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| 07 Aug 2008 |
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Agile project planning
(All About Agile)
Planning for an agile project is vastly different than planning for a traditional waterfall project. So how do you plan for the unpredictable? This post describes how. |
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Five questions with Scott Barber
(Testing & Debugging Blog)
Testing expert Scott Barber discusses how he first came to be a tester, what the most important quality a tester can have and his own testing philosophy. Scott talks a lot so there... |
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Burn your burn-down charts
(Agile Software Development)
You don't need to burn them, but you may want to modify them. Even Alistair Cockburn thinks burn-down charts can be inconvenient for certain tasks. |
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Going beyond borders for growth
(Baseline Magazine)
Outsourcing is a dirty word for some in the IT industry, but this article explains how companies and grow and learn by going global. |
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Affiliate programs vulnerable to CSRF fraud
(CGISecurity.com)
According to this story, CSRF vulnerabilities are widespread in online affiliate programs and have been for some time now. |
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The test manager's 'vade mecum'
(StickyMinds.com)
Testers can benefit from having a set of low-tech tools they can bring with them from project to project. Test manager Fiona Charles discusses how testers can build their own set o... |
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| 05 Aug 2008 |
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Cybercrime and politics
(Help Net Security)
A lack of Web security can adversely impact the political process. As politicians rely heavily on the Web to communicate with voters, malicious hackers may exploit Web vulnerabilit... |
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Survey: 90% of security incidents went unreported last year
(Dark Reading)
A survey of RSA conference attendees reveals that over half of respondents' organizations experienced security incidents in 2007. Of those affected, only 11% reported the security ... |
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Team collaboration and RAPID management
(InfoQ)
Agile coach Jean Tabaka discusses management skills and practices beneficial to Agile software development projects in this interview. |
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We need testing example videos
(Collaborative Software Testing)
Testers can learn a lot from watching other testers at work. Jonathan Kohl suggests that testers begin recording demos and sharing them with the testing community. |
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Kaner: Exploratory testing better than scripted testing
EXCLUSIVE!
Exploratory testing and its use of checklists is superior to scripted testing. It gives you better tests and testers, said noted software tester Cem Kaner at the recent Conference ... |
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| 04 Aug 2008 |
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SaaS startups enter Web security gateway market
(SearchSecurity.com)
Web security vendors Zscaler Inc., Purewire Inc. enter growing Software as a Service (SaaS) space dominated by appliance vendors |
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| 31 Jul 2008 |
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Software is deployed, bugs and all
(SD Times)
More than 40 percent of all software applications are released with between one and 10 critical defects. And managers are fully aware. |
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How Agile development is like building a bridge
(Agile Tips)
Paulo Caroli explains how building a bridge is similar to Agile software development. |
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Use cases or user stories
(InfoQ)
Are user stories better than use cases? Not necessarily. They do have some drawbacks. |
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ThoughtWorks releases continuous integration system
(TheServerSide.COM)
Cruise lowers software deployment risk with fully automated, auditable builds. |
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| 29 Jul 2008 |
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Application weaknesses double as networks tighten up
(SC Magazine)
An analysis of 100 security tests carried out over the past five years shows that application level weaknesses are up by 50%. |
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Security shocker: 75% of U.S. bank websites have flaws
(The Register)
The vast majority of U.S. bank websites jeopardize the security of their online customers by including design flaws that expose passwords and are susceptible to tampering by attack... |
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Test managers -- start testing!
(StickyMinds.com)
Dion Johnson says test managers have to take care of their teams or else we'll never see the end of team abuse. |
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Seven tips for testing multilingual websites
(Software Testing Help)
Testing websites that support multiple languages is challenging, and you should have some methods in your toolbox for testing such sites. |
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HP Project and Portfolio Management Center 7.5 integrates development activities
(SD Times)
HP has integrated application lifecycle management and IT service management capabilities with its other business technology management offerings. |
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