Adding Value
To enhance your understanding of new developments, issues and challenges in this ever-changing field, QA Labs provides clients with information related to software testing. This value-added service is available through the QA Labs newsletter, various Articles and Publications, White Papers and Podcasts.
Testing Treats – QA Labs Newsletter
QA Labs publishes a free monthly newsletter aimed at helping software companies to improve their quality processes and development methodologies. Subscribe now to have the latest issue sent to you immediately.
Current Issue
- Building Teams
- Issue #39: Feb, 2006
Archives
- Automation - Free Tool Alternatives
- Issue #38: Dec, 2005
- Getting the UI Style Guide into the Project
- Issue #37: Nov, 2005
- Quality Approach As A Strategic Differentiator
- Issue #36: Oct, 2005
- Mobile Devices and Embedded Systems Testing
- Issue #35: Sep, 2005
- Interviewing for Process Improvement
- Issue #34: Jun, 2005
- Philosophy of Defect Resolutions
- Issue #33: Apr, 2005
- Planning Ahead for Software Internationalization
- Issue #32: Feb, 2005
- Defect Tracking - Selecting the Right Tool
- Issue #31: Dec, 2004
- Does ROI Matter To You?
- Issue #30: Nov, 2004
- Pictures for Test Planning
- Issue #29: Jul, 2004
- QA – The Vanishing Profession?
- Issue #28: Jun, 2004
- Establishing Effective Metrics
- Issue #27: May, 2004
- Rapid Test Case Prioritization
- Issue #26: Apr, 2004
- Evaluating UI Without Users
- Issue #25: Mar, 2004
- New Project? Where are the Templates?
- Issue #24: Feb, 2004
- Bad User Testing
- Issue #23: Dec, 2003
- Error Messages and How To Improve Them
- Issue #22: Nov, 2003
- Potholes on the Road to Automation
- Issue #21: Oct, 2003
- Quality Multimedia Applications
- Issue #20: May, 2003
- Requirements Traceability
- Issue #19: Apr, 2003
- Counting On Requirements
- Issue #18: Mar, 2003
- Estimating For Testing
- Issue #17: Feb, 2003
- Testing Without Requirements
- Issue #16: Dec, 2002
- Toolkit Testing – A Lightweight Alternative
- Issue #15: Nov, 2002
- Performance Testing and the World Wide Web
- Issue #14: Oct, 2002
- Continuous Quality Improvement and Outsourcing
- Issue #13: Sep, 2002
- COTS Tools vs. Scripting Languages for Test Automation
- Issue #12: Jun, 2002
- Risk-based Testing
- Issue #11: May, 2002
- Components of a Test Strategy
- Issue #10: Apr, 2002
- Test Throughout the Development Lifecycle
- Issue #9: Mar, 2002
- Data-Driven Testing
- Issue #8: Feb, 2002
- CM for Web Projects Part 3
- Issue #7: Jan, 2002
- CM for Web Projects Part 2
- Issue #6: Dec, 2001
- Software Localization Testing
- Issue #5: Nov, 2001
- CM for Web Projects Part 1
- Issue #4: Oct, 2001
- Software Localization
- Issue #3: Sep, 2001
- Risk Part 2
- Issue #2: Aug, 2001
- Risk Part 1
- Issue #1: Jul, 2001
Articles and Publications
The following articles will deepen your understanding of software testing issues.
- 7 Hot Tips for Better Software Projects
- Benefits of Test Planning – A Cost-Benefits Whitepaper (PDF)
- Benchmarking and Your Product – An Outline (PDF)
- This paper has also been published in the Software Productivity Center's E-ssentials! electronic newsletter.
- Testing, the Neglected Child of our Industry
- The Living Creature – Testing Web Applications (PDF)
- The Living Creature has been presented to the Vancouver chapter of the IEEE/ASQ at the May 10, 2000 evening seminar, at Quality Week 2000 in San Francisco in June, at PSQT North 2000, in Minneapolis in September and is now available on-line.
Testing Web Applications Series
This is a three-part series on the challenges of web application testing and has been published in the Software Productivity Center's E-ssentials! electronic newsletter:
- Testing Web Applications – Priming the Team (pt 1)
- Testing Web Applications – Preparing for Battle! (pt 2)
- Testing Web Applications – The Attack! (pt 3)
White Papers
- Xtreme Testing – Ramp Up and Keep Up
- Xtreme Testing is a White Paper written in 2000 that discusses how, for a specific type of rapid development project (using eXtreme Programming methods), QA Labs was able to easily adapt and integrate its light-weight test process to meet the quality criteria of the project.
- QIR: Quality Improvement Roadmap Series
- QA Labs’ Quality Improvement Roadmap is a multi-part series that discusses the quality-related aspects of Software Development. In each part, we examine a different topic and its effect on overall software quality, and provide suggestions on how your company might be able to make improvements in these areas.
