IBM created this Software Quality Survival Guide to help project managers and QA managers improve the functionality, usability, reliability and scalability of their software applications. It includes the whitepaper, "Software Quality - A Strategic Business Advantage", a discussion for manager's on the value of software quality, along with other whitepapers, case studies and informative Webcasts. Specific topics include:
Whitepaper: Software Quality - A Strategic Business Advantage
This white paper describes how complex, heterogeneous, business-critical software systems can be enhanced by testing the software throughout its development lifecycle, and how IBM Rational software quality solutions can play an important role in building high-quality applications.
Webcast: Achieving Predictability and Quality in Business-Critical Software Application Deployments
Learn how automating test execution and team communication can free testers from low-value tasks and allow them to focus on uncovering the complex and often hidden flaws that can derail successful software deployments. You'll also learn how integrating test and validation activities with upstream development and downstream IT operations can provide you the ability to more effectively govern the full life-cycle of software projects.
Case study: Ohio Casualty Relies on IBM Rational Testing Solutions to Improve Quality and Ensure Compliance with Federal and State Regulations
In this case study Ohio Casualty will discuss how the IBM Rational testing solutions enabled them to improve the quality of the software they develop, increased efficiency and productivity, and improved their ability ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
Whitepaper: Advancing Toward Test Automation through Effective Manual Testing
This paper outlines IBM's recommended approach to the test automation challenge, knowing that most testing is first done manually. IBM Rational Manual Tester promptly increases the effectiveness of manual testing. It also encourages testers of all skill levels to build linked content using drag and drop and copy/paste when writing manual test scripts. This linked content in Manual Tester's reuse view allows a test team to focus automation efforts on the most frequently repeated flows first. IBM's approach yields earlier return on investment and accelerates reaching the benefits of keyword-driven testing while providing better test script documentation.
Tester Technology Briefings:
Effective Software Testing-tools and strategies for project success
Time-to-market pressures, building new Service-Oriented Architectures, complying with regulatory requirements, and working with geographically distributed teams are just a few of the challenges that teams face in building high-quality software. To meet these challenges, IBM Rational software quality solutions and best practices can provide you with the right framework and tools needed to use excellence in software testing as a strategic business advantage. In this briefing you will learn to: use best practices and tools; reduce rework costs; leverage distributed or outsourced testing teams; speed testing; integrate development, test, and IT operations; and get the right information to make informed "go-no-go" decisions.
