Xen and the Art of Project Management
Your open source project is one of thousands, so how do you help its community grow? Start with project management, great documentation, and a road map. At LinuxCon North America, held September 16-18...
View ArticleAQtime 8.2: Improved Sampling Profiler, Windows 8.1 Integration, and...
AQtime 8.2 Today, SmartBear is pleased to announce the immediate availability of AQtime version 8.2 – a minor release that includes profiler and platform updates as well as a number of bug fixes. We...
View ArticleAsk Stupid Questions First (so you can get better answers later)
Interaction with users can help drive product decisions, but getting from conversations with users to tangible customer data can still be a big mystery. Here are three steps for getting from a casual,...
View ArticleTesting is Human Nature
It’s no surprise (to me, anyway) that my 5-year-old twin nephews gave me pause once again this Christmas as I watched them play with one of their new toys. Each of them got a robot fish that turns on...
View ArticleEver Wonder Who Invented the Cleanroom?
There wasn’t always an industry standard approach to protected computing environments. Rather, the clean room was pioneered by one man, who’s being posthumously honored by the Inventors’ Hall of Fame....
View ArticleHunt for Information, Not Bugs
In this video, Dawn Haynes explains why it is so important for testers to focus on understanding the context of a project and providing useful information to stakeholders rather than spending countless...
View ArticleSoftware Testing is a People Problem
In this clip from an interview at the SmartBear office, Keith Klain, COO at Doran Jones, explains why it’s important to understand the “people” side of testing, and how he, as a manager, tries to get...
View ArticleTesters Should Enable Projects and Empower Developers
In this video, Dawn Haynes, Principal Trainer and Consultant at PerfTestPlus, Inc., explains why it is crucial for testers to give both positive and negative feedback constructively and gives advice...
View ArticleBest Practices of Context-Driven Testing
First of all, before anyone’s head explodes, let me explain what I mean by “Best Practices.” I know that, particularly in the realm of context-driven testing, this term is looked upon as a major...
View ArticleGetting That New Tool Past The “Gate Keeper”
Share You’re part of a software development group, and you’re surrounded by techies like yourself – people that get excited about new ideas, approaches, tools, frameworks, and languages. But then...
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