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Maximizing Test Case Efficiency
Topic / Category: Testing Trends
Number of views for the Article: 553

It seems we are busier today than ever. With increasing workloads, it is important to maximize the time spent creating test cases. A well thought out testing approach will pay dividends by reducing the time spent creating test cases and by improving the quality of your software releases.
Best Practices for Describing Defects
Topic / Category: Testing Trends
Number of views for the Article: 465

To ensure quick resolution to defects that are found, it is important to provide as much information as possible in your defect reports, allowing developers to quickly resolve the issue. Here are some tips for creating a solid defect report.
6 Tips for Providing Outstanding Customer Support
Topic / Category: Customer Support
Number of views for the Article: 321

Nurtured customer relationships result in increased business, industry recognition, and happier clients. Providing excellent customer support to your clients is not difficult, it simply takes planning and tools. Here are some tips to ensure happier clients.
6 Tips for Quickening Software Releases
Topic / Category: Software Releases
Number of views for the Article: 305

A major ingredient to reducing development life cycle time is to eliminate defects before they happen. By reducing the number of defects that are found during your quality assurance testing cycle, your team can greatly reduce the time it takes to implement your software project. Here are some tips to aid in reducing software defects.
Agile Scrum - An Overview
Topic / Category: Agile Scrum
Number of views for the Article: 433

According to Wikipedia, Agile software development is a conceptual framework for software engineering that promotes development iterations throughout the life-cycle of the project. Simply put, Agile allows your team to identify the most critical features of the software that can be completed within a short time frame (normally 1 to 2 months), and it delivers a complete build with this set of limited features as the first iteration.
Agile Scrum - Team Composition
Topic / Category: Agile Scrum
Number of views for the Article: 311

Managing Scrum development requires a major change in how teams work together. In traditional Waterfall development, teams normally have a project sponsor, a project manager, analysts, designers, programmers, testers, and documentation specialists. Each team member has specific duties which normally do not normally overlap and they have a specific reporting structure (most team members report to the project manager).
With Scrum, you have just 3 team roles and is normally limited to 7 or less individuals (however, you can have multiple Scrum teams in sets of 7 or less):