PQST Conference 2008(west)

Hi,

The PQST conference is scheduled for May 5th-9th at Las Vegas...

More details and registrations here...

http://www.psqtconference.com/2008west/index.php

Adobe RIA Architect Summit (Free)

Hi,

The Flex team is conducting an Adobe RIA Architect Summit on 3rd April 2008. This summit is aimed at people who are interested in architecting RIAs with Flex & AIR. There is no enrtry fee.

The Adobe RIA Architect Summit is an opportunity for architects and aspiring architects to get an insight into how to design and architect Rich Internet Applications. It is also a unique plaform to interact with experts and techhnology leaders and a chance to develop connections within the community.

Who should attend?

Architects, Technical Managers and Strategic Decision Makers

Date
Thursday, April 3, 2008

Time
9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Location

The Chancery Pavillion
Residency Road
Bangalore
India

Map
Google

How do I get in?

It is free, Register ASAP at http://adoberiarch.eventbrite.com/

Hurry! Registrations on a First Come First Serve basis…

Zephyr Unveils Next Generation Test Management System

Zephyr, a Sunnyvale based company focused on Software Testing has unveiled a Test Management Tool...

Read more here...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/2/prweb728523.htm

Unix Commands

Following is a list of useful Unix Commands.(Frequently used unix commands)

Unix File Commands
	ls gives a list of filenames in the current directory. mv rename a file: mv oldfile newfile or mv oldfile newdir cp copy a file: cp oldfile newfile or cp oldfile newdir chmod change permissions. rm remove a file. cd change directories. lpr print a file: lpr -P printer-name file. pwd "print" working directory; returns the current directory. tar package a group of files into one file for moving or archiving; also extracts tar files. mkdir create a new directory. rmdir remove a directory.

Free Webinar on Agile Testing

Hi,
    I received this email from EuroStar. A free webinar on Agile Testing.
You need to register for this, it is free.

 

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EuroSTAR brings you Free Live Webinar!

 

"Agile Testing" 

presented by Fran O'Hara

 

EuroSTAR  Live 30 minute Webinar.

Date: Tuesday, 26th February, 2008

Time: 10:00am Dublin- London / 11:00am Central European Time

Duration: 30 mins

 

Key points:

The presentation will introduce the following:

• Agile test overview
• Different Test Phases, agile terminology
• Where the different types of testing fit into an agile development lifecycle

• Role of the tester and how it is affected by iterative/agile approaches
• Test Driven Development (TDD), Automated Unit Testing
• Acceptance testing, testing and the customer/user
• Exploratory testing

 

Register Now!

 

 

 

Test Management Software

Enterprise 2.0 is here – Upgrade your Test Department

Gone are the days when QA and software testing departments used multiple disparate, outdated applications to plan, manage, and execute their day‐to‐day work. With the Web moving towards 3.0, Enterprise tools are getting 2.0ish with companies introducing RSS, blogging, collective intelligence, themes, tag clouds and real-time data push within the enterprise.

Test management software, designed and created by actual QA engineers, offer the next-generation slick and affordable QA Test management and collaboration capabilities that enable test teams to achieve enhanced levels of productivity in order to ship high quality software on time. New test systems are adopting this Enterprise 2.0 paradigm and have a snappier interface, drag-and-drop windows to improve productivity, real time metrics and reports, test repository tag clouds, enhanced real-time collaboration and instant communication.

In today's global workplace, where test teams are spread across different time zones, encountering language barriers, and disparate systems, communication challenges prevail. QA/Testing/V&V departments need better tools for sharing information, reporting data and maintaining timeliness. The newer software systems have instant collaboration features, live dashboards, interactive desktops and integrated systems, so there's no need to spend hours searching for information or tracking, collating, beautifying, and sending reports because all data is now complete and real-time. Live and automated dashboards keep the whole company updated on every aspect of testing and product quality.

The latest test management systems manage every aspect of a test department - its people and resources, projects and releases, test assets, test case and data repositories, execution cycles, defect tracking and reporting - by providing a centralized servers and customized client desktops using newer technologies such as RIAs and Reverse AJAX/Comet. .

Typical Enterprise software is expensive with complex licensing models, requiring companies to make large upfront capital expenditure and agree to complex binding software agreements. Of late, newer companies have come up with tools that increase team productivity, efficiency with improved feature sets and performance; all with a very low cost of ownership. Tools such as Mingle, Confluence, BaseCamp are in this category. They have even come up with an affordable pay-as-you-go model, with straightforward and flexible licensing. Similarly, Test Management solutions like Zephyr are leading that way in the Test Management space with revolutionary ways of managing every aspect of a test department. These tools not just save on cost, but also help save precious time & money by enhancing productivity and efficiency and getting quality products to the market faster.

QA/Test/V&V teams should seriously consider these kinds of tools and upgrade their Test Department to leverage all of these technology advancements and innovation that has come with it.

Samir Shah

CEO, Zephyr

www.getzephyr.com

Simple Test

A SIMPLE TEST FOR YOU

Which way is the bus below travelling?

To the left or to the right?



Can you make up your mind?

Look carefully at the picture again.

Post your responses in the comments...