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What Detection Methods Can Be Used To Examine The Quality of Products?

Bong — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:12:21 PDT

Some of detection methods that can be used to examine the quality of products are as follows: Reviews - Personal, peer, pair, management, QA, independent; Testing - Structural, functional, integration, stress/performance, regression, field, acceptance; Simulations - Prototypes, models; Field...

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What is The Role of Quality Manager in Achieving Project Success?

Bong — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:43:50 PDT

Quality Manager is accountable for quality on a project. That is, s/he determines, designs, defines, Develops, organizes, manages, implements, and maintains quality assurance and control mechanisms. This includes: observing the disciplines in quality management; identifying which Quality Standards...

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A Guide To Evaluating a Bug Tracking System

Bong — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:13:19 PDT

Given the topic, I feel a need to acknowledge that I have to thank the owner of Here for software Testers!!!!!!!!!!! - All about Testing and Quality blog at for finding this guide materials, a good information in choosing a bug tracking system. The owner’s post (Saturday, January 6, 2007)...

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Selenium IDE - A Mozilla firefox Add-ons

Bong — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:42:51 PDT

Given the topic, I feel a need to acknowledge that I have to thank adel shehadeh the owner of testSQUAD blog for finding this software testing tools. The owner’s post (Selenium - a Mozilla firefox Add-ons last May 02, 2007) influences my thinking to share more details about the...

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How to Report Bugs Effectively?

Bong — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:34:55 PDT

Thanks to ohskylab of myBlogLog for finding this. The “How to Report Bugs Effectively” by Simon Tatham, professional and free-software programmer describes a general procedures on how to report bugs effectively on the site and only key tips are listed here as follows: It doesn’t...

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How Can We Limit Time Consuming Regression Testing?

Bong — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:03:47 PDT

A new version of a system is made as fix to some faults or response to changes in its required specifications. In this case, regression testing must rerun as a partial operational requirements after completing the first round of testing. Moreover, regression testing is time consuming. To limit...

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Free Seminar: Risk-Based Testing For Software Managers

Bong — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:16:20 PDT

Experience the power of the world class SQE Training courses’ Free. See first hand why many Fortune 500 companies from varying industries take SQE Training courses. This two-hour seminar is full of practical advice for your test team members at no charge to you. Read more… Join QAST...

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What Activities Can Be Done With Poor Quality Management To Achieve Project Success Revisited

Bong — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:40:35 PDT

I would like to assume that the quality manager had already established his quality management group separately from software development group for overcoming the challenges comes from quality problems mentioned in the first post. Moreover, in a company that faces a problem of continuous steady...

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How Can You Develop A Test Specification Documents?

Bong — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:01:56 PDT

The following specific activities could be performed to achieve the development of test specification documents: 1. Develop task satisfying activities and progress tracking system. 2. Identify specific issues or choices outside and inside the situation that should be addressed, confronted, and...

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Quality Assurance and Software Testing Work Entry and Influencing Style

Bong — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:59:48 PDT

Beginnings are important in a company that your quality assurance and software testing work is just started. It is then that expectations are formed. These early stages involve: 1. Gaining access to the developers at the outset; and 2. Forming effective relationships with the developers, and...

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Template Content For Documenting Defects

Bong — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:01:06 PDT

In “How to Report Bugs Effectively?” topic, one can identify the twofold strategy below to provide defect information effectively to developers. 1. Show the defects to the developers personally; Or 2. Provide all the information that the developers need; give them careful and detailed...

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Defect Workflow for Documenting Defect Template

Bong — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:54:13 PDT

In “Template Content For Documenting Defects” topic, it describes how one can document the defects using a template for reporting defects, tracking defect status, and generating test summary report. This piece describes the defect workflow used in the template. Note the defect workflow...

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Mantis - A Free Popular Web-based Bug Tracking System

Bong — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:41:12 PDT

As I downloaded the latest stable version of Mantis, I am blogging about it. Mantis is a free popular web-based bug tracking system. It is written in the PHP scripting language and works with MySQL, MS SQL, and PostgreSQL databases and a webserver. Mantis has been installed on Windows, Linux, Mac...

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Defect Workflow for Mantis Bug Tracking System

Bong — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:11:13 PDT

In “Mantis - A Free Popular Web-based Bug Tracking System“ topic, it describes Mantis as free popular web-based bug tracking system. In this piece, it describes the defect workflow used by the QA Team and Dev Team in Mantis characteristically with the following activities: 1. Reporter...

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Typical Contents of Test Specification Template

Bong — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:18:18 PDT

In “How Can You Develop A Test Specification Documents?” topic, it describes the specific activities to perform and achieve the development of test specification documents. In this piece, it describes the typical contents of test specification template for documenting test cases...

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How Can I Create A Detailed Estimates For Testing Phase of A Software Project?

Bong — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:40:16 PDT

And what are the inputs, guidelines, and outputs to bear in mind in obtaining estimates for testing phase of a software project? Inputs Defined statement of project scope for clear goals and focus work Defined user requirements - use cases and functional specs for delivering the required...

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The Defect Life cycle in Mantis Bug Tracking System

Bong — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:17:06 PDT

Below is the defect life cycle diagram. Moreover, in “Defect Workflow for Mantis Bug Tracking System” topic, I described the defect workflow used by client, QA team, and Software Developer team in Mantis. In this piece, I improved the defect workflow aim to help client, QA team, and...

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Join a Practitioner Group

Bong — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:49:12 PDT

The owner of Connecting Practice is positive that most people have a natural desire to learn, to share what they know, and to make things better. Yet, this natural desire is thwarted by disorder (hurdles and deterrents - a problem of cultural domination in learning, sharing, and improving our QAST...

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Best, Good, or Emerging Free Tracking System Tools

Bong — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:56:23 PDT

In developing a software organization’s policy and strategy, one can manage their Tracking System tools to support and improve their operation and total life cycle performance. And in the light of the impact on business, society, customer and people, the following are free Tracking System tools for...

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Best, Good, or Emerging Free Quality Assurance and Software Testing Tools - Group No. 2

Bong — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:09:49 PDT

The following are another free Quality Assurance and Software Testing tools for best, good, or emerging free Quality Assurance and Software Testing tool identification and evaluation. Enjoy the list below. Tracking System 1. f2w Helpdesk - f2w Helpdesk is a helpdesk support system based on...

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