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How to measure test progress: Every picture tells a story

Seeing the big picture when it comes managing the progress of your software tests may require putting together all the little picture pieces.

By Johanna Rothman • Nov. 28, 2012

How does the role of project manager change in the cloud?

Agile and ALM expert Yvette Francino discusses how the role of project manager may change when applications are developed and tested in the cloud.

By Yvette Francino • Sept. 26, 2012

Best practices for solutions architecture

Solutions architecture has gained a reputation for being difficult to define. Even so, best practices unique to solutions architecture have emerged.

By Stephanie Mann • July 27, 2012

Agile project management using the Cynefin framework

Learn how the Cynefin framework facilitates problem solving, Agile project management and teamwork.

By Yvette Francino • July 13, 2012

When to perform post-production testing

In some cases, testing post-production is needed, according to expert Pete Walen. He discusses the potential situations where post-production testing is helpful and what expectations we can have for performance testing.

By Peter Walen • June 1, 2012

Security testing for unvalidated redirects and forwards

Security expert John Overbaugh gives security testers the information they need in order to ensure the Web application code that they’re responsible for is protected.

By John Overbaugh • March 30, 2012

Integration testing: What are the challenges?

Expert Pete Walen describes common problems with integration testing and offers insights into implementing it correctly, so that both internal and external users can benefit.

By Peter Walen • March 29, 2012

Exploring integration testing in the Agile development lifecycle

Agile expert Lisa Crispin explores the various meanings and offers tips to testers on how to work integration testing into the Agile development lifecycle.

By Lisa Crispin • March 26, 2012

Streamlining user acceptance testing (UAT) with Agile

Organizations that implement successful user acceptance testing can greatly reduce errors and business risks.

By Ravindra Kambhampati and Srinivas Yeluripaty • Jan. 30, 2012

Agile testing quadrants: Guiding managers and teams in test strategies

Agile expert Lisa Crispin explains the four Agile testing quadrants and how they can guide managers and development teams in creating a test strategy.

By Lisa Crispin • Jan. 13, 2012

Software development bugs: How to identify and prevent them

With strong Agile practices such as unit testing, code reviews and proper attention to requirements, bugs can be prevented or found early in the application lifecycle.

By Dror Helper • Jan. 13, 2012

Defect tracking: Lean principles for getting the right data at the right time

In this tip, author Paul E. McMahon describes how Lean principles can be used to help determine when defect tracking is appropriate for your organization and what type of data is important to collect.

By Paul McMahon • Dec. 6, 2011

Load testing and performance testing with JMeter: Tutorial

JMeter, a free open source load testing tool, is straightforward to use and supports several programming languages, including HTTP/HTTPS, SOAP, JDBC, LDAP and JMS. In the following set of informative tips, expert Mike Kelly explores the capabilities of JMeter and breaks down its use into a step-by-step approach.

By Mike Kelly • Nov. 15, 2011

Exploratory testing and regression testing in continuous integration

Expert Lisa Crispin explains how and when to implement exploratory testing, automated regression testing and manual regression tests in an Agile development environment.

By Lisa Crispin • Sept. 23, 2011

Agile software development: Tips for writing testable user stories

Testing pressures are always high on Agile projects. In this article we explore some of the ways adding clarity to stories can help make testing easier for all parties involved.

By Mike Kelly • Aug. 16, 2011

Tools and techniques for tracking changes to software requirements

In this tip, requirements expert Sue Burk explains different techniques and tools that can be used to track changes to the requirement itself as well as changes to the attributes of the requirement.

By Sue Burk • Aug. 3, 2011

Regression vs. risk-based testing: Managing complexity

In this tip, consultant Vasudeva Naidu describes in detail the steps necessary to implement risk-based testing in your organization to ensure your regression test strategy is solid and successful.

By Vasudeva Naidu • July 19, 2011

Application security: Protecting application availability, data confidentiality and integrity

Network security and application security are both important in keeping your applications safe from hackers. In this tip, security engineer John Overbaugh focuses on application security, which is needed to protect the confidentiality, availability and integrity of your application and its data. Learn more about various areas of security that need to be considered when designing secure applications.

By John Overbaugh • March 31, 2011

Managing change requests to your application

In this tip, we look at end user requests, and the process to prioritize the requests for IT, so they know where to focus their work efforts.

By Susan Oasheim, PMP • March 31, 2011

Understanding the dependencies between requirements in a Scrum environment

Prioritizing user stories for each iteration in a Scrum environment can be challenging if the project owner does not understand the dependencies between requirements. In this expert response, Lisa Crispin shares best practices for prioritizing user stories based on requirement dependencies.

By Lisa Crispin • March 30, 2011

How user stories help to define software requirements

User stories play an important role when defining requirements and they also contribute to living documentation during the software development process. In this expert response, Lisa Crispin offers key practices for ensuring that requirements align with user stories and that user stories are accurate.

By Lisa Crispin • March 28, 2011

Mapping software requirements to test cases

Even though you must have at least one test case per requirement, it's possible not to have a one-to-one mapping between each requirement and test case. In this response, expert Sue Burk explains how it is important to trace the relationship between requirements and the tests that verify them whether the relationship is one-to-one, one-to-many or many-to-many.

By Sue Burk • March 28, 2011

Tracking changes to requirements in Agile development

All development teams need to track requirements changes, but depending on the software development lifecycle and overall ALM process, the best approach to change tracking may not be the same across the board. In this response, expert Mike Jones explains how Agile teams can best integrate change tracking into their development process.

By Mike Jones • March 23, 2011

event-driven architecture (EDA)

An event-driven architecture (EDA) is a framework that orchestrates behavior around the production, detection and consumption of events as well as the responses they evoke.

By TechTarget Contributor • March 2, 2011

How to gain acceptance of organizational change

Any organizational change can meet with internal resistance. In this response, SSQ Site Editor Yvette Francino offers advice on how to win buy-in from those affected through honest communication and continuous improvement.

By Yvette Francino • Feb. 21, 2011