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Identify the Risk in testing.

2018-07-24T03:34:00.003-07:00

In risk-based testing, the selection of test conditions is guided by the risks identified to product quality. These product quality risks also are used to determine the allocation of effort for the testing the test conditions and for prioritizing the created test cases.

When defects are identified before product release, testing has reduced quality risk by identifying the defects and providing methods to handle them.

Here are some examples of quality risks:

Delayed response to users action: Non-functional risk pertaining to performance
Reports with the wrong result or incorrect calculations: Functional risk pertaining to precision
Complicated UI and input fields: Non-functional risk pertaining to usability & system adoption

The stakeholders can use any methods given below to identify risks:

How to identify risks?

Making independent reviews
Existing templates of risks
Retrospective meetings in projects
Conducting risk workshops
Brainstorming with all stakeholders
Creating and using checklists

After risks have been identified, evaluation of identified risks is done.

Risk assessment usually involves these activities:

Classifying each risk
Identifying the probability of each risk occurring
Impact of each risk
Identifying or assigning risk properties like risk owner

Risks in product quality can be minimized even before execution of test case begins.

2018-05-28T05:01:00.000-07:00

What is Agile Testing?

The agile testing is a software convenance which follows up the attempt of agile software development; it is started from the intial of the activity with connected affiliation amid development and testing different from the waterfall method. It is a connected development methodology, area the requirements advance amid the client and the self–organizing teams.

Fundamentals of Agile Testing

There are some benefits which will bright that how agile testing is beneficial. Following are the points:

Less Documentations
Not follow phases system as in waterfall process.
It saves time and money both.
Issues found at the earlier step.
Run devlopment and testing activities in parallel.
Keeping code clean by fixing defects within same iteration.
It provides approved acknowledgment from the end user.

Know More About WebServices

2015-10-11T00:25:00.001-07:00

Web Services:

Web casework are appliance components.
Web casework acquaint application accessible protocols.
Web casework are independent and self-describing.
Web casework can be apparent application UDDI.
Web casework can be acclimated by added applications.
HTTP and XML is the base for Web services.

Interoperability has Highest Priority:

When all above platforms could admission the Web appliance Web browsers, altered platforms couldn't interact. For these platforms to plan together, Web-applications were developed.
Web-applications are artlessly applications that run on the web. These are congenital about the Web browser standards and can be acclimated by any browser on any platform.
Web Casework yield Web-applications to the Next Level
By appliance Web services, your appliance can broadcast its action or bulletin to the blow of the world.
Web casework use XML to cipher and to break data, and SOAP to carriage it (using accessible protocols).
With Web services, your accounting department's Win 2k server's announcement arrangement can affix with your IT supplier's UNIX server.

Web Casework accept Two Types of Uses:

Reusable application-components:There are things applications charge actual often. So why accomplish these over and over again?Web casework can action application-components like: bill conversion, acclimate reports, or even accent adaptation as services.

2. Connect absolute software:Web casework can advice to break the interoperability botheration by giving altered applications a way to hotlink their data.With Web casework you can barter abstracts amid altered applications and altered platforms.Any appliance can accept a Web Service component.Web Casework can be created behindhand of programming language.

Webinar | Measuring Software Testing Service Providers

2013-05-14T00:42:00.001-07:00

Many organizations use outside service providers to perform some or even all of their testing. Some attendees of these free webinars work for such service providers. Whichever camp you're in, you might need to know whether the services being provided are really meeting the needs. Can you measure success? Yes, and it's easier than you might think. There are a dozen concrete measures of the effectiveness, efficiency, innovation, responsiveness, and attitude associated with these services. In this free webinar, Rex will discuss these metrics, helping both sides of the service relationship do a better job.

Earn 1.5 PDUs for attendance of this webinar.

Each live webinar session consists of a one hour presentation and a 30 minute post-webinar question-and-answer opportunity. These webinars are free. Webinar attendance registers you to win a free e-learning course from RBCS.

Registration:

To support our international clientele, we will present this webinar at two times:

For the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East: 1:00 PM Central US Time (May 23) and 8:00 PM Central Europe Time (May 23). To register, click here:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/753482402

For the Americas, Australasia, and Asia: 8:30 PM Central US Time (May 23), 9:30 AM Beijing Time (May 24), 10:30 AM Seoul/Tokyo Time (May 24), and 11:30 AM Sydney Time (May 24). To register, click here:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/497635586

References:https://www.rbcs-us.com/documents/May-23-Measuring-Testing-Service-Providers.pdf

Webinar: The State of Code Review

2013-04-15T11:04:00.001-07:00

What percentage of Agile shops do code review? What do game developers and aerospace engineers have in common (besides obvious concern for target accuracy)? Does code review really impact quality?

The results of our groundbreaking study reveal the answers to these questions and more. Over 650 of your peers participated and we're dying to share the data with you. Join code review experts Betty Zakheim and Lorinda Brandon for an information-packed webinar on April 17th at 1 PM EST to learn the results and see how your organization stacks up against industry benchmarks.

This webinar will cover:

Data-supported "Aha!" facts about the state of code review in software
How code review impacts the agile development process
Which industries tend to be the most and least satisfied with their code quality

BONUS: All attendees will receive a copy of the full State of Code Review official report.

Join: https://www2.smartbear.com/State-of-Code-Review-Webinar-SQA.html

Webinar Video: Dimensions of Software Test Coverage

2013-03-31T10:41:00.001-07:00

Webinar Video: Dimensions of Software Test Coverage

by Sir Rex Black

You hear people talk about "coverage" a lot in testing, but what exactly do they mean? Three different people could mean three-or more-different things when they use this word. It's not that those different meanings are wrong, they're just different. Test coverage is a powerful and important topic, and it's time we all got clear on what it means and how to use it. So, in this free webinar, Rex will explore the various dimensions of test coverage and how you can make those dimensions work for you on your next testing project.

Watch the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UBw_uBzKbP4

Ebook - A Step-by-Step Guide to Cross-Browser Testing with TestComplete

2013-02-16T22:39:00.001-08:00

If you test web applications with multiple browsers, you know that automating tests for different
browsers can be difficult, especially with modern Web 2.0 applications. This step-by-step guide
will help you stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in website test automation and help
you get—and keep—a competitive edge.

Download this detailed eBook from SmartBear to learn how TestComplete can:

Run parallel tests on multiple browsers
Create a single cross-browser testing report
Do it all in a fraction of time required to prepare and run browser-specific tests

Download it from here - https://forms.sqe.com/forms/13CPL12

Webinar | Agile Testing in the Real World

2013-02-11T11:08:00.001-08:00

Lots of organizations are adopting Agile. Some of these organizations are finding practical ways to integrate testing into Agile lifecycles. In this presentation, Rex will address challenges and opportunities associated with Agile, different ways of adapting Agile lifecycles and the testing within those lifecycles, and how Agile differs from traditional lifecycles. We'll examine tools and metrics for Agile projects. We'll address whether Agile can be used for outsourced projects. We'll look at different options for organizing test teams on Agile projects, and why only some of these options can work. Rex will offer his thoughts on Agile and quality, and what skills and personalities work best in Agile projects. In this free webinar, Rex will discuss these points and more, giving you a better shot at Agile testing success.

Earn 1.5 PDUs for attendance of this webinar.

Registration

To support our international clientele, RBCS will present this webinar at two times:

For the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East: 1:00 PM Central US Time (February 26) and 8:00 PM Central Europe Time (February 26). To register, click here:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/536840866

For the Americas, Australasia, and Asia: 8:30 PM Central US Time (February 26), 10:30 AM Beijing Time (February 27), 11:30 AM Seoul/Tokyo Time (February 27), and 1:30 PM Sydney Time (February 27). To register, click here:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/285085346

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Book - Improving the Software Process: A Value Based Approach to Building High Quality Software

2012-10-09T11:11:00.001-07:00

This is one of the best book I have ever read..

Book - Improving the Software Process: A Value Based Approach to Building High Quality Software

by Rex Black and Judy McKay

The quality and effectiveness of the software development organization often determine the level of success of the entire organization. We have designed this handbook to explain the best practices of a development organization as well as to provide a means to assess those practices as they are performed within an organization. We have divided the best practices into the following twelve process areas:

Overall Development Process Effectiveness and Efficiency
Development Alignment with Project, Process, Product and Organizational Context
Requirements Elicitation, Specification and Quality Assurance
Elaboration, Specification, and Quality Assurance of Architecture and Design
Estimation of Development Time and Resources
Development Planning
Development, Static Analysis, and Unit Testing of Components
Integration and Integration Testing of Components
Software Configuration Management, Source Code Control and Release Engineering
Defect Resolution
Development Status Reporting and Management
Change Management, Project End-Game and Product Release/Deployment

Price: $12.99 (Amazon Kindle® and ePUB)

Basics of Scrum Methodology | Agile Training Video

2012-09-10T10:08:00.002-07:00

Guys, this is a much watch video who want to know about Scrum.

Watch this engaging one on one style video by Sally Elatta, the Agile Expert for PMI's Learning Community of Practice as she introduces the basics of Scrum.

Note - This video is uploaded on youtube by AgileTestingVideos https://www.youtube.com/user/AgileTrainingVideos

Thanks to the youtube user for uploading this helpful video.

Software Testing in Agile Methodology - TechGig Webinar Video by Sumit Tongya

2012-08-13T11:12:00.001-07:00

Agile Testing has been an evolving methodology we've been seeing over the last few years. The popularity of this methodology can be accredited to several reasons such as the product development lifecycles and Go to market cycles (GTM) are shrinking in the light of ever changing business dynamics.

Everyone wants to put the product out in the market as soon as possible capturing the customer share as soon as possible to gain control on the changing business dynamics. Agility, it seems is paying dividends for such short GTMs and providing a quick ROI.

Watch the complete video tutorial of Software Testing in Agile Methodology:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUw0CduyNTs&feature=player_embedded
https://www.techgig.com/webinars/Software-Testing-in-Agile-Methodology-164

Acceptance Test Driven Development | AgileTrek 2012 Webinar Series

2012-08-13T10:59:00.001-07:00

The AgileTrek Symposium provides a forum for leading coaches, evangelists, and practitioners to share experiences and proven methods in agile software projects. In the months leading up to the AgileTrek 2012 Symposium on November 9 in Toronto, QAI Global Institute is proud to host a series on complimentary webinars focused on a variety of important topics in agile software development. Registration is now open for the first expert-led webinar in this series:

"Acceptance Test Driven Development" with Tim Korson, PhD, QualSys Solutions

August 29, 2012: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

(Click Here to Register for the webinar)

As a testing practitioner you have your head down testing company projects, but as a testing professional you need to look up once in a while and consider trends in the testing community. This webinar will consider a trend that, if it hasn't already, is likely to impact you in the near future: Acceptance test driven development (ATDD). ATDD originated in the agile community, but has broad applications even for traditional development organizations with separate test and QA departments. This webinar will teach you how to use the concepts of ATDD to increase your value to your organization no matter what testing methodology they use.

Key learning points

Webinar attendees will learn how ATDD can help:

Dramatically increase the efficiency of test organizations
Increase product quality
Make products more testable

About the speaker

Dr. Timothy Korson is a Scrum trainer and coach. He has had over a decade of experience working on a variety of systems developed using modern software engineering techniques. This includes distributed, real time, embedded systems as well as business information systems in an n-tier, client-server environment.

(Click Here to Register for the webinar)

Penetration testing magazine - This week focus on "Malware"- Aug 2012 - Second Week

2012-08-11T12:00:00.001-07:00

Are you sure you know everything about malware?

Check if you know:

• how to find and control flash cookies

• how to use MsfPayload&MsfEncode

• how to manually indetify malware

• how to use malware during a penetration test

That's not all!

Read what do pentesters sell and how they do it.

All in new PenTest Regular.

This issue focuses on following topics:

Flash Cookie
by Ayan Kumar Pan
If you think you have deleted all the cookies from your computer, then think again. There are certain genres of persistent cookies that do not get terminated by the commonly used 'Clear Your Recent History' option. One of them is a flash cookie.

MsfPayload & MsfEncode
by Pankaj Moolrajani and Hitesh Choudhary
Malicious code or software are not at all new terms in the present era. Antivirus companies are trying hard to make the Internet safe and free from malware, but still the tight bond between flaws and features comes in between.

How to Manually Identify Malware
by Adam Kujawa
During the course of Penetration Testing, you may find yourself faced with a suspicious file or series of files which are not detected by any antivirus solution, in which case being able to manually determine whether a file is malicious or not is very important.

Using Malware During a Penetration Test
by Trajce Dimkov and Henri Hambartsumyan
Malware is frequently used by cyber criminals to send spam, obtain account information, show unwanted advertisements, steal credit card numbers and obtain remote access to the internal network.

The Physical Aspects of Cybersecurity and Their Importance
by Marc Gartenberg
NISPOM as a whole is designed to "prescribe the requirements, restrictions, and other safeguards to prevent unauthorized disclosure of classified information." That's it. Plain and simple.

Exploitation Techniques: How You Should Start
by Fabian "@samuirai" Faessler
Have you ever dreamed about writing your own 0day exploit? I really want to do it, and I work hard to learn everything I can about it. This article is about the experiences I have had so far in learning about exploit techniques, and I want to share some of the noteworthy sources I stumbled upon in order to support other beginners.

Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software
by Jeff Weaver
Have you ever wanted to reverse engineer malware to see exactly what it does when it infects its host? To understand how malware propagates, or even understand the malware enough to write custom signatures for your IDS/IPS to save your network?

Damballa Failsafe: More Than a Malware Protection System
by Rishi Narang
Advanced malware, persistent threats (APTs), and zeroday targeted attacks are the buzz of today's security industry. Big and small corporates to vast infrastructuresor SMEs are all victims to these stealthy targeted attacks.

Some might call me a security expert: Interview with Marcin Kleczynski, CEO of Malwarebytes
by Aby Rao
He started as a computer technician. Frustrated with criminal software he worked on a simple tool. This tool has been downloaded 200 millions times and he is a CEO of a company that stops advanced malware hands down.

It Is All About the Content: SecTor Conference
by M.A. Hervieux
SecTor, the brainchild of founders of TASK, led by an impressive advisory committee composed of leading industry experts, is preparing for its 6th annual event coming this October.

Selling Services of Penetration Testing
by Dean Bushmiller
As you are doing your test, you ARE doing the sales activity. Your task is difficult because you sell intangible – you are selling TRUST. You are saying, "Please trust us enough to attack your network."

Save the Database, Save the World – Chapter 6
by John B. Ottman

Benefits of Requirements Management Tools

2012-08-09T10:43:00.001-07:00

Too often projects fail due to issues with requirements. There are more than a dozen tools on the market today, and they range from simple Web-based structures for storing requirements information to powerful multiuser, Web-enabled products with rich feature sets that can handle extremely large projects. This paper offers some suggestions about how to sensibly integrate a tool into your business and get the maximum benefit from your investment in an RM tool, preventing it from becoming expensive shelfware. With this whitepaper, you'll learn:

6 benefits of using a requirements management tool
Top limitations to a document based approach
8 recommended selection criteria
Tips on how to measure the tool's success

Click Here to Learn more about this white paper from Jama Software.

Video - Challenges faced by Software Testers

2012-08-06T20:35:00.002-07:00

Video by James Bach- Challenges faced by Software Testers

Becoming a Software Testing Expert - A must watch

2012-08-06T11:33:00.001-07:00

by James Bach

I work with project teams and individual engineers to help them plan SQA, change control, and testing processes that allow them to understand and control the risks of product failure. Most of my experience is with market-driven Silicon Valley software companies like Apple Computer and Borland, so the techniques I've gathered and developed are designed for use under conditions of compressed schedules, high rates of change, component-based technology, and poor specification. ABSTRACT
You're already an experienced tester. You know how to design tests and report bugs. Now what? Do you feel like an expert? Unfortunately, if you want to become very good at...

Webinar - Quality Engineering: The Shift from Performance to Quality-based Measurement

2012-08-05T13:36:00.000-07:00

Market dynamics and intense competition constantly demand businesses do more for less. In such an economy, there is increasing need to achieve faster time-to-market with improved quality at a lower total cost of ownership. Implicit in all of this is the drive to seek more innovative and collaborative ways of working to deliver business assurance to the end-users, besides merely providing verification and validation services.

Quality Engineering (QE) is a key operating paradigm in the overall quality ecosystem with a structured and accountable end-to-end quality governance. QE can help businesses address these challenges more effectively. The shift-left strategy to influence quality upstream captured in QE catalyzes the extra mile mindset to build it right the first time rather than testing it later.

Join Prabakaran Karuppiah and Anutthara Bharadwaj in this web seminar as they share key insights to deliver the transformational impact from requirement validation to experience validation, optimize techniques for a lean delivery, and enable continuous automated integration with a zero-deviation lifecycle.

You'll also learn:

Key business drivers for shifting left from Quality Assurance to QE
Which tools and accelerators enable QE for a diverse set of applications
The transformational aspects that drive predictability for testing services

Click Here to Watch the recorded Webinar

ISTQB Advanced Test Manager September 10-14, 2012‏ by Rex Black

2012-08-04T12:14:00.001-07:00

The Advanced Test Manager course, created by Rex Black, past President of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), past President of the American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB) and co-author of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board Advanced Syllabus, provides test managers with advanced skills in test estimation, test planning, test monitoring, and test control.

This hands-on course provides test managers with the ability to define the overall testing goals and strategy for the systems being tested and is ideal for test managers preparing for certification. The objectives of the course are as follows:

Define the overall testing goals and strategy for the systems being tested
Gain hands-on experience in planning, scheduling, and tracking testing tasks
Describe and organize the necessary testing activities
Select, acquire and assign adequate resources for testing tasks
Form, organize, and lead testing teams
Organize communication, both between the members of the testing teams and between the testing teams and all the other stakeholders
Justify decisions and provide actionable test reports

Purchase of the course tuition includes:

Complimentary access to the RBCS e-learning course
Instructor-led five-day course
A set of approximately 600 PowerPoint slides covering the topics to be addressed
Foundation Sample Exam Questions and Foundation Level mock exam to provide a review of the Foundation Level exam
ISTQB Advanced Syllabus
The latest glossary of terms used in Software Testing produced by members of the ISTQB
Standards for Software Testing
Advanced Test Manager Sample Exam Questions embedded throughout course. A complete set of questions for every learning objective in the Test Manager module of the ISTQB Advanced Syllabus.
Exercise solutions
Advanced Test Manager Mock Exam
Project Source Documents for Course Exercises
Copy of the textbook "Advanced Software Testing-Vol.2: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager"
The $200 certification exam fee. Exams are held on the afternoon of the final course day and are administered by a representative from the American Software Testing Qualifications Board. All attendees of the Advanced Level courses must have successfully completed Foundation Level training and sufficient practical experience. Proof of eligibility is available from the American Software Testing Qualifications Board and is required to take an Advanced exam. Effective March 1, 2012, there is no longer a fee associated with prequalification.
Course completion certificate (often used for employer reimbursement)

Accredited by ASTQB June 2008. This course follows the ISTQB Advanced Level Syllabus 2007.

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Automated Software Testing (AST) Magazine - Download Latest Issue

2012-08-02T08:13:00.001-07:00

The latest issue of the Automated Software Testing (AST) Magazine is now available and ready for download today!

Monitoring a Cloud-based Ajax Web Application Using Seleniumm and Nagios by Viktor Doulepov

This article reveals the importance of ensuring application availability and correctness. Read as the author describes experiences with integrating Selenium tests that mimic user activity into a Cloud-based production monitoring framework based on Nagios.

Addressing Flaws in Test Automation by Clinton Sprauve

If repeating the same action while expecting different results is the definition of insanity, then automators are often insane! Read this article for help escaping the "crazy cycle" by avoiding common automation flaws.

Planning a Mobile Test Automation Strategy That Works by Yoram Mizrachi

Mobile offers an array of unique challenges for testing, and in addition, changes test automation from a "nice-to-have" to a "must-have." Read this article to learn how to implement a winning mobile test automation strategy.

Click here to download your free copy of this issue today. Learn more about this magazine issue by clicking here.

Agile Testing with Telerik Test Studio

2012-05-20T08:32:00.001-07:00

Riding the agile testing wave with Test Studio

Telerik Test Studio has Agile Testing capabilities as well. Following the agile testing or not, testers nowadays have to adapt to rapid deployment cycles and disruptive changes in testing patterns. When on the lookout for an automated agile testing tool, testers need to consider the below features that will help him/her be more productive:

• The solution needs to serve multiple roles (QAs AND Developers) in order to facilitate communication among

team members

• It should integrate within source control environment

• The agile testing tool needs to offer effortless test case maintenance

• It should support a test-first approach

• The solution has to allow writing test automation code using real languages, with real IDEs

This tool helps even further speed up team productivity and accelerates agile testing processes by introducing

the below functionality:

• Rich Highlighting Surface

• DOM Explorer for HTML & Silverlight (Visual Tree)

• Element Menu for rich on-the-spot recordings

• Automatic Synchronization Steps

• Command line execution support

• Build Server Integration (CruiseControl, TeamBuildServer, TeamCity)

• Results Management using a results calendar

• Test List Management that supports ordering

For more details, click here to download the whitepaper.

Improving the Test Process | Free Webinar by Rex Black | Arranged by STP

2012-05-20T08:14:00.000-07:00

In 2003, Rex's book, Critical Testing Processes, came out. In it, Rex introduced a test process framework based on criticality, and focused on business value. With the 2012 publication of Rex's new e-book, Improving the Testing Process, Rex provides a clear set of guidelines on how to use the Critical Testing Processes framework to assess and improve your testing processes. It includes questions to ask and metrics to evaluate.

In this webinar, Rex will explain the evaluation guidelines and how to apply them to your organization. You'll come away ready to get started on bottom-line focused, data-driven improvements to your testing processes.

Click Here to join the Webinar: https://www.softwaretestpro.com/Event/1167/

Automated Functional Testing with Test Studio

2012-05-05T11:43:00.001-07:00

Test Studio is a Automation Testing tool by Telerik. This tool supports the following:

Functional Testing
Load Testing
Mobile Testing
Performance Testing.

In this post we will give you a brief introduction to Functional Testing with Test Studio.

Many automated testing tools claim to be easy to use. This one really is. The intuitive UI emulates the familiar look and feel of handheld consumer devices. Tasks can be quickly and easily completed with the product's point-and-click interface. Additionally, Testcase maintenance is brought to a new level thanks to a number of built-in features – reuse of elements, browser abstraction, on-the-spot validation, and built-in DOM explorer.

Test Studio Builds automated tests for your apps regardless of their underlying technology, complexity or interactivity. Test Studio Telerik are the first to support all the latest technologies - HTML5, AJAX, Silverlight and WPF! Test Studio is the one stop shop for testing JavaScript calls, Telerik controls, dynamic page synchronization, client-side behaviors, complex UI virtualizations and XAML animations.

Benefits:

Simplified manual test creation, execution and management

Forget about spreadsheets! Put all your automated and manual tests in one place. Test Studio's Manual Test Type makes manual test creation and execution more organized, productive and faster than before. Speed up the execution time of your manual tests by automating time-consuming repetitive tasks.

Read: https://www.telerik.com/documents/automated-testing-tools/Manage-Your-Manual-Tests-with-Test-Studio.pdf

Robust test recording and playback

Test Studio introduces a next-gen approach to test recording with its built-in recording surface. Not only are you able to create your tests with point-and-clicks, you can easily add conditional logic without writing a single line of code, or extract a value from a page element to be used later in the test.

Record once, run against all major browsers

Test Studio is a functional testing tool that offers an easy and quick way to test your web application in all the major browsers. No need to tweak and duplicate your tests for different browsers any more – have a test recorded once and execute against: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Chrome.

Visual Studio plug-in for coding pros

Test Studio also ships with a developer-focused solution that gives you maximum control over your code and tests. It's where you need it most - tightly integrated in Visual Studio. The powerful built-in test recorder can convert your tests to .NET code which can be further customized or extended in Visual Studio if needed.

Test scheduling, execution and reporting

Leverage multiple machines to execute test runs in parallel saving vast amounts of execution time. Test Studio allows you to schedule and execute tests across the entire testing environment. Automatically collect results into a centralized repository and then analyze them on your local machine! Get email notifications upon run completion.

Much more efficient regression testing

Test maintenance is smoother with Test Studio. We don't use absolute coordinates which guarantees your tests will not break if the application layout changes. Better yet, all elements are stored in the "Elements repository". If there are multiple tests that use the same element, it will be referenced from the "Elements Explorer" instead of being duplicated in the test.

Exploratory Testing

Test Studio Explore is an in-browser extension that helps you report bugs directly from your application. Attach screenshots, ideas, and annotations, while browsing. Share your feedback via email, or export it to Word and PDF. All this with a simple click of a button – no additional installations are needed.

Reference: https://www.telerik.com

Making Risk-Based Testing a Success - Webinar

2012-04-21T11:02:00.000-07:00

Broadcast Date and Time: April 24, 2012, 2 p.m. EDT

The primary role of risk-based testing is to optimize available resources and time without affecting the quality of your product. Risk-based testing helps address the rise in business and technological complexity and the growing size of applications by prioritizing test cases based on the defined criticality of a function, encouraging impact assessment of an application functionality failure and increasing testing effectiveness. Despite these benefits, risk-based testing is still used or deployed in a limited manner across organizations.

In this web seminar, speakers Russ Queen and Vasudeva Naidu discuss the two most common reasons that limit the adoption of risk-based testing: the lack of well-defined methodology to measure the success of risk-based testing and lack of stakeholder involvement in planning risk-based testing. Russ will also talk about Nordstrom's quest into the risk-based testing (RBT) space, the successes that they have achieved, the challenges they've faced, and the future state that they would like to attain as part of their RBT strategy.

Vasudeva Naidu will present Infosys' RBT framework that will help you extract maximum value from your RBT program. Infosys' framework is comprised of four crucial elements:

The ideal approach
Use of right tools
Right metrics for measurement and
Creating an effective assessment model for your RBT framework

This framework is geared toward helping you improve quality, time to market, and reduce testing costs. Register and attend this event if you want to increase your business value by implementing an effective risk-based testing strategy.

Agile Testing Webinar

2012-04-21T11:00:00.001-07:00

There is hardly a development team around that is not either using agile or thinking of implementing some agile practices.

If you are interested to hear experienced people explain the QA and testing issues they encountered and the measures they took to solve them please join our Agile Testing webinar at 26 April 11 AM EST:

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/678109550

Keywords: Agile Testing, Distributed Agile Testing, Testing Tools

Reference - xbosoft.com

Improving the Testing Process - Free Webinar by Rex Black

2012-04-14T11:50:00.001-07:00

In 2003, Rex's book, Critical Testing Processes, came out. In it, Rex introduced a test process framework based on criticality, and focused on business value. With the 2012 publication of Rex's new e-book, Improving the Testing Process, Rex provides a clear set of guidelines on how to use the Critical Testing Processes framework to assess and improve your testing processes. It includes questions to ask and metrics to evaluate. In this webinar, Rex will explain the evaluation guidelines and how to apply them to your organization. You'll come away ready to get started on bottom-line focused, data-driven improvements to your testing processes.

To support our international clientele, we will present this webinar at two times:

For the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East: 1:00 PM Central US Time (May 22) and 8:00 PM Central Europe Time (May 22). To register, click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/725201506

For the Americas, Australasia, and Asia: 8:30 PM Central US Time (May 22), 9:30 AM Beijing Time (May 23), 10:30 AM Seoul/Tokyo Time (May 23), and 11:30 AM Sydney Time (May 23). To register, click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/316516666

Each live webinar session consists of one hour of presentation and a 30 minute post-webinar question-and-answer opportunity. These webinars are free. Webinar attendance registers you to win a free e-learning course from RBCS. Congratulations to Atul Patil, the winner in April!