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Category Archives: Test Planning & Strategy
Metrics – Thinking In N-Dimensions
I presented “Metrics – Thinking in N-Dimensions” to VANQ.org, the Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group, and I wanted to share that material with you. The biggest challenge in establishing an effective metrics programme is not the formulas, statistics, and … Continue reading
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User Acceptance Testing – Finally, Some Validation?
User acceptance testing (UAT) is the one form of acceptance testing that must involve stakeholders outside of the project team; the users. UAT provides a formal means for validating that a new system actually meets the necessary user requirements from … Continue reading
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Communicating Requirements To Testing – You’re Going To Be In Pictures!
How do you know what a system is supposed to do and what it is not supposed to do? Formal requirements are intended to create an easily validated, maintainable and comprehensive set of documents communicating the system’s planned functional scope … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, early testing, process improvement, requirements, software testing, templates, visualization tools
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Estimating Test Effort – From Billiard Balls to Electron Clouds
Each of us has very likely had to do an estimate in the past, whether it was for a set of assigned tasks, for a project, or for the budget of an entire organization. As a tester, the question is … Continue reading
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Tagged data, estimation, modelling, science & testing, software testing
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Increasing Test Effort Estimation Effectiveness
On May 29, 2008, I presented “Increasing Test Effort Estimation Effectiveness” to VANQ.org, the Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group, and I wanted to share that material with you. Estimates Provide Visibility to Stakeholders To know how much we will … Continue reading
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Tagged data, estimation, software testing
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Pictures for Test Planning
In the fast-paced changing world of software product development there is a continuous challenge to document the expectations for the system and its internally and externally facing behaviours. Requirements often suffer because of the challenges of keeping up with an … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, early testing, process improvement, requirements, software testing, templates, visualization tools
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Establishing Effective Metrics
The biggest challenge in establishing an effective metrics programme is not the formulas, statistics, and complex analysis that are often associated with metrics. Rather, the difficulty lies in determining which metrics provide valuable information to the project and/or organization, and … Continue reading
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Rapid Test Case Prioritization
It is a common theme in software projects and testing in particular that there is never enough time to do all that you need to do. Given the limited time that you have available, how can you know that you … Continue reading
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Evaluating UI Without Users
User involvement is one of the major factors in designing UI for software. However, as much as we would like the users to be involved, user devotion to a project is never a free or unlimited resource. To maximize the … Continue reading
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New Project? Where are the Templates?
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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