by Andreas Birk | 12/08/2010 | software engineering
Recently, Gerald Heller an I discussed about metrics used in agile development, agile testing metrics in particular. We found quite a number of relevant metrics and sought a way to structure them. Partly inspired by Brian Marick’s testing quadrants (see Lisa...
by Andreas Birk | 11/08/2010 | quality, software engineering
Goal/Question/Metric (GQM) is an established and elaborated method for measurement in software engineering. I have been using it, and doing evaluation research and method development on it since the 1990-ies. It can be useful in particular for the following purposes:...
by Gerald Heller | 23/06/2010 | literature, software engineering, testing, tools
Recently I came across the website www.testingreferences.com whose author Joris Meerts did a great job in collecting a history of testing. In addition, he provides a pretty extensive listing on Testing web sites Testing blogs Testing videos (educational) Testing...
by Andreas Birk | 06/05/2010 | requirements, testing
Testing can mean very different things, depending on the software to be tested, the organization in which the testing takes place, and several other factors. Since testing can be so different, it is useful to have a classification system for testing at hand. It can...
by Gerald Heller | 01/05/2010 | agile, requirements
Beyond the Limits of One-Dimensional Lists Prioritizing requirements for a software release is an activity which frequently crosses the border between science and psychology. The goal is to determine the right set of things to do for a release. For many IT projects...
by Andreas Birk | 22/04/2010 | quality, requirements, testing
Good test coverage is important and sometimes not easy to achieve. A simple principle can lay a solid foundation for test coverage: Distinguishing two essential stages of testing. The initial low-level stage tests basic development artifacts immediately or soon after...
