More articles by Linda G. Hayes
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The Testing Pyramid By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published April 18, 2001 Organize your testing process around the customer, not the development team. An Admission Ticket to Testing By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published March 14, 2001 Stopping to address problems that should have been caught in development causes big problems, especially when testing time is already short. Enter the Build Verification Test. An Admission Ticket to Testing By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published March 14, 2001 Stopping to address problems that should have been caught in development causes big problems, especially when testing time is already short. Enter the Build Verification Test. Greater than the Sum of its Parts? By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published February 9, 2001 Assembling applications with pre-tested components doesn't mean an end to testing. Quality Quest: Mission Impossible--Meeting Software Testing Objectives By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published January 9, 2001 Should you choose to accept this assignment, Mr. Phelps, the goal isnt to find every conceivable software fault, just those that are major threats. Quality Quest: I Want My Test API By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published December 12, 2000 Component development is quickening the pace of application development, making automated software testing all the more crucial. A 'test API' may be just the cure. Quality Quest: Friendly Fixes By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published October 9, 2000 You might think you're doing your customer a favor by writing that special code fix. But in the end, you, your support staff, and, most importantly, your customer might end up worse off than before. The test automation timetable: altered states By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published September 12, 2000 To keep the test automation train on track, you need to establish data states, set execution schedules, and stay within the borders. Writing programs to test programs By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published August 8, 2000 Replacing manual testing with automation wont produce the test results you want--or expect. When bugs don't bug me By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published July 1, 2000 Software testers need to focus on meeting customer requirements, not on fixing obscure problems that don't affect functionality. The next wave: Testing end-to-end By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published June 1, 2000 It's time to forget about traditional application-centric testing and to start looking at enterprise wide system and process testing. It's about time...and money By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published May 1, 2000 Software testing has never had its day in the sun, until now. It's about time...and money By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published April 1, 2000 Software testing has never had its day in the sun, until now. Stress for sale By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published March 1, 2000 Performance and capacity demands can bring a Web site to its knees. Is your site prepared to handle the pressure? CPR for ERP By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published December 1, 1999 When you buy instead of build, do you still have to apply traditional IT quality disciplines? The surprising answer is...more than ever! The benefits of code quality By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published September 1, 1999 Emerging technologies assist in quantifying and managing code construction and its affect on an application's quality. But they're only part of the solution. Virtual stress testing By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published August 1, 1999 The best defense is a good offense, especially when it comes to preparing your network for future resource demands. Maximizing customer coverage By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published June 1, 1999 Customer coverage testing means discovering how your software is actually being used and testing it that way. Management-friendly test data By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published May 1, 1999 Give management test metrics that measure the two things closest to an executive's heart: Time and money. The pain of platform possibilities By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published April 1, 1999 Just because the software your company develops runs on many platforms doesn't mean that every possible configuration can or should be tested. The problem with problem tracking By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published March 1, 1999 Putting a system in place to follow up on software management issues is harder than you think Coder's conundrum By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published January 1, 1999 If problems are found early in the software development cycle, they're easier to correct. So reward your developers for writing lines of error-free code. Adopt a winning strategy By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published November 1, 1998 If you present risk assessment in terms that management can relate to, like loss of business, full-coverage software testing doesn't have to be just wishful thinking. Quality Quest: The Irrational Ratio By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published September 1, 1998 While there's no hard and fast rule for determining the best mix of developers and testers, the secret is to know when and why to adjust the ratio based on the type of development and the phase of the project. Time-boxing your way to a better product By Linda G. Hayes | Article Published May 1, 1998 Regardless of the boundless optimism with which we all enter projects, experience teaches that we will exit them in a Death March state of defeated exhaustion. |
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