Many years ago, we used to talk to our customers about the need for automated testing.   Test teams built long lists of manual tests and struggled to finish their testing on time, not to mention the difficulty they had with managing these tests.   These days however, software development organizations do a reasonable job of automating their testing because there are has been a reemphasis on the importance of quality.   Unfortunately, there are still other significant challenges being   faced by testers.   The first major one is that... [More]

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Just wanted to let everyone know about some new and upcoming IBM sponsored webcasts to assist development teams in their pursuit of quality. At the StarWest 2012 conference in Anaheim, Peter Cole, Director for Quality Management, IBM Rational delivered a session on " Accelerating the Software Development Lifecycle Using Service Virtualization ".   During this session Peter shared how, service virtualization can produce dramatic results including reducing cycle times, improving quality, and cutting costs. When coupled with the cloud,... [More]

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IBM Rational  has been participating at the  StarWest  conference for many years and this year is no different. I am really looking forward to another great conference and meeting new quality professionals with a focus on improving  quality management and testing . So, here are 5 great reasons to visit the IBM booth while at the event. And if you are not able to attend, take advantage of the  virtual conference  listening to a number of great presentations including a session by IBM. Learn about Service Virtualization - Hear Peter Cole,... [More]

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In an ideal world, Agile teams are collocated. A collaborative world with open dialog where everybody is on the same page working to achieve a common goal of quickly delivering quality software with confidence.   However, for many, the reality is that Agile team members are distributed. There are independent test teams located miles away from the developers. Testing composite applications deployed on heterogeneous environments without the ability to openly discuss challenges with developers at the water cooler or during an informal discussion.... [More]

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Finally back in my office with some time to reflect on the week at Innovate 2012. It was such a great conference, I am challenged picking which memory to highlight first as there are so many things to choose from. Sunday night, conference attendees showed a tremendous interest on the topic of service virtualization, Rational's new testing solutions, and Green Hat technology.  Hundreds of people stopped by the Green Hat solution center booth to get their "Green Groove" on and see the future of testing - Rational Test Workbench &... [More]

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At one time and for many development organizations, an entire application was written in house. When development was finished and the entire application was available in a test environment, the test team took over validating that the business requirements were met. However, more often than not, the delivery deadline was missed due to a lack of quality or required functionality and projects requested more money to keep going or they simply plunged over the waterfall meeting their demise. Then along came iterative development and Agile. New... [More]

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All my bags are packed and I am ready to go... Can you believe it? 8 days until Innovate 2012 starts on June 3rd! Seems that  Innovate 2011  was not long ago but then again  "That Was Yesterday" . If you want to learn more about integration testing and service virtualization it is  "Urgent"  that you attend Innovate 2012. But "Just Between You and Me" there are also quality management and testing sessions for those quality professionals with an interest in mobile application development, agile testing, and so much... [More]

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