QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

For three years I was a SearchSoftwareQuality.com hosted Expert. During that time I answered numerous questions on software testing.

• When to start testing application performance in an Agile development environment

• Product manager seeks tool to monitor performance characteristics on internal, global applications

• How do I create a test case based on requirements documents for user acceptance testing?

• Application performance testing across company networks

• Resolving issues in baseline, load and stress testing

• How to test usability for a positive user experience

• Data warehouse/BI performance testing tool recommendations

• Fixing Web application performance troubleshooting problems

• Expert advises on implementation of Selenium IDE for effective software testing

• Why do performance testers write new scripts so often?

• When should regression testing occur when doing exploratory testing?

• Achieving peak performance in non-functional testing/ integration test phase?

• Expert directs users to helpful hints on performance testing

• Are there developer liabilities in using Perl/Unix development environment

• Test case preparation for a Web-based application

• How to get a software testing job in a recession

• Free Web-based GUI test automation tools

• Who is responsible for integration testing, developer or tester?

• What type of designs are needed to write integration test cases?

• Best load and stress testing tools

• Tools for performance testing a thick client using ODBC protocol

• Advice for beginner software tester learning Quick Test Professional

• Giving advice to software development team as a black-box tester

• How to develop a checklist for unit, integration and system testing

• Integration testing: Is it black box or white box testing?

• Test strategy document vs. an acceptance test plan

• The future of software testing

• An approach to integration testing

• Software testing methodologies should match context

• Choosing code coverage tools

• Performance testing and experimental design

• How to test software with dynamic requirements

• Test metrics and use case coverage during testing

• How to learn white box testing

• How to determine test coverage

• How testers can practice bug advocacy with developers

• Soak testing and performance testing terms

• When to begin testing in the SDLC

• Test cases from requirements specifications and use cases

• Software testing in a virtual environment

• How to specialize in performance testing

• Regression testing is more than retesting

• Testing custom applications in a manufacturing context

• Automated testing tools for a payment gateway

• How to approach JUnit for unit testing

• Expanding software testing skills

• How to conduct regression tests

• How to design test cases from use cases

• How to test Web services

• Automated testing tools and Ajax

• Comprehensive software testing and complext algorithms

• Learn how to use software management tools

• Resources for beginners

• Performance testing in context

• Software bugs, errors and defects: What’s the difference?

• Qualities to look for in a software performance tester

• Cultivating the software tester/programmer relationship

• Is exploratory testing only for senior testers?