code?- Elisabeth Hendrickson

Apr 13, 2011 | Software Testing | LogiGear

With test automation now a more common practice, Elisabeth Hendrickson tackles the growing challenge of testers and their skill sets.

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LogiGear
LogiGear Corporation provides global solutions for software testing, and offers public and corporate software testing training programs worldwide through LogiGear University. LogiGear is a leader in the integration of test automation, offshore resources and US project management for fast, cost-effective results. Since 1994, LogiGear has worked with Fortune 500 companies to early-stage start-ups in, creating unique solutions to meet their clients’ needs. With facilities in the US and Viet Nam, LogiGear helps companies double their test coverage and improve software quality while reducing testing time and cutting costs.

Are Testers’ Ethnographic Researchers?

Mar 20, 2011 | Software Testing | John Stevenson

People who follow me on twitter or via my blog might be aware that I have a wide range of interests in areas outside my normal testing job. I like to research and learn different things, especially psychology and see if it may benefit and improve my skills and approaches during my normal testing job. One area I have being looking at for awhile is the social science of ethnography. The approaches used when carrying out research appears to have many similarities to software testing and I feel we could benefit and maybe improve our testing skills by examining ethnography.

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John Stevenson
I have a passion for learning and love to learn about new things. I have an interest in many things such as social science, psychology, photography, and gardening.