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Agile

A Story about User Stories and Test-Driven Development by Gertrud Bjørnvig, James O. Coplien, and Neil Harrison

Challenges in Agile Translation by Rex Black

Why Most Unit Testing is Waste by James O Coplien

Seque by James O Coplien

Mission Made Possible by Rex Black and Greg Kubaczkowski

Agile Software Development by Gerry Coleman, edited by Rex Black

Project Retrospective by Rex Black

Rex Black on Software Testing Best Practices by Rex Black

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Behaviour-Driven Development by by Rex Black, Marie Walsh, Gerry Coleman, Bertrand Cornanguer, Istvan Forgacs, Kari Kakkonen, and Jan Sabak

Rex Black about Selenium Tester Foundation by SQ Magazine interview with Rex Black

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ASTQB Certification

Project Retrospective by Rex Black

Risk-based Mobile Testing by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

Mobile Testing Environments by Rex Black

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Automation

A Simplified Automation Solution Using WATIJ by Steven Troy, Jamie Mitchell and Rex Black

Quality Goes Bananas by Rex Black, Daniel Derr and Michael Tyszkiewicz

How to Pick Testing Tools by Rex Black

Integrated Test Automation of IVR-Telephony Applications and Client-Server Call Center by Torsten Baumann; Rex Black; Serban Teodorescu; Gordon Page

Investing in Testing: Manual or Automated? by Rex Black

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Behaviour-Driven Development by by Rex Black, Marie Walsh, Gerry Coleman, Bertrand Cornanguer, Istvan Forgacs, Kari Kakkonen, and Jan Sabak

Engineering Quality for Bananas by Rex Black, Daniel Derr, Michael Tyszkiewicz

Rex Black about Selenium Tester Foundation by SQ Magazine interview with Rex Black

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Best Practices

Critical Testing Processes: An Open Source, Business Driven Framework for Improving the Testing Process by Rex Black

Critical Testing Processes by Rex Black

Introduction to Critical Testing Processes by Rex Black

Introduction to Managing the Testing Process, 2nd ed. by Rex Black

Release Management Processes by Rex Black

Test Execution Processes by Rex Black

Investing in Testing: Maximum ROI Through Pervasive Testing by Rex Black

Project Retrospective by Rex Black

Rex Black on Software Testing Best Practices by Rex Black

Seven Steps to Reducing Software Security Risks by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Behaviour-Driven Development by by Rex Black, Marie Walsh, Gerry Coleman, Bertrand Cornanguer, Istvan Forgacs, Kari Kakkonen, and Jan Sabak

Engineering Quality for Bananas by Rex Black, Daniel Derr, Michael Tyszkiewicz

Mobile Testing Environments by Rex Black

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Certification

The ISTQB Advanced Syllabus: Guiding the Way to Better Software Testing by Rex Black

Are You Using Your ISTQB Certification? by Judy McKay

ISTQB Certification: Why you need it and how to get it by Rex Black

Agile Software Development by Gerry Coleman, edited by Rex Black

Risk-based Mobile Testing by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

What’s New in the ISTQB CTFL 2018 Syllabus? by Rex Black, interview with iSQI Agustina Gay

Rex Black about Selenium Tester Foundation by SQ Magazine interview with Rex Black

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Coverage

Measuring Confidence along the Dimensions of Test Coverage by Rex Black

Integrated Test Automation of IVR-Telephony Applications and Client-Server Call Center by Torsten Baumann; Rex Black; Serban Teodorescu; Gordon Page

Rex Black on Software Testing Best Practices by Rex Black

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Behaviour-Driven Development by by Rex Black, Marie Walsh, Gerry Coleman, Bertrand Cornanguer, Istvan Forgacs, Kari Kakkonen, and Jan Sabak

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Defect Metrics

The Defect Life Cycle and the Software Development Life Cycle by Rex Black

Bug Reporting Process by Rex Black

Measuring Defect Potentials and Defect Removal Efficiency by Capers Jones

Charting the Progress of System Development Using Defect Data (paper) by Rex Black

Effective Test Status Reporting by Rex Black

Fine Art of Writing a Good Bug Report (paper) by Rex Black

Rex Black on Software Testing Best Practices by Rex Black

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Effectiveness

The Defect Life Cycle and the Software Development Life Cycle by Rex Black

Equivalence Partitioning

Quality Risk Analysis: Which Quality Risks Should We Worry About? by Rex Black

Project Retrospective by Rex Black

Rex Black on Software Testing Best Practices by Rex Black

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Behaviour-Driven Development by by Rex Black, Marie Walsh, Gerry Coleman, Bertrand Cornanguer, Istvan Forgacs, Kari Kakkonen, and Jan Sabak

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Efficiency

The Defect Life Cycle and the Software Development Life Cycle by Rex Black

Equivalence Partitioning

Quality Risk Analysis: Which Quality Risks Should We Worry About? by Rex Black

Four Ideas for Improving Software Test Efficiency

How Outsourcing Affects Testing by Rex Black

Quality Goes Bananas by Rex Black, Daniel Derr and Michael Tyszkiewicz

Project Retrospective by Rex Black

Rex Black on Software Testing Best Practices by Rex Black

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Behaviour-Driven Development by by Rex Black, Marie Walsh, Gerry Coleman, Bertrand Cornanguer, Istvan Forgacs, Kari Kakkonen, and Jan Sabak

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Environment

Investing in Testing: High Fidelity Test Systems by Rex Black

Managing Complex Test Environments (paper) by Rex Black

Rex Black on Software Testing Best Practices by Rex Black

Seven Steps to Reducing Software Security Risks by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Mobile Testing Environments by Rex Black

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Equivalence Partitioning

Equivalence Partitioning

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Estimation

Getting Realistic, Actionable Project Schedules by Rex Black

Test Estimation (article) by Rex Black

Test Estimation (supplement) by Rex Black

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Expert

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

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ISTQB Certification

The ISTQB Advanced Syllabus: Guiding the Way to Better Software Testing by Rex Black

Are You Using Your ISTQB Certification? by Judy McKay

ISTQB Certification: Why you need it and how to get it by Rex Black

Functional Testing by Rex Black

Agile Software Development by Gerry Coleman, edited by Rex Black

Project Retrospective by Rex Black

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Behaviour-Driven Development by by Rex Black, Marie Walsh, Gerry Coleman, Bertrand Cornanguer, Istvan Forgacs, Kari Kakkonen, and Jan Sabak

What’s New in the ISTQB CTFL 2018 Syllabus? by Rex Black, interview with iSQI Agustina Gay

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Management

Component Outsourcing, Quality Risks, and Testing: Factors and Strategies for Project Managers by Rex Black

Empirix's QAZone with Rex Black by Marina Gil Santamaria

The Right Stuff: Four Small Steps for Testers, one Giant leap for Risk Mitigation by Rex Black and Barton Layne

Four Ideas for Improving Software Test Efficiency

A Case Study in Successful Risk-Based Testing at CA by Rex Black, Peter Nash and Ken Young

Critical Testing Processes: An Open Source, Business Driven Framework for Improving the Testing Process by Rex Black

Advanced Risk Based Test Results Reporting: Putting Residual Quality Risk Measurement in Motion by Rex Black

Advanced Risk Based Test Results Reporting: Putting Residual Quality Risk Measurement in Motion by Rex Black and Nagata Atsushi

Organizing Manual Testing on a Budget by Capers Jones, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer - Namcook Analytics LLC

Challenges of Testing with Production Data by Rex Black

Defining Test Mission, Policy, and Metrics of Success by Rex Black and Debbie Friedenberg

Interview with Rex Black in the August 2013 issue of “Tester’s Life” Magazine

Test Management: Creating and Building Relationships by Rex Black

Fitting Testing within an Organization by Rex Black

Bug Reporting Process by Rex Black

Critical Testing Processes by Rex Black

Introduction to Critical Testing Processes by Rex Black

Introduction to Managing the Testing Process, 2nd ed. by Rex Black

Investing in Testing (audio file)

Measuring Defect Potentials and Defect Removal Efficiency by Capers Jones

Mission Made Possible by Rex Black and Greg Kubaczkowski

Test Execution Processes by Rex Black

Testing ROI: What IT Managers Should Know by Rex Black

The Right Stuff: Four Small Steps for Testers, one Giant leap for Risk Mitigation by Rex Black & Barton Layne

Effective Test Status Reporting by Rex Black

Investing in Testing: High Fidelity Test Systems by Rex Black

Investing in Testing: Manual or Automated? by Rex Black

Investing in Testing: Maximum ROI Through Pervasive Testing by Rex Black

Managing Complex Test Environments (paper) by Rex Black

Quality and the Internet Appliance (paper) by Rex Black

Shoestring Manual Testing by Rex Black

Verifying Third-party Quality by Rex Black

Project Retrospective by Rex Black

Rex Black on Software Testing Best Practices by Rex Black

Seven Steps to Reducing Software Security Risks by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Behaviour-Driven Development by by Rex Black, Marie Walsh, Gerry Coleman, Bertrand Cornanguer, Istvan Forgacs, Kari Kakkonen, and Jan Sabak

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Metrics

Metrics for Software Testing: Managing with Facts, Part 1: The How and Why of Metrics by Rex Black

Advanced Risk Based Test Results Reporting: Putting Residual Quality Risk Measurement in Motion by Rex Black

Metrics for Software Testing: Managing with Facts: Part 2: Process Metrics by Rex Black

Metrics for Software Testing: Managing with Facts: Part 3: Project Metrics by Rex Black

Advanced Risk Based Test Results Reporting: Putting Residual Quality Risk Measurement in Motion by Rex Black and Nagata Atsushi

Metrics for Software Testing: Managing with Facts Part 4: Product Metrics by Rex Black

Investing in Testing (audio file)

Measuring Defect Potentials and Defect Removal Efficiency by Capers Jones

Testing ROI: What IT Managers Should Know by Rex Black

Effective Test Status Reporting by Rex Black

Investing in Testing: The Cost of Software Quality by Rex Black

Project Retrospective by Rex Black

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Mobile

Risk-based Mobile Testing by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

Mobile Testing Environments by Rex Black

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Outsourcing

The IT Professional on the Outsourced Project by Rex Black

Intelligent Use of Testing Service Providers by Rex Black

How Outsourcing Affects Testing by Rex Black

Managing Vendor Quality Risk by Rex Black

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Performance

The Right Stuff: Four Small Steps for Testers, one Giant leap for Risk Mitigation by Rex Black and Barton Layne

The Right Stuff: Four Small Steps for Testers, one Giant leap for Risk Mitigation by Rex Black & Barton Layne

Integrated Test Automation of IVR-Telephony Applications and Client-Server Call Center by Torsten Baumann; Rex Black; Serban Teodorescu; Gordon Page

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

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Quality

How to Build Quality Applications by Rex Black

Quality Software by Rex Black

Investing in Testing: The Cost of Software Quality by Rex Black

Quality and the Internet Appliance (paper) by Rex Black

Rex Black on Software Testing Best Practices by Rex Black

Engineering Quality for Bananas by Rex Black, Daniel Derr, Michael Tyszkiewicz

What’s New in the ISTQB CTFL 2018 Syllabus? by Rex Black, interview with iSQI Agustina Gay

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Quality Risk Analysis

Component Outsourcing, Quality Risks, and Testing: Factors and Strategies for Project Managers by Rex Black

Quality Risk Analysis: Which Quality Risks Should We Worry About? by Rex Black

A Case Study in Successful Risk-Based Testing at CA by Rex Black, Peter Nash and Ken Young

Risk Based Testing: What It Is and How You Can Benefit by Rex Black

Matching Test Techniques to the Extent of Testing by Rex Black

Quality Software by Rex Black

Risk Perception by Erik Simmon

Engineering Quality for Bananas by Rex Black, Daniel Derr, Michael Tyszkiewicz

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Requirements Coverage

Measuring Confidence along the Dimensions of Test Coverage by Rex Black

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Reviews

The Use of Checklists in Design and Code Reviews by Rex Black and Jamie Mitchell

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Risk Based

Component Outsourcing, Quality Risks, and Testing: Factors and Strategies for Project Managers by Rex Black

Quality Risk Analysis: Which Quality Risks Should We Worry About? by Rex Black

A Case Study in Successful Risk-Based Testing at CA by Rex Black, Peter Nash and Ken Young

Risk Based Testing: What It Is and How You Can Benefit by Rex Black

Advanced Risk Based Test Results Reporting: Putting Residual Quality Risk Measurement in Motion by Rex Black

Advanced Risk Based Test Results Reporting: Putting Residual Quality Risk Measurement in Motion by Rex Black and Nagata Atsushi

Matching Test Techniques to the Extent of Testing by Rex Black

Managing Vendor Quality Risk by Rex Black

Quality Risk Analysis by Rex Black

Risk Perception by Erik Simmon

Seven Steps to Reducing Software Security Risks by Rex Black

The Right Stuff: Four Small Steps for Testers, one Giant leap for Risk Mitigation by Rex Black & Barton Layne

Investing in Testing: The Risks to System Quality by Rex Black

Seven Steps to Reducing Software Security Risks by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

Risk-based Mobile Testing by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Engineering Quality for Bananas by Rex Black, Daniel Derr, Michael Tyszkiewicz

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Security

Seven Steps to Reducing Software Security Risks by Rex Black

Seven Steps to Reducing Software Security Risks by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

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Skills

Why You Should Consider Software Testing by Rex Black

Are You Using Your ISTQB Certification? by Judy McKay

ISTQB Certification: Why you need it and how to get it by Rex Black

Two Weeks to Better Testing in 2008 by Rex Black

Being a Good Tester by Rex Black

Agile Software Development by Gerry Coleman, edited by Rex Black

Project Retrospective by Rex Black

Seven Steps to Reducing Software Security Risks by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

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Strategies

I Take It (Almost) All Back by Rex Black

Freightliner Test Level Matrix by Bill Lind

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

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Templates

What’s New in the ISTQB CTFL 2018 Syllabus? by Rex Black, interview with iSQI Agustina Gay

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Test Data

A Few Thoughts on Test Data by Rex Black

Challenges of Testing with Production Data by Rex Black

Verifying Third-party Quality by Rex Black

Rex Black on Software Testing Best Practices by Rex Black

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Test Design

Equivalence Partitioning

Advanced Software Test Design Techniques, Decision Tables and Cause-Effect Graphs by Rex Black

Advanced Software Test Design Techniques, State Diagrams, State Tables and Switch Coverage by Rex Black

Advanced Software Test Design Techniques: Use Cases by Rex Black

Using Domain Analysis for Testing by Rex Black

Structural Testing Techniques by Jamie Mitchell and Rex Black

Investing in Testing: The Importance of the Right Technique by Rex Black

Functional Testing by Rex Black

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Behaviour-Driven Development by by Rex Black, Marie Walsh, Gerry Coleman, Bertrand Cornanguer, Istvan Forgacs, Kari Kakkonen, and Jan Sabak

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Testing

Verifying Third-party Quality by Rex Black

Project Retrospective by Rex Black

Risk-based Mobile Testing by Rex Black, President, RBCS, Inc.

Creating Relevant, Achievable Test Strategies by Rex Black

Mobile Testing Environments by Rex Black

What’s New in the ISTQB CTFL 2018 Syllabus? by Rex Black, interview with iSQI Agustina Gay

Rex Black about Selenium Tester Foundation by SQ Magazine interview with Rex Black

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