Software Quality Assurance Research
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All you Need to Know About Oracle Siebel Application Testing
Sponsored by: HP and InfosysThis paper discussed the origins of the solution and examines its key features which provide compelling benefits such as improving time-to-market by up to 30% and reducing testing costs by 40%.
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Empower your Developers
Sponsored by: Coverity by SynopsysThe repercussions of releasing unsecure software in today’s markets are severe – due in large part to the proliferation of constantly-connected, mobile devices. This white paper provides an overview of these challenges, and demonstrates the steps you can take to arm your developers against the risks of modern application development.
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Agile Transformation Strategy
Sponsored by: CollabNetThe CollabNet Agile Coaches have observed patterns and key milestones in the way organizations adopt and scale Agile. "Agile Transformation Strategy," by Angela Druckman, CollabNet Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile Transformational Coach, outlines a sound strategy and transformational "blueprint" to help guide organizations on the path to Agility.
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A Practical Guide to Identifying Slow Code During Development
Sponsored by: Micro Focus, LtdMany seemingly innocent coding practices can cause code to execute slowly. It’s far better for software quality, and less costly for the business, to find slow code before it becomes a business problem. This white paper examines the main causes and provides a practical guide to identifying them.
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E-Guide: Agile Development Process
Sponsored by: IBMThis e-guide examines organizational and team challenges of implementing the agile process. This e-guide also will detail how to scale agile software development to large organizations by scaling agile practices and agile work; how to transition small and large development teams to Scrum; and more.
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Quality Management Across the Product and Application Lifecycle
Sponsored by: IBMIBM Rational offers a life-cycle approach to managing quality through quality management solutions, test integration, integrated requirements management and lean collaborative development to help you achieve greater consistency, efficiency and predictability in your delivered solutions. Download this paper to learn more.
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Application Performance Testing
Sponsored by: NeotysApplication performance is always in the minds of development lifecycle professionals. This e-guide explores effective strategies for managing some of the tradeoffs associated with application performance testing and monitoring. Learn performance testing strategies for improving application performance without touching a performance test tool.
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Balancing Risk and Complexity with Quality Management
Sponsored by: IBMThis white paper shows you how a combined IBM and Wind River quality management solution can help you deliver higher-quality products to the marketplace faster.
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Lean Development Governance
Sponsored by: IBMEffective governance for lean development isn’t about command and control. Instead, the focus is on enabling the right behaviors and practices through collaborative and supportive techniques. Learn how to form a lightweight, collaboration-based framework that reflects the realities of modern IT organizations.
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Application Note: Structured Testing - The Path to Thorough Code Coverage
Sponsored by: McCabe Software, Inc.Basis path testing, also known as Structured Testing, is the primary code-based testing strategy recommended by McCabe Software and supported by McCabe IQ. The main idea behind this testing is that decision outcomes within a software function should be tested independently. This article provides an overview of the benefits of basis path testing.
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Software Agitation: Your Own Personal Code Reviewer
Sponsored by: Agitar SoftwareAgitator helps you debug your code while you write it - a benefit that no other existing Java Testing tool can claim. Agitator can also be extremely beneficial when run on legacy code - even code that has been reviewed by other developers and deemed to be “sufficient” and “properly written.” Learn how Agitar can be your own personal code reviewer.
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The Full Team Approach to Managing Requirements
Sponsored by: SERENA Software, Inc.Software development teams are often faced with requirements to add new features to an existing code base. For many reasons, this sort of work can entail a lot of risk. This Expert Tip examines mistakes in managing the requirements process and how by looking at requirements from the perspective of all team members, these mistakes can be avoided.
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Release Management: Closing the Gap in Application Lifecycle Management
Sponsored by: SERENA Software, Inc.Businesses are struggling to keep up with the massive amount of change to their software applications. By strategically automating release management, companies can create a crisp, accurate Release Management function that dramatically boosts the competitive edge gained from application change. Control application change or let it control you.
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E-Guide: Avoiding Application Security Pitfalls
Sponsored by: TechTarget SecurityThis e-guide will explain why people aren’t integrating security with application lifecycle management, the risks businesses take by not taking security measures seriously and what you can do. Read this e-guide to learn why application security measures often fail and what can be done to mitigate them.
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Agile in the Cloud - Keeping Development Teams Grounded
Sponsored by: CollabNetAgile makes teams responsive to the needs of the business and empowers them to be adaptable and flexible. Agile processes help to break down barriers between development and production, allowing teams to work together to meet stakeholder expectations. Agile and Cloud free developers to innovate and to ultimately bring value to the business.
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Presentation Transcript: Delivering Value Through Quality Management and Best Practices: Strategies for Reducing Cost and Risk
Sponsored by: IBM RationalRead this presentation transcript from IBM as it explores quality management strategies that can deliver a positive ROI while at the same time improving delivered quality and reducing risk and uncertainty in development projects.
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DataSheet: Rational Quality Manager
Sponsored by: IBMIBM Rational Quality Manager offers two views on the individual user’s dashboard: A work-item list that shows a tester what work has been assigned to him or her, and a team event log that updates automatically as activities occur/progress. Together these views help ensure that everyone is on the same page.
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Identify and Leverage Your Existing Service Life Cycles
Sponsored by: IBMThis executive brief will illustrate the progression of service management since the 1990s, illuminate the hidden service life cycles and discuss how, once they are visible, we can start to make them work — to improve services and better align IT with business objectives.
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IBM Rational ROI Calculators and Value Estimators
Sponsored by: IBMFind out how IBM Rational® can provide you with solutions to improve organizational efficiency, reduce your TCO, and position your organization for long-term growth. Choose a solution that addresses one or more of your needs, and the tool will help you determine your ROI or estimate the value your organization could attain with IBM Rational.
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Using Cyclomatic Path Analysis to Detect Security Vulnerabilities
Sponsored by: McCabe Software, Inc.The paper discusses how path coverage is better than branch or statement coverage in testing to uncover security vulnerabilities, including showing how several CWE vulnerabilities could be undetected by branch coverage but detected by path coverage. Download this paper and find out how Cyclomatic Path Analysis can uncover these vulnerabilities.
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Value-Driven Quality Management for Complex Systems: Six Strategies for Reducing Cost and Risk
Sponsored by: IBMThis paper looks at quality strategies which deliver a positive operational return on investment, improving quality whilst reducing cost and risk. Read on to learn more.
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Deliver Robust Products at Reduced Cost by Linking Model-Driven Software Testing to Quality Management
Sponsored by: IBMYour customers expect the highest quality in the products you deliver. Discover how a comprehensive, integrated, automated requirements centric model and code based test environment managed with an extensible quality management system can increase market acceptance, ensure customer loyalty and deliver superior outcomes.
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Tools and Frameworks for Collaborative Development Communities in the Enterprise A New Model for Distributed Teams
Sponsored by: CollabNetCollaboration has become an operational necessity for organizations. To succeed in today’s intensely competitive markets, an enterprise must enable collaboration among all members of its global development organization. This requires new tools and processes. Read this paper for insight into deploying an enterprise-class ALM platform.
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6 Tips to Get Started with Automated Testing
Sponsored by: SmartBear SoftwareAutomated testing will shorten your development cycles, avoid cumbersome repetitive tasks and help improve software quality but how do you get started? The best practices discussed in this white paper help ensure results and a successful foundation for improving your software quality.
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11 Best Practices for Peer Code Review
Sponsored by: SmartBear SoftwareThis white paper recommends best practices for efficient, lightweight peer code review that have been proven to be effective via scientific study and extensive field experience. Use the techniques discussed in this paper to ensure your code reviews improve your code and make the most of your developers' time.
