Category Archives: Automation & Tools

Approaches for using tools and test automation techniques to accelerate testing efforts and/or increase test effectiveness

New Project? Where are the Templates?

Posted on February 9, 2004 by Trevor Atkins

A guiding principle in the software industry, considering the wide range of project scope and constraints, is to “use the processes and tools appropriate to the size, complexity, and impact of your project”. For instance, each of the following situations … Continue reading →

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Pot-holes on the Road to Automation

Posted on October 9, 2003 by Trevor Atkins

Testing costs can be a significant part of the project with software project managers spending up to half of their project budget on testing. But how do you make testing more cost effective so that you are getting more done … Continue reading →

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Create a Lightweight Testing Framework

Posted on November 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

Are you ready to take on the challenges of the new project? Are you knowledgeable of the latest in testing tools and techniques? What will be the ramification of not testing the product adequately? How will this impact your future … Continue reading →

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Performance Testing and the World Wide Web

Posted on October 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

Today’s client/server systems are expected to perform reliably under loads ranging from hundreds to thousands of simultaneous users. The fast growing number of mission critical applications (e-commerce, e-business, contents management, etc.) accessible through the Internet makes web site performance an … Continue reading →

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COTS Tools vs. Scripting Languages for Test Automation

Posted on June 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

What is COTS? COTS stands for “Commercial Off-The-Shelf” and is often used in reference to software products or tools supplied by third-party vendors. These COTS test automation tools are created to help you in automating some or all of your … 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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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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