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Are You Hiring Yesterday's Testers?[presentation]

Testing a risky software-intensive system is sometimes just as difficult as creating the system itself. And developing unit tests for each path or object individually is not sufficient testing for most applications.

Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.
A Whodunit? Testing Lessons from the Great Detectives[presentation]

What can we learn from Sherlock Holmes, Quincy, Joe Friday, Dick Tracy, Lt. Colombo, MacGyver, and other famous detectives to help your team become great testers?

Robert Sabourin, AmiBug.com Inc
High Volume Test Automation[presentation]

Most test design starts from the premise that extensive testing is not possible--too may tests, not enough time. What if we could generate millions of tests, execute them, and evaluate them automatically.

Cem Kaner, Florida Institute of Technology
Testing "Best Practices": From Microsoft's Context to Yours[presentation]

Testing is a never-ending series of trade-off decisions, what to test and what not to test; when to stop testing and release the product; how to budget your testing resources for automated vs.

Barry Preppernau, Microsoft Corporation
Becoming a Trusted Advisor to Senior Management[presentation]

How can Test Managers present information about test results so that the correct message is received by decision-makers?

Lloyd Roden, Grove Consultants
finding tools Being Resourceful When Your Hands Are Tied[article]

You work hard to find tools that can help you. You learn how to use and configure them. Then you find yourself working in an environment where you can't even use them. Have you encountered this frustrating situation? Danny and Alan have encountered this frustration many times before, and in this week's column, they're here to say you don't have to abandon all hope. If you're creative, you can still find tools to use–even in the most inhospitable environments.

Danny R. Faught's picture Danny R. Faught
Outsourcing Testing Tasks[article]

IT's continuing push towards cost reduction has led to the burgeoning of the outsourcing industry. Implementing an outsourcing strategy is quickly becoming the competitive advantage for companies that need to test software and related components. Outsourcing firms offer other advantages and benefits that may have been previously overlooked, including cost savings. Jose Fajardo examines these benefits and other competitive advantages associated with outsourcing testing tasks for companies interested in transitioning to an outsourced testing strategy.

Jose Fajardo
Quick Start to Quality - Five Important Test Support Practices[presentation]

As testers, we understand the virtues of clear equirements, effective configuration management, software inspections and reviews, project planning, and project tracking.

Louise Tamres, The Tamres Group
A Day in the Life of a Test Manager[presentation]

During every project, test managers face many issues and challenges and often have to make difficult judgement calls.

Clive Bates, Grove Consultants
A Look at IntelliJ IDEA3[magazine]

Get the scoop on this refactoring tool from JetBrains.

Andrew Geweke
Pay No Attention to the Quality Behind the Curtain[magazine]

To continue our series exploring what it means to care about quality and to build better software, we spoke with Compuware executive David Kapelanski, who says that true quality is invisible.

Pam Young
The Interior Department and Intelligent Life? Yahoo![magazine]

Get the software engineering slant on items from the recent news.

Heather Shanholtzer's picture Heather Shanholtzer
I Take It (Almost) All Back[magazine]

Turn to The Last Word, where software professionals who care about quality give you their opinions on hot topics. This month, an industry expert explains why he changed his mind about the value of exploratory testing—well, mostly.

Rex Black's picture Rex Black
From Invisible to Invaluable[magazine]

Need a place to go to get the solutions you've been craving? Management Fix is what you've been looking for. In this issue, find out how to create visibility for your team.

Elisabeth Hendrickson's picture Elisabeth Hendrickson
Don't Beg to Differ[magazine]

We're pleased to bring you technical editors who are well respected in their fields. Get their take on everything that relates to the industry, technically speaking. In this issue, read why some arguments aren't worth having.

Brian Marick

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