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How to organize the quality testing of a large website?
I developed a pretty big website. I tested it myself to the best of my ability, but I cannot test all scenarios that my users may run in to.
I found a testing team in India, but they don't seem to ...
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Is the average number of bugs per loc the same for different programming languages?
I have been told that the average number of bugs/defects per line of code is "constant" for different programming languages. 10 KLOC of Ruby would have the same number of bugs as 10 KLOC of c++. The ...
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Assuring Quality and Bug Fix speed in Open Source Python Project
I'm maintaining an open source framework (in Python on *nix platforms if that matters) for the first time in my life. It is pretty much pre-alpha, not much more then a scientific proof of concept, ...
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How can I apply Six Sigma in a software development environment? [closed]
I am a Java developer, but I was asked to learn about applying Six Sigma with the goal of increasing our organization's profits. I have read that Six Sigma can be applied in all environments, but I'm ...
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What is the difference between Static code analysis and code review?
I just wanted to know what the difference is between static code analysis and code review. How are each of these two done? More specifically, what are the tools available today for code review/static ...
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Shared QA responsibilities on an Agile team
For many years our IT development group subscribed to the waterfall software development methodology with segregated pods of programmers specializing in database development, logic layer and ...
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How would you quantify quality? [closed]
What should be the core functions of games which represents an excellent game? What quality goals it should achieve to become successful game?
Any concise formed answer will get me on track.
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requirements for software quality for internally developed / shared software?
In environments where software is built internally by one team and then that software is used by other internal teams, how does one decide what the required quality should be for the produced ...
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Objective Metrics for Software Quality
There are various types of quality that can be measured in software products, e.g. fitness for purpose (e.g. end use), maintainability, efficiency. Some of these are somewhat subjective or domain ...
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How can I update a large legacy codebase to meet specific quality standards?
There is a lot of information about tools and techniques for improving legacy codebases, but I haven't come across any successful real world case studies. Most advice is on the micro level, and while ...
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Branch vs decision coverage question
ISTQB does not distinct between these (it reads "Branch/decision coverage") but some sources do say it is different.
I would have two question. The essential one is about the difference. And the other ...
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What's the difference between fault, error and defect? [duplicate]
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Difference between defect and bug in testing
In computer science technical writing, especially in software engineering, what's the difference between fault, error and ...
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Outsourcing Quality Assurance and Testing [closed]
I was recently approached by a software firm that specializes in Quality Assurance and Testing.
Up until this point, the developers at our (small) company have been responsible for their own QA for ...
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Quality Assurance activities [duplicate]
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Verification of requirements question
Having asked but deleted the question as it was a bit misunderstood. If Quality Control is the actual testing, what are the ...
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Inspection, code review - is it really testing?
ISTQB, Wikipedia or other sources classify verification acitivities (reviews etc.) as a static testing, yet other do not. If we can say that peer reviews and inspections are actually a kind of a ...
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Is Software Testing Really Needed?
I'm a student working on my B.E(CS) and my question is the following:
Is testing in the software field needed?
If we create a software with great care, then why should we test?
After testing can ...
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Are there architecture smells?
There are tons of resources on the web referring to and listing code smells. However, I've never seen information on architectural smells. Is this defined somewhere, and is there a list available? ...
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Are Verification and Validation both Quality Assurance and Quality Control?
Having read a book I found a note that verification and validation can be both quality assurance and quality control. I cannot see how it can be quality assurance because both just provide evidence ...
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Is there a formal definiton of software quality [closed]
I am looking for a formal definition of software quality.
It is my understanding that ISO 25000 is intended to provide or measure the quality of a piece of software, but it doesn't appear ready yet ...
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Testing vs QA - output?
I was trying to find a relevant source of information for the above, but I failed. What is the output of software testing? Some say its "list of bugs", others say "answer whether or not the software ...
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Quality Assurance tools discrepancies
It is a bit ironic, yesterday I answered a question related to this topic that was marked to be good and today I'm the one who asks. These are my thoughts and a question:
Also let's agree on the ...
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How can QA prevent defects?
Also according to Software Testing By Srinisvasan Desikan, Gopalaswamy Ramesh or ISTQB text books. Quality assurance is e.g. reviewing products, inspections, walkthroughs to see if all standards are ...
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How to apply verification and validation on the following example
I have been following verification and validation questions here with my colleagues, yet we are unable to see the slight differences, probably caused by language barrier in technical English.
An ...
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Why is it said that V-model introduces QA?
In several articles and books I learnt that "V-model introduced QA into SW development".
I would like to understand the point of such statement, as from my understanding, V model activities ...
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System testing - making sure the system conforms to specification. Validation? [closed]
After weeks of research I have nearly completed my thesis, yet I am unable to clear up my confusion contained in all previous threads here (and in many books):
During system testing, we check the ...
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Verification as QA - makes sense?
Preparing my thesis, I found another interesting discrepancy. While some books say verification it terms of static analysis of work products is quality control (looking for defects), other say it is ...
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How is quality important to the programmer, the person? [closed]
I didn't ask how the quality of the software is important to the product itself, the customers/users, the manager or the company. I want to know how it is important to the programmer that build it.
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What is the effect of creating unit tests during development on time to develop as well as time spent in maintenance activities?
I'm a consultant and I am going to introduce unit tests to all developers at my client site. My goal is to ensure that all new applications should have unit tests for all classes created.
The client ...
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Functional testing in the verification
Yesterday my question How come verification does not include actual testing? created a lot of controversy, yet did not reveal the answer for related and very important question: does black box ...
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What is the term for a 'decoy' feature or intentional bug? [closed]
I have forgotten a slang programming term. This thing is an intentional bug or a decoy feature used as a distraction. An example usage, "Hey Bob, QA is doing a review today. Put a $THING into the ...
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Verification of requirements question
Doing a lot of reading about V&V, I would need to clarify the following.
A lot of definitions (less formal ones found in books) define verification like that:
Verification: The software should ...
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Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
My friend is a project manager for a software company. The most frustrating thing for him is that his engineers frequently leave their jobs. The company works hard to recruit new engineers, transfer ...
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How come verification does not include actual testing?
Having read a lot about this topic --- such as on this Software Testing Fundamentals site on verification and validation and Software Testing and Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice by Naik and ...
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Is it easier to write robust code in compiled, strictly-typed languages? [closed]
I'd like to read the opinion of experts on whether compiled, strictly-typed languages help programmers write robust code easier, having their backs, checking for type mismatches, and in general, ...
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How do I locate Uncalled Functions?
I am looking at some C/C++ code that appears to have functions that are defined, but never used. This is a pretty tedious process to trace through the code and verify. I've done some surveys and there ...
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Is it better to spend resources on a skilled team or good process practice?
Which one of these is of more importance? Skilled team or good process practice?
When I say skilled, I mean logical, creative members with good coding and testing skills. Good process would be the ...
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How do employers measure “strong or solid knowledge of programming language”? [closed]
Yesterday I had received a great job opportunity.
In requirements section I had seen the words:
solid knowledge of python;
solid knowledge of java;
good technical background;
Could you give me an ...
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Review quality of code
I have been asked to quality review two code bases. I've never done anything like that, and need advice on how to perform it and report it.
Background
There are two providers of code, one in VB and ...
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Difference between software inspection and verification
I was reading about software inspection in Software Engineering by Ian Summerville and I came across the term Software inspection and I started reading about it on Wikipedia. I am unable to understand ...
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Can defect containment metrics be readily applied at an organizational level when there is only a consistant organizational process framework?
Defect containment metrics, such as total defect containment effectiveness (TDCE) and phase containment effectiveness (PCE), can be used to give a good indicator of the quality of the process. TDCE ...
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What is the correlation between the quality of the software development process and the quality of the product? [closed]
I used to believe the practicing "good" software development methods tends to yield a better product in the long run. However, I've seen quite a few cases where "quick-and-dirty" \ "brute-force" \ ...
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Does code generation increase the code quality?
Arguing for code generation, I am looking for some examples of ways in which it increases code quality. To clarify what I mean by code generation, I can talk only about a project of mine:
We use XML ...
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General checklist before releasing software
I'm currently building a tool that my company intends to sell. I'm the sole developer on the project and it is being developed outside our normal code base and to a certain extent outside our normal ...
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Facing quality issues
A workforce management software has complex GUI (for example values in a page depends on the status (closed or open) of other pages). Only latest and near past development has test coverage. During ...
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How do you QA and release software quickly with a large team?
My work used to be a smaller team. We had less than 13 devs for a while. We are now growing rapidly, and are over 20 with plans to be over 30 in a few months.
Our process for QA'ing and releasing ...
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Should there be more scientific study of the effectiveness of various hyped-up ideas in software development?
Everyone seems to implicitly assume that the free market of ideas will eventually converge on the "right" solutions in software development. We don't assume that in medicine - we recognise that ...
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Do you believe it's a good idea for Software Engineers to have to work as Quality Assurance Engineers for some period of time?
I believe it is. Why?
I've encountered many Software Engineers who believe they are somehow superior to QA engineers. I think it may help quench this belief if they do the job of a QA engineer for ...
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How does the use of a rules engine impact the design, implementation, and performance of an application?
I'm interested in the ability of rules engines to:
launch and iterate over business driven logic
have "business users" perform the actual modification of those rules rather than developers
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Why is implementing copy-paste in a touch screen based smartphone such a big deal?
When Apple didn't implement copy-pasting on the iPhone since version 1, I had just assumed it was a UI issue (Eg. they were waiting until they figured out a good UI for it). Now however the idea is ...
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How to measure external quality of software
For my thesis, I am doing research into the characteristics of Behavior Driven Development (BDD). One of the BDD claims is that by specifying the requirements in a ubiquitous language together with ...
