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Testing Educational Software in India 2014 Education as a discipline has-been receiving a lot of importance globally in the recent years. Specifically in the US, a lot of importance has been given on K-12 education and a lot is being spent on educational research. The current Obama administration is pushing to have businesses pledge $118m for educational research to improve current learning processes and techniques. Recently, in July 2011, Microsoft has pledged $15 M for research on use of gaming technology in education, all of which is very welcoming amidst recent times where there is scrutiny and cut in spending in most disciplines Thanks to growth in technology , education has been creating positive global impacts and is bringing the world together. A lot more people are globally able to pursue higher education (such as masters programs) from reputed universities in the US through distant learning programs; children here in the US are able to take on e tutoring from teachers ...

What is Performance Testing Services? One of the toughest challenges organizations face today involves achieving and maintaining their business's mission-critical applications at peak performance and scalability levels. Without an effective methodology for predicting system behaviour and performance under real life stress conditions, they are exposed to the types of catastrophic application slowdowns and failures that cripple productivity, drive away customers and decimate the company's bottom line. Even when poor performance gets captured in the testing phase, the solution often taken involves throwing additional hardware at the problem, a very expensive and wasteful use of financial resources. As such it becomes imperative that businesses effectively engineer their systems for peak performance. Software Performance Testing experts assure whether a system's performance meets its goals and requirements, now and in the future. In this series of Articles on Perfor...

Change Management Tools It is the motto of any organization to develop and grow with time and accept changes in its ways. In fact while talking about organizational changes it means describing an on-going process directed as well as supported by management to enhance the vision. A successful procedure of organizational development helps a business to achieve desired target through improved productivity as well as better cooperation within a very short period of time. With Change Management Tools managing such changes becomes easy. Moreover, these tools provide series of advantages that tremendously help organization in long run. Effective change management aids in creation of change request either based on an existing requirement or as a new feature. At the same time such tools associates change requests to existing requirements in order to develop new versions of concerned requirement. These tools also allow developers to provide impact analysis information for every change request ...

Manual V. Automated Testing Software testing refers to the process of verifying as well as validating the successful functioning of a particular software application/program/product. It ensures that the ultimate product/application/program caters to the technical as well as the business requirements, which guide the entire design and development procedure at best. This particular process of testing is implemented in a number of software enterprises to assure that the product that is being launched in the market is safe, standard, and effective. Presently, two major approaches of software testing exist in the market that can be zeroed down to manual and automatic. The procedure of manual testing refers to the idea of hiring a professional tester to try or execute the product/program/application in different possible approaches of customer use. On the other hand, the automated procedure is all about acquiring a third party or external tool that is designed to execute a pre-set of sc...

Tips for Building an Effective Software Testing Team Software Testing is one of those often-ignored areas of the development process, which often results in catastrophic failures for many firms. In recent years, some industry players have understood the need to invest in the development of skills required to ensure comprehensive analysis of new and/or modified solutions. This field, which is often included under the QA/QC Services category has been correctly recognized as a firm's last line of defense between launching a bug-free market-ready solution or a solution, which is doomed to fail. However, many organizations still ignore an important aspect of testing - it is not a one-man operation (unless it's a very small company) and in case of a team-based multi-man operation, it is important to develop the right mix of individuals who form the team to ensure success. Unlike many IT industry operations, a typical software testing team comprises of people from diff...

Developing and Documenting a Software The software industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade and the industry is definitely poised to control its growth trajectory even if at a lower rate as a result of the global crisis. In the face of limited resources availability, just developing newer software is not sufficient; software developers need to focus on quality, while companies need to invest significantly in developing their own Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) parameters in line with global standards. Software development companies also need to focus on developing a strategy to test any newly developed software to reduce bugs and coding errors, which often creep into software. Here I will discuss the best practices for documenting such a software development strategy. Scope and Overview This is the starting section of the software documentation and provides information about the scope of the strategy document. This section clearly m...

Software Testing vs. Debugging Software testing is more than just finding errors in software source code. It serves more complex function in software development than just unearthing script errors. Although software test is described as the process of executing a system with the purpose of finding defects it is more involved in ensuring software's reliability and determining if it meets the required outcome. It also greatly deals with software's verification and validation. One primary purpose of software testing is to evaluate the capabilities or attributes of software's capability to satisfactorily meet the standards and customer requirements. But one has to remember that software test is not an absolute measure of quality. Testers' job is to test not to create therefore it is the responsibility of software developer to build a quality software for the testers to perform a quality test on a quality program. The function of a tester is to point out the...

Senior Test Analyst / QA Engineer (ISEB / ISTQB, Agile) About the Job We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer / Test Analyst with experience of designing, developing and executing test plans in an Agile environment for a market leader and expanding software solutions company in Bedford, Bedfordshire. Any experience of Jira, Wiki and/or Zephyr would be ideal but not essential. As the successful Senior Test Analyst / QA Engineer you will be responsible for designing, developing and executing test plans as well as providing team and technical leadership across an Agile environment involving solution design, test planning, functional testing, defect management and process improvements. As a Senior QA Engineer / Test Analyst you are likely to understand client server and web based applications as well as exposure to tools such as Jira, Wiki and/or Zephyr. A fantastic opportunity to have an influence over future direction of testing activity and the approaches taken. Skil...

ISTQB Exam Question Paper, Part 3 1.Software testing activities should start a. as soon as the code is written b. during the design stage c. when the requirements have been formally documented d. as soon as possible in the development life cycle 2.Faults found by users are due to: a. Poor quality software b. Poor software and poor testing c. bad luck d. insufficient time for testing 3.What is the main reason for testing software before releasing it? a. to show that system will work after release b. to decide when the software is of sufficient quality to release c. to find as many bugs as possible before release d. to give information for a risk based decision about release 4. which of the following statements is not true a. performance testing can be done during unit testing as well as during the testing of whole system b. The acceptance test does not necessarily include a regression test c. Verification activities should not involve testers (reviews, in...

How to write a System Test Plan? Imagine for a moment you've just finished a web application for a client. Swimming around within that application is 100 bugs. What proportion of those bugs would you say is acceptable for the client to find (e.g. 50, 30, 10)? The point is, those bugs are going to be found by someone, and its either going to be you or the client. You can think of it as a sliding scale, the more bugs the client finds, the more your creditability suffers and the more damage you do to the business relationship. In the martial arts there's a saying; "expect the best, but prepare for the worst". The US Navy Seals have a slightly more gun-ho version which goes; "The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle." Notice how it says the ‘ less ' you bleed in battle, implying that if you enter into combat, you are going to get bloody. Software development is like this too, if you're going to create software, you are going to ...

What Is a Test Plan? A test plan refers to a document that describes the scope, resource, schedule and approach of the projected testing activities. The test plan identifies the test items, features that need to be tester, the tasks that need to be carried out, the designated person who would perform each of these tasks as well as any risks that may be require contingency planning. In terms of software testing, test plans provide detailed information about the forthcoming testing efforts. These include: The scope of testing Test Schedule Test Deliverables Contingencies and Risks Release Criteria Test plan can also be considered to be the detailed document describing how the process of testing would proceed , who would perform the testing, what are the things that would be tested, how much time it would require to complete the testing process and the quality level to which the testing would be performed. Due to its importance, it is a frequently asked testing interview...

What is Automated Software Testing Tools? Software testing is one of the most important phases of software development process. Though hundreds of software applications are released every year by different companies, many of them fail to reach people as they are loaded with bugs and other errors. Since most of the companies are using software to automate their business process, quality is extremely important and any error in the software can be disastrous to the company. Hence, software testing is very important to maintain quality. Usually any piece of software is first tested for its effectiveness. Testers check if the application does its task. For example, an application meant for a retail store will be tested if does all calculations correctly. If it doesn't, that can lead to loss to the company. There are many types of software testing to ensure all aspects of product quality are ensured and that theapplication is fit for mass adoption. All software applications that we ...

Top 6 Software Testing Methods WhiteBox testing: This kind of testing checks the developed structure and the continuous flow of the software. Each code and is checked in the testing helping generate strong and efficient software.       BlackBox testing: This testing main intention is to specifically check the Software functionality, this processing ignores the software programming structure. Performance testing: This testing does the part of checking the load time and usability in terms of performance of the software. Unit testing:  this kind of testing is performed by programmers who keep themselves updated with the latest technology. They check the internal codes and the design structure of the specific software. Automated Testing: This kind of testing is performed by QA testers. Latest tools and techniques are implemented under controlled condition. QA Services strategies plans for individual deleted bug software and define a ...

Can ISTQB help your career? Now, more than ever, as everything on the planet has picked up pace, there has never been more emphasis on the importance of certification training. No matter what the industry, whether it be construction, corporate marketing, or software testing, the benefits of certification training are clear. In fact, it is nearly a requirement for anyone who is interested in taking their software testing career to the next level. The International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) is one source that has clearly established itself as the global gold standard for software testing accreditation. As such, the purpose of this article is to provide an overview of ISTQB, as well as how an ISTQB certification can help your career. WHAT IS ISTQB? The constant evolution of technology presents the challenge of keeping up to date with the latest advancements. To help, the ISTQB was formed to help software testers adapt to these changes. The ISTQB sets guideline...

What is ISTQB? ISTQB stands for "International Software Testing Qualifications Board". It is Belgium based International body legally established in the year 2002. Software testing professionals from all over the world joined hands in formulating standardized contents for further education in the field of Software Testing. It is a multiple-choice exam & is an education program offered in 38 countries. The ISTQB has come out with an International Qualification Scheme called "ISTQB Certified Tester". Presently there are two levels of exams leading to the specific levels of certification. Foundation Level Certification offers evidence that the certified person has a broad understanding of the key concepts & fundamental best practices of software testing. 1) Foundation Level Certification: Name of this certification is "Certified Tester Foundation Level" (CTFL). This is the only one foundation level exam. This is an entry level certificatio...

What Is Embedded Software Testing? Testing is one of the most important aspects of any industry. It is very critical that the software developed has to be examined to make sure it works as per the specifications and requirements. It is aimed that the software need to give the preferred benefits in accordance to the organization specifications and should be free from bugs. There are various varieties of testing including system testing, Unit testing and integration testing. It has been noticed that if the application is not ready to give the desired output, it is mostly due to the purpose that there are some unexpected bugs in the application produced. These bugs are noted to the growth team and they repair them and attempt to get the outcome which is as per the requirements and project necessities. One of the most effective methods of software testing is Automation testing. It has been observed that unit and integration testing if completed manually can be very expensive and t...

Outsourcing in Software Development Software Development is the essential need of any industry today, and the information technology industry is completely reliant on it. But there is a difference between vital and main, that is to say, while creation of web applications may be very important for any company's smooth functioning, it might not be its specialty or primary output. In such cases, having a separate division solely for this purpose is not feasible, and in-house creation may not always be up to the mark. Thus came into existence the practice of outsourcing , where this activity was handed over to firms which specialized exclusively in such services. This turned out to have many advantages. Development- Why outsourcing is a good idea: A company which is solely reliant on producing applications as its bread and better will have an infrastructure and set up most appropriate for this. It will hire some of the best and most experienced professionals in the field who ...

What is ISEB-ISTQB Certification? ISTQB stands for "International Software Testing Qualifications Board". It is Belgium based International body legally established in the year 2002. Software testing professionals from all over the world joined hands in formulating standardized contents for further education in the field of Software Testing. It is a multiple-choice exam and is an education program offered in 38 countries. The ISTQB has come out with an International Qualification Scheme called "ISTQB Certified Tester". Presently there are two levels of exams leading to the specific levels of certification. Foundation Level Certification offers evidence that the certified person has a broad understanding of the key concepts & fundamental best practices of software testing. ) Foundation Level Certification: Name of this certification is "Certified Tester Foundation Level" (CTFL). This is the only one foundation level exam. This is an entry...

Introduction and Importance Software development companies dedicate a substantial amount of resources and manpower for the development of applications according to requirements specified by enterprises or individuals. However, subsequent to development of such applications/software, companies are required to ensure that such software/applications perform in accordance with the client's requirements. To ensure that any and all bugs in the software are identified prior to the deployment, various testing procedures are implemented by the IT industry. The importance of this is directly related to the ability of software to measure up to its potential. If the new software is unable to perform the task it was designed for, the client might face severe losses due to stoppage of work and also adversely affect the business of the software development company. The scope of these procedures is to facilitate identification of a problem in the software, fixing of such problems is not within in...

The Importance Of Software Development In India In recent decades, India has emerged as the world leader in software development. There are some compelling reasons why companies outsource to India. Foremost is the availability of an instrument of great talent in the English-speaking workforce. The colonial government two centuries of life in India left an education system that is brutally beaten in the direction of English. The result is that India has a large number of English speaking graduates, which are easy to talk to foreign customers The workflow software development to India helped the Indian outsourcing providers to acquire the expertise to deliver innovative solutions. Trader's experience that can provide tailored solutions for customers. Companies outsourcing to India have shown that providers of software solutions in India, available to the best combination of performance, reliability and cost to deliver. Rigorous mathematical and scientific drilling that Aborig...