August, 2008
Featured Article
Integration and Interoperability Testing of Software
by Randall W. Rice
My last blog post about the American Airlines baggage system failure mentioned interoperability testing and it got me thinking about this important type of testing that is often minimized or overlooked in systems testing.
First, I just need to make a distinction realizing that software testing terminology is often applied in a variety of ways depending on how you were exposed to it. For example, a test case can mean many things to different people. Although standard definitions exist, they are often unknown to professional testers.
Read more at http://randallrice.blogspot.com/2008/08/integration-and-interoperability.html
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Milwaukee, WI - Innovative Software Test Techniques/ISTQB Test Certification - Sept 15 - 19, 2008
EuroStar 2008 - Keynote & Tutorial - The Hague, Netherlands - Nov. 10 - 13, 2008
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Other News
Our ISTQB test certification course, Foundation Level Course in Software Testing, has been accredited by the ASTQB!
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New Podcast
I’ve recently found a very interesting test data generation tool from Grid-Tools called Datamaker. Click on the link below to hear my most recent podcast featuring Huw Price of Grid-Tools who tells us more about their solution to one of the most challenging areas of software testing – getting good test data:
http://riceconsulting.com/home/index.php/Library/software-quality-podcasts.html
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On the Blog Recently…
American Airlines Baggage Failure Gets Personal to Me
http://randallrice.blogspot.com/2008/08/american-airlines-baggage-failure-gets.html
Links of Interest
Why Software Fails
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/sep05/1685
Software’s Chronic Crisis - It’s interesting to see how far we haven’t come!
http://www.cis.gsu.edu/~mmoore/CIS3300/handouts/SciAmSept1994.html
Quote of the Month
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.” Niels Bohr
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 07:34
