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Dear
Reader ,
It's hard to
believe, but 2011 is almost over. This has been a great year for
RBCS business-wise, and for me personally and professionally. I'd
like to thank all of our clients and co-workers at RBCS, as well as my
colleagues and friends, for helping make this a great year for me and for
RBCS.
In this last
newsletter of 2011, we have a great featured article. RBCS has been
privileged to help Sony implement better testing practices, including risk based
testing. It was a further privilege to work with Nagata Atsushi at Sony to
help him institute risk based testing results reporting, and best yet the two of
us were able to write an article about the topic. You can find that
article below.
I was recently in
China, and thoroughly enjoyed the trip. However, on the way there, I had
some problems with the in-flight entertainment system. No big deal, I
thought, because it allowed me to focus on writing my next book. Well, it
turns out that problems with in-flight entertainment systems are perhaps a bit
more risky than you might think. Check out my blog, mentioned below, for
the details, and comment if you like. Of course, the blog is always a
great way to strike up a conversation with me about any topic. Send an
e-mail to info@rbcs-us.com and let me know what you'd like to
discuss.
Our monthly free
webinar series continues to make great strides, with an average 650%
increase in registrants since the launch of the program two-and-a-half years
ago. If you missed any webinar, all of them are available in our
Digital Library (http://www.rbcs-us.com/software-testing-resources/library/digital-library).
We have a great series of webinars coming up in 2012, and we hope you can join
us for those. Remember, every attendee is registered automatically for a
free e-learning drawing, so log on, get free content, get ready to ask
questions, and--if you're lucky--get ready to win.
Finally speaking
of e-learning specifically and learning in general, we have some news below on
how you can save money on ASTQB exams. We are proud to be an approved
Volume Purchase Provider. More details as you continue reading...
Regards,
Rex
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miss the free October Webinar, "Advanced Software Testing: Integration
Testing"? Check out what you missed!
Webinar
attendees are automatically entered into a drawing to win their choice of
an e-learning course. Visit our training page to see the
complete webinar schedule, or just look on this email, sign up for a webinar,
show up at whichever webinar session is most convenient, and--who knows--you
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you're sure to learn something.
Congratulations
Chris Randall, an attendee of the October Webinar, for
being selected as the winner of an e-learning course!
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Risk Based Test Results Reporting
Analytical risk based
testing offers a number of benefits to test teams and organizations that use
this strategy. One of those benefits is the opportunity to make risk-aware
release decisions. However, this benefit requires risk based test results
reporting, which many organizations have found particularly challenging.
This article describes the basics of risk based testing results reporting, then
shows how Rex Black (of RBCS) and Nagata Atsushi (of Sony) developed and
implemented new and ground-breaking ways to report test results based on
risk.
Testing can be thought of as (one) way to reduce the risks to
system quality prior to release. Quality risks typically include possible
situations like slow system response to use input, incorrect calculations,
corruption of customer data, and difficulty in understanding system
interfaces. All testing strategies, competently executed, will reduce
quality risks. However, analytical risk based testing, a strategy that
allocates testing effort and sequences test execution based on risk, minimizes
the level of residual quality risk for any given amount of testing
effort.
There are various techniques for risk based testing, including
highly formal techniques like Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA).
Most organizations find this technique too difficult to implement, so RBCS
typically recommends and helps clients to implement a technique called
Pragmatic Risk Analysis and Management (PRAM). You can find a case study
of PRAM implementation at another large company, CA, at http://www.rbcs-us.com/images/documents/A-Case-Study-in-Risk-Based-Testing.pdf. While this article describes the implementation of the
technique for projects following a sequential lifecycle, a similar approach has
been implemented by organizations using Agile and iterative lifecycle
models.
To read this complete article,
visit our articles page
today! This
article was originally published in Software Test and Quality
Assurance in their
December 2010 edition.
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Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB) Accredited Approved Volume Purchase
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Advanced Level certification, up to 25% off of pre-qualifications,
through the ASTQB Volume Purchase Program. Contact us today via
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Thank
You
RBCS has a strict policy that "we will not have any
unsatisfied clients." We take pride in our outstanding customer service
and are often complimented in this regard. It takes a team of experts
world-wide to meet the expectations of our clients. Most of the time,
unfortunately, members of our team are our unsung heroes. In this month of
Thanksgiving we would like to take the opportunity to thank our indispensible
office staff, top-notch ISTQB Advanced Level Certified instructors, marketing
experts, web designers and web masters, audio mixers (for e-learning), beta
testers, PMI reviewers, subcontractors and consultants. Thank you for all
that you do. Without your efforts RBCS would not have achieved its current
level of success.
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People
are Talking about RBCS
"I
would also like to thank Rex and the team for all you are doing for the testing
community. The monthly webinars, the website, the resource library... They
have all been a gold mine of information that continues to help me become a
higher quality test professional."
-Chris Randall
Head of Testing Center of Excellence
IT Services Europe
DHL Information Services (Europe)
s.r.o.
Czech Republic
"The
course, instructor, and fellow classmate (not to mention location) were all
wonderful, and I would have to say the single best class I have ever taken, and
at 54 yrs, I have taken a couple.
You "guys" are the absolute
best."
-Tom Adams, CSTE, CTFL
Test
Manager, Technology Transition Team
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How
to Contact RBCS?
As a
reminder, there are several ways to get in touch with RBCS, Inc. for
general inquiries. If we are not available to answer your phone call
or email immediately, we are committed to responding to you within 48 hours but,
usually, we will reply within the day!
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