Author Archives: Trevor Atkins

About Trevor Atkins

Trevor Atkins has been involved in 100’s of software projects over the last 20+ years and has a demonstrated track record of achieving rapid ROI for his customers and their business. Experienced in all project roles, Trevor’s primary focus has been on planning and execution of projects and improvement of the same, so as to optimize quality versus constraints for the business. LinkedIn Profile

Components of a Test Strategy

Posted on April 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

A Test Strategy is a documented approach to testing where the test effort, test domain, test configurations, and test tools employed to verify and validate a set of functionality are defined. It also includes information on schedules, resource allocations, and … Continue reading →

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Test Throughout the Development Lifecycle

Posted on March 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

There are many perceptions of what software testing is all about. Some people see software testing as something developers do as they write code. For some testing is performed all at once when the code is complete. Others believe that … Continue reading →

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Data-Driven Testing

Posted on February 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

One of the risks of any application is being able to do enough testing in the time available. Another common risk is getting at those critical components behind the GUI to ensure that they are as bug free as possible … Continue reading →

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Risk Management

Posted on August 9, 2001 by Trevor Atkins

Risk management can be defined as creating and maintaining plans for controlling real and perceived risks paired with monitoring the effectiveness of those plans. DO NOT wait until a risk becomes reality before deciding what to do about it. A … Continue reading →

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Stay on Track in Any Economy: 7 Hot Tips for Better Software Projects

Posted on July 30, 2001 by Trevor Atkins

I co-authored this article with Andrea McIntosh and we published it with StickyMinds.com There are some basic truths and best practices that hold firm regardless of the economic climate in which you find yourself. Tightening up software development and planning … Continue reading →

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What is Risk in Software Development?

Posted on July 9, 2001 by Trevor Atkins

Risk is often defined as the combination of the likelihood of a problem occurring and the impact of the problem if it were to occur. Risk concerns future happenings. Risk involves change in mind, opinion, actions, or places. Risk involves … Continue reading →

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eXtreme Testing – Ramp Up and Keep Up!

Posted on November 27, 2000 by Trevor Atkins

eXtreme Programming, or ‘XP’ as it is also known, is a relatively new development methodology (~4 years old), which treats software development as a ‘jigsaw’ puzzle: a product is slowly built by adding small pieces to a larger body of … Continue reading →

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