Mike Jones

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Many vendors advertise that their tools are "ALM tools." What are the distinguishing characteristics of an ALM tool? When looking at ALM tools, you'll find that the category includes all the products that somehow... More...
Nov 11, 2010
How does ALM differ from SDLC? ALM (application lifecycle management) is quite different from SDLC (software development lifecycle). ALM is about managing the entire application lifecycle-- from the initial... More...
Nov 11, 2010
Application lifecycle management (ALM) seems to have an identity crisis, or, at the very least, appears to take a cue from a "Scooby Doo" villain-- once a common definition begins to gain acceptance, the technology... More...
Nov 23, 2010
Software Testing White papers
Software testing: why it needs a new professionalism by ComputerWeekly.com
We believe that Testing is at a key juncture in its development as a Profession. The demonstrable consequences of this approach are now very clear  - hidden...
Automated testing ROI: fact or fiction? A customer's perspective: What real QA organizations have found by Hewlett-Packard Company
the fundamentals of automated software testing, explains how such an endeavor is actually an investment for a company, and details how a company can get a return on their investment.

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Test Environment Access Constraints: The Impact on Testing and Quality by Parasoft Corporation
Parasoft survey, development and testing teams seem to lack the resources required to complete their expected level of testing when it comes to their applications...
MODERNIZE YOUR MANUAL TESTING WITH HP SPRINTER by Hewlett-Packard Company
Manual testing still accounts for about 75% of all functional testing. However, innovation hasn’t come into play yet and manual testers find...

Uplift Quality with Requirements Driven Testing

 by Micro Focus
learn why requirements driven testing (RDT) is so important, what potential areas of the software development life cycle are addressed by RDT, the benefits, and the...