This paper focuses on establishing test automation as a service in the software development organization at the outset, with the importance being given especially to the testing group. Test automation should direct its efforts to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the manual testing process by providing 'Quality' Test Automation services. Test Automation should always aim at supplementing the manual testing to quickly assess the quality of the application under test through the execution of quality test automation suites. The building blocks of test automation services are discussed thoroughly to successfully finish test automation projects.

This paper explores the relationship between SCM and the modern development models, provides an explanation of how to provide SCM in a quick, concise way, and describes how to adapt the "Just Enough SCM" philosophy to the most demanding standard.

Capacity assessment has become a necessity in today's complex network environments. Indeed, conducting rigorous assessments can not only bring peace of mind and improved performance and stability to the final system, but also saves time and money. Conducting these assessments requires tools that properly address the realities found in environments such as the Internet or enterprise network infrastructures. In fact, conducting assessments without these realistic factors can be risky, often not resulting in a real world picture of the performance or capacity of the system. We introduce CawUsers as the definition of a real world user-assessments using CawUsers will vastly improve the understanding and confidence in a system to meet the demands and rigors found in the real world.

Testers are in a position to see danger coming. Speaking up early about risks that others may not see can save a project. In this article Yogita Sahoo looks at the problem of NOT speaking up, and discusses the unique position of the test team in preventing failures.