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by Rex Black
The International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) has already effected profound change in the software testing field, with almost 100,000 people having attained Foundation certification. But a Foundation certification is just that: only a Foundation. With the release of the new Advanced syllabus in October 2007, the ISTQB has expanded and improved the next rung on the ladder of test professionalism. In the slides from this tutorial, Rex Black, President of the ISTQB, shows how the ISTQB Advanced syllabus can guide you, your testing colleagues, and your organization toward better testing, reduced risk, and higher quality.
by Rex Black
More and more IT professionals work on projects where some or all of the development is done by third-parties, often overseas. While cost savings make such arrangements attractive to executives, individual contributors and managers on such projects face some significant challenges. What does outsource mean for IT professionals? In this talk, Rex Black offers insights from his extensive involvement in outsource projects both successful and not-so-successful. Rex will illustrate his points with case studies, and share humorous and scary anecdotes along the way.
The Right Stuff: Four Small Steps for Testers, one Giant leap for Risk Mitigation
By Rex Black and Barton Layne
Recently, we worked on a high-risk, high-visibility system where performance testing ("Let's just make sure it handles the load") was the last item on the agenda. As luck would have it, the system didn't handle the load, and very long days and nights ensued. Why it does have to be this way...
Empirix's QAZone with Rex Black
By Marina Gil Santamaria
From certification to automation, expert thoughts on where the testing industry is and where it's headed.
Quality Risk Analysis: Which Quality Risks Should We Worry About?
By Rex Black
Since it is not possible to test everything, it is necessary to pick a subset of the overall set of tests to be run. Quality risks analysis can help one focus the test effort.
By Rex Black
More and more projects involve more integration of custom developed or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components, rather than in-house development or enhancement of software. In effect, these two approaches constitute direct or indirect outsourcing of some or all of the development work for a system, respectively. While some project managers see such outsourcing of development as reducing the overall risk, each integrated component can bring with it significantly increased risks to system quality. This article will explain the factors that lead to these risks and then strategies you can use to manage them. |
