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Software Testing Debates Part 3 – When Not To Automate

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The previous article, Software Testing Debates Part 2- Cloud and Mobility Testing included comments from practitioners with differing views on the use of software testing automation tools. This article revisits some of the earlier comments in more detail and also takes opinions from other veteran software testers for a closer look at both sides of […]

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Worldwide Software Quality Analysis and Measurement

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2013–2017 Forecast and 2012 Vendor Shares: Leveraging Code Insight to Avert Risk and Optimize Businesses This IDC study provides a 2013–2017 forecast and 2012 vendor share analysis for the worldwide software quality analysis and measurement market, which experienced 14.2% growth to $441.3 million in 2012 revenue (up from $386 million in 2011 with slightly less […]

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Testing Google’s ‘Drunk E-Mail’ Protector

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For a company that’s dominated the Internet by doing one simple thing well, Google has also managed to build a thriving side business in bells and whistles: its features offer everything from the ability to search inside books and videos to the ability to watch a kid fall off a bike from the privacy of […]

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Software Testing Debates Part 2- Cloud and Mobility Testing

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The previous article, Software Testing Debate Becomes Open Warfare, was ostensibly about Software Tester Certification but the underlying issue was about traditional vs new approaches to software testing. I suggested at the end of that article that the software testing debates are part of a larger debate about traditional vs new approaches to the whole […]

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Software Testing Debate Becomes Open Warfare

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Is it a sign of the times that a decade or more of dignified software testing debate has sparked into open warfare? Those of us who remember the early 90’s, when client/server was the “next big thing”, may be feeling a sense of déjà vu. Back then, the new era was ushered in  with a […]

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Towards Reducing the Costs of Benchmarking – Automated Function Points

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Introduction The benchmarking of software delivery processes is a standard activity for good governance of ICT. For this, an organisation may make use of external benchmarking specialists, benchmark  in-house or take a hybrid approach. However it is done, there is usually a significant cost associated with the benchmarking. A key contributor to the cost is […]

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