tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69368930849078728162024-03-13T06:20:04.013-07:00Quality Assurance Discussion GroupSwamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-28903603769352719952008-12-06T14:20:00.000-08:002008-12-06T14:24:53.531-08:00meeting in the DC metro area to discuss software QA related topicsHi Folks,<br /> One of my friends and former co-worker Rick Hower is starting<br />a Northen Virginia Test Automation Interest Group. I will be there.<br />If you are in the DC metro area and this is of interest to you I encourage<br />you to be there. The meeting details are below.<br />Thanks,<br />Swam<br /><br />===========================================================================<br />MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT:<br />NOVA TAIG - Northern Virginia Test Automation Interest Group Monthly meetings beginning in January 2009.<br /><br />Meetings will be on Wednesday nights 6:30 – 9:00; no cost other than food you order and your active participation in meeting discussions. <br />First meeting Wednesday January 7 2009 (Next meeting is being planned for early February)<br /><br />INITIAL TOPIC JAN 7: <br />Test Automation Frameworks: Roundtable discussion (see more info below). <br /><br />Send e-mail to Rick Hower rickhower@earthlink.net to reserve a spot if you are planning to attend. <br /><br />LOCATION: <br />Meetings will be held in the Reston-Herndon area, usually at a local restaurant or company facility. Specific meeting location will be sent in response to reservations.<br /><br />MEETING FORMAT: <br />6:30 - 7:00 Networking, food. <br />7:00 - 7:30 Each attendee introduces themselves and discusses their test automation interests/news/challenges/successes. <br />7:30 - 7:40 Announcements re automation job openings or those seeking test automation work.<br />7:40 - 8:40 Topic or Presentation<br />8:40 - 9:00 Follow-on discussions<br /> <br />INITIAL TOPIC JAN 7: Test Automation Frameworks: Round table discussion re: what is meant by a ‘framework’?, what types of reusable functionality/components/services/practices should be in a framework?, how can frameworks help with management/planning/ROI? Note: We will also spend some time at the January meeting discussing suggestions for upcoming meeting topics. <br /> <br />IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND:<br />Please email rickhower@earthlink.net if you are planning to attend the meeting so we can a) let you know the specific meeting location b) so that you can be notified of any last minute meeting location changes.<br /><br />OTHER INFO:<br />The meetings will be participatory and discussion oriented.<br />--There will not be a presentation at the first meeting, but it is expected that future meetings will often include informal discussion-oriented presentations. <br />--Meetings are expected to be technically-oriented at times (and may include showing and discussing code) Examples: unit testing, automation programming languages, tool specifics, security test automation, vendor presentations, load testing, code coverage, etc. <br />--Some meetings are expected to be less technical and oriented to design/strategy/management subjects related to test automation. Examples: determining when a software project is ready for test automation, choosing a tool, open-source vs COTS, build vs buy, ROI, how to find a great test automation engineer, automation estimation, etc. <br />--It is expected that attendees will contribute actively to the discussions and be willing to discuss (in general terms or, if possible, specific terms) past or current automation experiences, challenges, and successes <br /><br />==========================================Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-65463088300741176122008-09-26T13:47:00.000-07:002008-09-26T13:50:01.311-07:00QA questions on linked for SeptemberAsked by <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarkarsoumen>Soumen Sarkar</a> on Sept 24th<br /><A Href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/308834-901772?browseIdx=10&sik=1222461732937>Is unit testing doomed?<br /></a>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-80139717046047440402008-09-26T12:54:00.000-07:002008-09-26T12:57:49.329-07:00Rick Hower's QA siteI met Rick Hower at Verisign. He has been running a QA Automation Birds of<br />a Feather (BOF) lunch group here for a little while. His contract is up and<br />we are sad to see him go as this was a very well run group. Rick is very<br />active in the QA community and his website<br /><A HREF=http://www.softwareqatest.com/>Rick Hower's QA site</a><br />is a source of good ideas.Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-27141358269574365852008-07-02T04:11:00.000-07:002008-07-08T05:45:14.696-07:00QA questions on linked for JulyAsked by <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/idosius>Ido Schacham</a> on July 2nd 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/264468-10744826>Do you use requirements management in the QA process?</a><br /><br />Asked by <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/testingtimes>Anne-Marie Charrett</a> on July 8nd 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/wireless/TCH_WIR/268233-3191760>What would you need to test testing mobile applications on real handsets over live carriers in many countries?</a><br /><br />Asked by <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/9/20a/a7>sandeep ruthu</a> on July 8th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/268321-27388927>Selenium Testing Processes......???</a><br /><br />Asked by <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/208/550>Chris Fulstow</a> on July 8th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/268258-6484236>What are the best tools for managing .NET software development?</a>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-7114217824720658072008-06-09T16:04:00.001-07:002008-06-09T16:05:57.708-07:00Recruiters and headhuntersHi,<br /> This is a stub for recruiters and headhunters to post comments.<br /> Also can be used by group members to post comments about recruiters.<br /><br /> thanks,<br /> SwamSwamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-53909063073374243982008-06-02T08:56:00.000-07:002008-07-02T04:18:49.879-07:00QA questions on Linkedin for the month of JuneAsked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/gianmariagai>Gianmaria Gai</a> on June 5th<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/245105-14597211>Examples of ISEB Foundation certification software exam</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/gianmariagai>Gianmaria Gai</a> on June 6th<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_SFT/245104-14597211?trk=ape_q080606i_9>Help for a open test software comparator</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/401/479>Sangeetha Santhanagopal</a> on June 1st<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_SFT/242576-6969693?trk=ape_q080606i_9>Business Requirements and System Requirements</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/875/573>Dave Macaulay</a> on June 6th<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_WDD/245467-20061159?trk=ape_q080607i_9>Web-based Project Tracking/Management</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidharwood>David Harwood</a> on June 9th<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/247885-12610285>Where can you find published metrics which can be used to estimate software development projects?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/skarnam>Swamy Karnam</a> on June 13th<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/250828-155544>How effective is Code Coverage Analysis ?</a><br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/250827-155544>Accidentally entered the same above question twice</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/yoavaviv>Yoav Aviv </a> on June 14th<br />Although not strictly on QA it has some relevance. Also it has 85+ responses within<br />the hour it was posted so seems like a good topic for discussion:<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/214929-6596187>What top ten actions can IT project managers take to increase the likelihood of implementation success?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/skarnam>Swamy Karnam</a> on June 13th<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/251737-155544>How do you define efficiency and effectiveness with respect to Software Quality Assurance ?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/blueocean>Md Abubucker Alathick</a> on June 16th<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/252174-2754099>Steps to create a testing productivity baseline</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/wheelermark>Mark Wheeler</a> on June 17th<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/253251-19642264>Which should it be, Certification in WinRunner/QTP ( Specialist Exams) or ISEB Intermediate?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/markrooks>Mark Rooks</a> on June 25th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/259767-5833908>Application Testing using virtualised clients</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/968/448>Surajit Dutta</a> on June 28th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/262033-11336312>Do you see a problem in applying Lean manufacturing and/or Kaizen principles to software engineering?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/492/445>Charly Pearce</a> on June 26th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_ITS_CMP/260366-25073909?trk=ape_q080627i_9>Test managers in Holland - what would attract them to move?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/bb5/3a0>Ravi Shankar</a> on June 28th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_ITS_CMP/261682-26862312?trk=ape_q080628i_9>What is the best testing process ever?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/damnish>Damnish Kumar</a> on June 28th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/261813-2258718>Do you see changes in Software Testing Approach because of high demand for Rapid Production Process? How will this impact quality of software development and overall cost of product including support.</a>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-40467024219950289922008-05-28T07:41:00.000-07:002008-05-28T07:42:00.938-07:00uncategorized testing linksfor further review:<br /><br />http://sirius-sqa.com/Blog/Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-33575677298146860672008-05-28T05:42:00.000-07:002008-06-06T07:04:59.322-07:00QA Definitions and Buzz wordsThis is a stub<br /><br />QC - Quality Control<br />QA - Quality Assurance<br />QD - Quality Detection<br />Testing<br />Development<br />Waterfall model<br />V model<br />Design by Contract<br />Test Driven Development<br />Model Based Testing<br />Agile Testing<br />Exploratory Testing<br />Load<br />Stress<br />Performance<br />Capacity<br />Scalability<br />Call<br />Action<br />Transaction<br />Latency<br />Reliability<br />5 9's<br />Throughput<br />Redundancy<br />Throttling<br />Call gapping<br />Active/Active<br />Active/Standby<br />Active/Lead<br />Cold Standby<br />Hot Standy<br />Failover<br />Load Balancer<br />Round Robin load balancing<br />Sticky load balancing<br />Stateful load balancing<br />Stateless load balancing<br />State Machines<br />State<br />Event<br />Transition<br />Asynchronous<br />Synchronous<br />Connection<br />Datagram<br />Flow Chart<br />Decision Graph<br />Graph<br />Directed Graph<br />Binary Tree<br />Call flow<br />Timeline<br />Workflow<br />Schedule<br />Gantt chart<br />Functional Testing<br />Stub Testing<br />Developer Testing<br />Unit Testing<br />Mock testing<br />Requirements testing<br />System Testing<br />Stress Testing<br />Interoperability Testing<br />User Acceptance Testing<br />Performance TestingSwamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-19275745620021071192008-05-28T05:40:00.000-07:002008-05-28T05:41:26.144-07:00Agile testingThis is a stubSwamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-66888900617728519582008-05-28T05:39:00.003-07:002008-05-28T05:39:57.064-07:00model based testingThis is a stubSwamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-89996070560008235062008-05-28T05:39:00.001-07:002008-05-28T05:39:36.997-07:00Exploratory TestingThis is a stubSwamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-65224156233354175752008-05-28T05:38:00.000-07:002008-05-28T05:39:20.767-07:00Test driven DevelopmentThis is a stubSwamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-43424039280455855032008-05-11T09:08:00.000-07:002008-05-13T13:57:33.685-07:00Evil Tester's youtube video selection and more<A HREF="http://www.eviltester.com/index.php/2008/05/11/whats-all-this-evil-stuff-video-version/">Evil Videos on Youtube :)</a><br /><br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.eviltester.com/index.php/2008/05/11/slogans-slogans-seriously-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-slogans/">Explaination of the Evil Tester Slogans</A><br /><br />Evil Tester Images by Alan Richardson are licensed under a <A HREF="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.</A><br /><a HREF="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/88x31.png"/></a><br /><br /><br />Call for Slogans, audio, video, cartoons, jokes about QA and testing:<br /><br />Hi,<br /><br /> If you have any jokes or other testing related items that are **free** to<br />put on this site, please let me know :)<br /><br /> Thanks,<br /> Swam<br /><br />Just for fun, here is a link to Wally being eeeeeeEEEEVIIIIL on the dilbert strip:<br /><br /> <a href="http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-05-11/"><img src="http://dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/000000/00000/5000/500/5655/5655.strip.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And one about Quality :)<br /><a href="http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-05-10/"><img src="http://dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/000000/00000/5000/500/5654/5654.strip.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dilbert Comic Strips are created by Scott Adams and owned by "United Media".<br /><A HREF="http://dilbert.com/terms/">They are copyrighted and their usage is governed by these terms</a>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-91804760795523848972008-05-11T08:41:00.000-07:002008-05-11T08:43:30.253-07:00Google Test Automation ConferenceGoogle is hosting a test Automation conference in Seattle:<br />Please let us know if you are attending :)<br /><br /><A href=http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/04/gtac-call-for-proposals.html>Call for proposals</A><br /><br />Important Dates for Presentations<br />June 6 - Final deadline for proposal submissions for presentations<br />July 10 - Deadline for selected presenters to be contacted by the selection committee and notified of their acceptance<br />October 23 and 24 - GTAC conference in Seattle<br /><br />Attendees<br />TAC conference has worked to invite a select audience, each member applies to the conference for committee selection. This is to ensure active participation from each attendee and provide a variety of technical perspectives to interact, discuss, and network.<br /><br />Important Dates for Attendees<br />July 7 - Call for attendee profile submissions<br />July 25 - Deadline for attendee profiles<br />August 11 - Selected attendees to be notified by the conference committee, registration opens<br />August 29 - Registration deadline, wait-list opens<br />September 19 - Wait list notifications and attendee closure<br />October 23 and 24 - GTAC conference in SeattleSwamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-28405726068483348502008-05-08T19:11:00.000-07:002008-05-11T10:54:50.897-07:00Cartoons/Slogans by Evil TesterThe following slogans were coined by Alan Richardson who maintains the <A HREF="http://www.eviltester.com">"Evil Tester" blog.</A><br /><br />Evil Tester Images by Alan Richardson are licensed under a <A HREF="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.</A><br /><a HREF="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/88x31.png"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><h1>I Care</h1><br /><img src=http://www.eviltester.com/slogan_pics/smirk_left.jpg><br /><h2>I’m Sure it seems as though I’m Evil.<br />But it’s only because I care.</h2><br /><h1>…for your own good</h1><br /><img src="http://www.eviltester.com/slogan_pics/smirk_right.jpg"><br /><h2>“I’m not Evil, <br />I’m doing it for your own good.”<br /></h2><br /><br /><h1>…I’m Necessary</h1><br /><img src="http://www.eviltester.com/slogan_pics/face_on.jpg"><br /><h2>“I’m not Evil, I’m Necessary.”</h2><br /><br /><h1>Of course I’m not Evil…</h1><br /><img src="http://www.eviltester.com/slogan_pics/smirk_right.jpg"><br /><h2>“Of course I’m not Evil.<br />Do I look Evil?”</h2><br /><br /><br /><h1>I’m not laughing…at you</h1><br /><img src="http://www.eviltester.com/slogan_pics/smirk_left.jpg"><br /><h2>"I’m not laughing…at 'you'!"</h2><br /><br /><br /><h1>"I’m just doing whatever it takes"</h1><br /><img src="http://www.eviltester.com/slogan_pics/smirk_right_with_laugh.jpg"><br /><h2>"I’m just doing WHATEVER it takes"</h2><br /><br /><br /><h1>Not all testers are evil…</h1><br /><img src="http://www.eviltester.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/eviltester.png"><br /><h2>…just the good ones</h2><br /><br /><img src="http://www.eviltester.com/images/et_reading.jpg">Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-72980490181532899072008-05-06T07:29:00.000-07:002008-05-06T07:34:08.457-07:00Difference between QA and QC in Practice<A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/in/pvosta">Peter Von Osta</A> asked the following question to the group:<br />Hi,<br /><br />A question for the group:<br /><br />Do organisations make a distinction between QA and QC in practice ? QA is <br />more about adherence to practices to prevent problems while QC is about finding <br />them (simply said of course).<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />PeterSwamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-91245459094692930422008-05-06T07:18:00.000-07:002008-06-02T09:00:24.205-07:00QA questions on linkedin for the month of MayAsked by <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/in/skarnam">Swamy Karnam</A> on May 2nd 2008<br /><A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/223075-155544?browseIdx=0&sik=1210083716493&goback=%2Eamq"> What kind of performance issues have you seen on RHEL 3 Update 1 (2,3,4 ...) and how do you tune it ?<br /></A><br /><br />Asked by: <A HREF=http://www.linkedin.com/in/namshi> Namshith Hashim </A> on May 6th 2008<br /><A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/information-technology/computers-software/TCH_ITS_CMP/225111-10209367?trk=mh_viewa_2&goback=%2Ehom"> You have raised a bug, but Development are unable to reproduce it. What should your next step be? </A><br /><br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/278/568">John Overbaugh</A> on May 6th 2008<br /><A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_ITS_CMP/223396-657440?trk=ape_q080505i_9">How do you cope with matrixed management? (QA/Test)</A><br /><br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemcritchie">Mike Ritchie</A> on May 6th 2008<br /><A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/CAR_OCT/222913-19968837?trk=ape_q080505i_9">What easy-to-use web-based testing/training software do you recommend?</A><br /><br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/in/skarnam">Swamy Karnam on behalf of a friend</A> on May 6th 2008<br /><A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/225715-155544">What tools do you use (if any) to do GUI testing; not browser testing, but windows type applications</A><br /><br />Similar question:<br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/in/micode">Marie-Claude Frasson</A> on May 5th 2008<br /><A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/224618-990381?browseIdx=41&sik=1210126783378&goback=%2Eahp%2Eabq_5_1210126783378_n_o_TCH*4SFT">Automated GUI testing: Have you tried existing software? If so, which one(s) would you recommend and which one(s) would you suggest to avoid?</A><br /><br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/366/b64">Madhu D.S</A> on May 5th 2008<br /><A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/224466-12826876?browseIdx=98&sik=1210126783378&goback=%2Eahp%2Eabq_10_1210126783378_n_o_TCH*4SFT">Latest developments in the world of Software Testing ?<br /></A><br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/in/beniciosanchez">Benicio Sanchez</A> on May 8th 2008<br /><A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_SFT/226442-8628298?trk=ape_q080508i_9">Need advice on Software Testing Automation of DOS Apps</A><br /><br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/in/meenakshichopra1">Meenakshi Chopra</A> on May 7th 2008<br /><A HREF=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/OPS_QMA/226845-22267104?trk=ape_q080510i_9>What are the core values for a successful Quality Professional?</A><br /><br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/in/terrymorrish">Terry Morrish</A> on May 13th 2008<br /><A HREF=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/230071-8659084>Dynamics of a QA Team</A><br /><br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/2a5/728">Elina Razdobarina</A> on May 13th 2008<br /><A HREF=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/228003-714704?trk=mh_viewa_2&goback=%2Ehom>What is your ratio of Development hours to Testing hours?</A><br /><br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahjobst">Sarah Jobst</A> on May 12th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_SFT/228648-8045996?trk=ape_q080515i_9>In your opinion, what are the biggest challenges that are encountered when managing an offshore testing team?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/298/32b>Darren Schumacher</a> on May 15th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/OPS_QMA/230792-3684563?trk=ape_q080515i_9>What kind of Quality Management Systems/Practices are most applicable to Product Development Testing labs?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/494/418">Rupert Paul</A> on May 16th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/232197-25077332>What skills or experience do you need to become a software tester?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpawlowski>Marek Pawlowski</a> on May 16th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_SFT/232507-5784872?trk=ape_q080517i_9>Testing automation for web applications - software/implementation</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/826/92a>Shaji Nair</a> on May 18th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/233281-16973746>Hi...I would like to know about the different metrics we can generate in software testing process</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/826/92a>Shaji Nair</a> on May 18th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/233304-16973746>.Software Testing blogs...</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/josemanuelgonzalez>Jose Manuel Gonzalez</a><br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/235004-3757176>Do you know any application that help to automate the testing of a web application?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/sudhakarmanchala>Sudhakar Manchala</a> on May 22nd 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_ITS_CMP/234070-14668428?trk=ape_q080521i_9>QA&Testing: what are all the various methods to measure the QA/testing productivity?</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnapulliwar>Swapna Pulliwar</a><br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/238529-24548748> have one query, how to select all radio buttons one by one ( if there are 10) on one web page using QTP .Is there any method/function/need to record all steps/use looping for that? please guide</a><br /><br />Asked by: <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/7/9b8/b61>raghu praveen addepalli</a> on May 27th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/238715-23384953>how to use Regular Expressions in QTP i whant clear ideia about Regular Expressions?</a><br /><br />Asked by <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/prsriram>Sriram P R</a> on May 27th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/238716-16638386>Test Automation on Agile Methodology</a><br /><br />Asked by <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/in/supriyodas>Supriyo Das</a> on May 24th 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/OPS_QMA/237097-10613695?trk=ape_q080527i_9>How often would Requirements Management processes in software organizations, using any framework (CMMi et al), be using QFD (Quality Function Deployment)?</a><br /><br />Asked by <a href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/6aa/404>Moiz Qyser</a> on may 31st 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/241546-25606084>What is the difference between "Software Process Improvement (SPI) Model" & "Software Process Model (SPM)"?</a><br /><br />Asked by <a href=> YYRenee Liu S</a> on May 31st 2008<br /><a href=http://www.linkedin.com/answers/OPS_PRJ/240779-2387262?trk=ape_q080601i_9>what is the best way to manage project under matrix organization structure?</a>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-56480231027585951102008-04-25T07:14:00.000-07:002008-05-11T08:45:20.919-07:00ksh scripting tips1. How do create a script that waits on another process for a specified time and<br />then kills it ?<br /><br />wait_until.sh example contents<br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />#!/bin/ksh<br />IF=eth0<br />tcpdump -vntXi $IF -s0 not tcp and not udp and not arp and not icmp > /tmp/cfg/tcpdump.$IF 2>&1 &<br />sleep 120<br />kill -9 $(jobs -p) # or kill -9 %1<br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />2. How do you wait indefinitely till the script completes ?<br /><br />wait_indefinitely.sh example contents<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />#!/bin/ksh<br />IF=eth0<br />tcpdump -vntXi $IF -s0 not tcp and not udp and not arp and not icmp > /tmp/cfg/tcpdump.$IF 2>&1 &<br />wait<br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />3. How do you make sure that there are only N background jobs ?<br /><br />will update this in a bit ....<br /><br />Ok, the following is not KSH but an expect script that does the following:<br />ssh's to a box and runs tcpdump. If the tcpdump output falls idle for 2 minutes it<br />logs out<br /><pre><br />#!/usr/bin/expect<br /><br />set timeout 1<br />proc myE { value { tm 9}} {<br /> global timeout<br /> set timeout $tm<br /> expect {<br /> "\n" {<br /> send "$value\r"<br /> }<br /> timeout {<br /> puts "timed out\r"<br /> }<br /> }<br />}<br />proc myE2 { value { tm 120}} {<br /> global timeout<br /> set timeout $tm<br /> set ctr 0<br /> send "$value\r"<br /> expect {<br /> "\n" {<br /> incr ctr 1<br /> after 250<br /> exp_continue }<br /> eof { puts "eof\n" }<br /> timeout {<br /> send "\003\r"<br /> send "sleep 10\r"<br /> send "exit\r"<br /> send "exit\r"<br /> }<br /> }<br />}<br />spawn ssh aloha<br />myE "sudo su -"<br />myE2 "tcpdump -Xv -s0 -i any port 53" 5<br />interact<br /></pre>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-85152614192833317422008-04-18T15:19:00.000-07:002008-04-18T15:47:30.778-07:00estimating Testing timeSudhakar Subramanian asked this question on Linkedin: <br /><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/TCH_SFT/212710-17791738?trk=ape_q080417i_9">What are the essential parameters that needs to consider while estimating a testing project / product? </a><br /><br />One of the respondents gave this link to a <a href="http://cadsmith.blogspot.com/">QA blog</a>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-50219653037430656552008-04-17T08:27:00.000-07:002008-04-17T08:29:43.570-07:00Testing Best PracticesA request for Testing Best practices was asked on Linked in by Evelyn Czerny.<br />The question is: <br /><A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/software-development/TCH_SFT/212855-14882993">Software testing optimization... what are current best and next practices in testing?</A>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-2955350039580328932008-04-17T08:15:00.000-07:002008-04-17T08:21:59.136-07:00Testing at Google<A HREF="http://www.computer.org/portal/cms_docs_software/software/homepage/2008/s2cur.pdf">Article on testing at Google</A><br /><br /><A HREF="http://googletesting.blogspot.com">Google's testing blog</A><br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/harry_robinson_testing/">Harry Robinson's (tester at Google) modelling pages</A><br /><A HREF="http://www.model-based-testing.org/">Harry Robinson's proposed new site</A><br /><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/model_based_testing/">Harry Robinson's old site</A>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-47533148236645975102008-04-07T12:59:00.001-07:002008-04-25T07:13:35.794-07:00troubleshooting guide<A HREF="http://qadg.blogspot.com/2008/04/common-qtp-issues.html">Common QTP issues</A><br /><br /><A HREF="http://qadg.blogspot.com/2008/04/troubleshooting-common-db-issues.html">Common DB issues</A><br /><br /><A HREF="http://qadg.blogspot.com/2008/04/common-sshscpsftp-troubleshooting.html">Common SSH and other connection issues</A>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-43624818599871566622008-04-07T12:58:00.001-07:002008-04-07T12:58:51.492-07:00common QTP issuesThis is a stub for common QTP issuesSwamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-68397897277718147202008-04-05T09:12:00.001-07:002008-04-05T09:16:27.850-07:00Commercial Tool ReportsThis is a stub for reports on different Commercial tools.<br /><a href="http://qadg.blogspot.com/2008/04/mgts-tool-report.html">MGTS tool report </a>Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936893084907872816.post-83731551176228015782008-04-05T08:55:00.000-07:002008-04-05T09:11:06.882-07:00MGTS tool reportMGTS -- message generator and traffic simulator by Catapult<br /><br />This is a great tool for protocol testing.<br />I have used it for testing a suite of TCAP (SS7 and SCTP) protocols like -- CS1, IS41 CALEA, CAMEL, etc<br />I haven't used it for SIP but It supports it. For SIP we use SIPp which is opensource and free and pretty decent.<br /><br />MGTS has a State Machine Editor called PASM which allows it to create the sequence of messages to send and receive. This is a graphical editor and pretty handy. You could however also create state machines using it's scripting API or just editing text files.<br /><br />MGTS also has a message editor to create the messages. Also if you are familiar with it's protocol definition files you can text edit the files to create templates and messages. If you are familiar with ASN1 (Abstract Syntax Notation) this would be quite easy and handy.<br /><br />You can parameterize the messages and import them from a parameter DB. This also works for expected result parameters. Thus you have a lot of powerful features which are intuitive and easy to use.<br /><br />When you run a test MGTS shows the message flows in a time line sequence which you can then click on to get more details. This call flow/time line sequence is pretty handy.<br /><br />You can take the functional tests and convert them into a traffic run. You can set the calls per second rate and other parameters and generate a traffic graph/report as opposed to a call flow/timeline sequence diagram.<br /><br />There is also a file manager where you can browse through other users tests and copy them if you want to. So tests are not global and you can protect them from being accidently deletion by others. It would be nice to have a versioning system and a global area though.<br /><br />MGTS state machine editor allows you to export parameters from a received message and import them into a subsequent message you are sending or trigger some action based on them.<br /><br />This is pretty handy.<br /><br />MGTS has a soft shelf and also a hard shelf. It is pretty expensive.<br /><br />Overall I think it is a good investment and a good tool.Swamy Karnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071764985057866228noreply@blogger.com1