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How can I better educate testers about context driven testing?

One of the more interesting dichotomies for testing is the contrast between trying to get standardisation across individual testers vs. applying context driven techniques that allow testers to apply ...
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What is an injected defect in Software Engineering?

In software engineering, what is meant by injected defects? And if such type of defect arises during software testing, then how are injected defects handled? Also how can the rate of occurrence of ...
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Is the return on investment of any particular kind of testing measurable?

It is easy to find claims about the benefit of different kinds of testing, particularly when the testing technique requires purchasing a product or spending money on consultants. Has anyone ever ...
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How to do integrated testing?

So I have been reading up on a lot of books surrounding testing. But all the books I've read have the same flaws. They will all tell you the definitions of testing. But I have not found a single book ...
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How to version a RFT project

Version control for test assets is a no brainer, but dropping a Rational Functional Tester directly into VC hasn't been easy. Attempting to use a tool like Subversion with multiple users modifying ...
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Testing Database replication

Is someone aware of any general approaches for testing out database replication. We are using post-gres db which is going to be replicated real-time (synchronously) in a master-slave fashion. The idea ...
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Where can I find some amusing cartoons about software testing? [closed]

I came across this Dilbert cartoon this week that I thought was pretty funny. What other good software testing related cartoons are out there?
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MTBF for a software product

Our end clients are requesting the MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) estimation for our software. I know that MTBF relies on a model not suitable for software, it uses a mechanical model where parts ...
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Is there an easy way to do Compatibility QA testing for web app?

I am working on a project that has a fair amount of daily bug/design changes that are minor but need to be tested in all major browsers / OSs. Does anyone know of a way to make this easier? It really ...
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What is the maximum size that a .msi windows installer file can be?

We are doing some upload testing to the server, specifically taking in .msi package installer files. None of my googling has shown me a definitive answer, but I need to test the max file size that can ...
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Where can I find some insightful cartoons and/or humorous content about software testing? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where can I find some amusing cartoons about software testing? As Leo Rosten eloquently stated, "Humor is the affectionate communication of insight." Here is one such ...
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Automate Q/A Testing for Web App

I am trying to automated Q/A testing for a Web App--Basically, after a code update is run, "check these three parts of the Web App, and email me if an error is encountered." What would be the best ...
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Is My DFD accurate? [closed]

This is my first ever DFD that I made after my fair share of learning but I have no way of verifying whether it is correct or not. Although I have taken utmost care to make sure it is right, I may be ...
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Recommended Generic profiling techniques for quality assurance on HTML integration [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Recommended Generic profiling techniques for quality assurance on HTML integration All of our software projects are web based and many include the production of html ...