The trend nowadays is to outsource software testing. Offsite software testing companies are everywhere; they're headquartered in the United States and in technology-rich countries such as India, Singapore and Japan. Company literature boasts the tremendous time and money saving features of outsourcing software testing while stressing high quality work you can count on. But is […]
Bug tracking. It's the Achilles' heel of software development. It's easy to report bugs found in software, but unless the bugs are properly tracked, all the way through to their resolution, one can never be sure whether these nuances truly have been swatted. Like criminals on the run, without proper bug tracking procedures, those responsible […]
Is automated software testing really worth the time and effort? The simple answer is "yes;" it's a critical part of the software cycle. The more complicated answer is that it's only beneficial if properly implemented.
Most automated software testing tools available today won't work on your software right out of the box. They first need some […]
Do you know which bug tracking software is best for your development environment? Besides the obvious issues of compatibility, do you know what other features are important? Don't let the sales pitches confuse. Before you purchase bug tracking software, know what your software developers and software testers want and need. After all, they're the ones […]
Don't be fooled into thinking that software testing procedures are a waste of time and effort. Documented procedures for testing software must be in place before testing begins. Lack of software testing procedures or using procedures that are not clearly and completely defined often results in time delays and cost overruns; two things software marketers […]
Software Testing Tools – Are they really useful? There's no easy answer to this question. Software testing is a crucial part of the development process, and tools definitely help with this oftentimes overwhelming task. But to be useful, software testing tools must support the testing process.
What does this mean? It means you need to start […]
The last thing busy IT departments need is more paperwork. But software testing white papers are a different type of paperwork. Designed to educate, not frustrate, you'll find that software testing whites papers have been written for almost all of the software testing products currently available for purchase.
Software testing white papers are technical documents […]
The proper testing of software takes a lot of work, and therefor a lot of time. While I don't agree with this tactic, when projects get delayed, the time to test the system is one of the most likely candidates to take a hit when squeezing the schedule. „Two weeks delayed? We test two weeks […]
To have a proper testing of software, the project manager, or test manager, should plan the test activities in advance. To assist with this task, I list on this page an outline for a software test plan.
Test organization
This section of the test plan describes the organization around the testing activities. Responsibilities and used resources […]
Software testing is probably the most complex task in the software development cycle. It often takes longer to test the software than it does to write the code. The problems discovered during the software testing phase add more time onto the coding phase, resulting in further delays in the product's release, and so this vicious […]
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