It’s All About the Bottom Line [Air Force Software Blunder Part 3]
The Air Force’s recent decision to scrap the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) had wide-ranging impact that extends beyond technology. Projects that go awry have a financial impact, and...
View ArticleUnprepared Geeks – “I Told You So…”
Unprepared Geeks is SmartBear’s bi-weekly video-podcast about all things tech and quality. Tag along as the people behind soapUI and loadUI get together and discuss recent events, gadgets, and hot...
View ArticleHow to Interview Users to Find Out What They Really Want
It’s all well-and-good to suggest that developers, especially on Agile teams, work with end-users to find out what they want the software to do. It’s another thing to get useful information without the...
View ArticleWhere is that Red ‘Stop’ Button in Your Development Process?
This three-part series written by Peter Antman takes a journey through the evolution of quality assurance, takes a look at the current state of “quality” in the software industry and explains what we...
View ArticleAlways Fix Broken Windows
This three-part series written by Peter Antman takes a journey through the evolution of quality assurance, takes a look at the current state of “quality” in the software industry and explains what we...
View ArticleThe History of Quality Assurance
When talking about software quality assurance, it is beneficial to talk about the history of quality assurance and how we have come to use certain methodologies, such as Agile and Waterfall, because,...
View ArticleMaintaining Quality Assurance in an Era of Hyper-Development
Release cycles are getting shorter, from months to weeks to days and even hours, allowing companies to be more competitive than ever – or at least to think they are. To a large extent, the adoption of...
View ArticleRemember when Software Testing was Considered an Artform?
Over the last few months I’ve had the opportunity to attend a number of extremely interesting and mind-expanding conferences focusing on emerging (and somewhat disruptive) technologies and companies:...
View ArticleAutomated Testing is Not Agile Testing
I’ve touched on this subject in the past, but this time I want to dive right into a response to the following quote from a recently released study on Agile testing: “Because the ultimate goal of Agile...
View ArticleSo, I Heard You Guys Like Software Comics
We don’t exactly have Scott Adams on staff to draw witty satires about office shinanigans, but we always enjoy putting out a few good software comics at the end of a grueling week. Whether it’s about...
View ArticleAgile: The Once and Future Methodology
What we think of as “Agile methods” are another rediscovery of techniques that go back to the late 1960s. It’s easy to despair – why haven’t we learned more?! – but we developers go over the waterfall...
View ArticleMake Sure Your Services Are Secure
Welcome to the fourth installment of our eight-part webinar series about “The Seven Fundamentals of Mission-Critical Service Testing.” In this series, Robert Schneider, from our training-partner...
View ArticleCAST 2013 – Arguing, Learning and Software Testing
I’ve been to STAR conferences and other testing conferences but I’ve never experienced a conference quite like AST CAST2013. The funny part of the whole experience is that it didn’t feel like a...
View ArticleAgile and The Enterprise: Part 1
This blog entry is primarily based on a wide ranging conversation the author had with Steve Johnson in late September 2013. Steve Johnson is a product management and business process expert with over...
View ArticleWhat Does ‘DevOps’ Mean to You?
The other day, at the bottom of an email, in the middle of an entirely unrelated string of communications, the person I was conversing with asked, “By the way… What does DevOps mean to you?” The...
View ArticleAgile and The Enterprise: Part 2
Agile’s positive impact on strategic planning This blog entry is primarily based on a wide ranging conversation the author had with Steve Johnson in late September 2013. Steve Johnson is a product...
View ArticleGet The Most Productivity From Your Developers and Testers
Welcome to the fifth installment of our eight-part webinar series about “The Seven Fundamentals of Mission-Critical Service Testing.” In this series, Robert Schneider, from our training-partner...
View ArticleHow to Screw Up Your Scrum
When it’s done right, a scrum-based environment can turn a stagnant, slow-producing development process into an iterative wonder. Unlike waterfall or XP that is linear and more like a relay race, scrum...
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