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Continuous Testing Webcast
Author and industry analyst Ian Hayes and Compuware’s Mike Koza will provide an overview of the CIT concept and quantify how CIT can benefit both development and testing organizations. Ian Hayes also is writing a white paper along the same topic, which will be made available immediately following the QA webcast.
CIT for .NET
Tuesday, January 23
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Data Warehouse (DW) QA Assessment
What is needed as a minimum?
Each data warehouse load job should be developed and tested incrementally throughout its development life cycle:
Testing that the correct data is being extracted from the source
Testing the transformation logic
Performing source to target validation
Testing the error-handling logic
Testing the data throughput rates
The incremental testing is followed by integration testing – in which [...]
Unit Testing
Objective
Unit test is the test of individual units.
The objective of the unit test is to ensure that each individual component works correctly in isolation according to any applicable requirements, as defined in the design documents.
The following processes must be satisfied before Unit Testing can be executed efficiently.
Developer has to check that following criteria are satisfied:
Outstanding [...]
Performance Testing - A Working Definition
The objective of performance test is to validate the back-end architecture, hardware and applications scalability:
Infrastructure Team
Determine the performance, stability and scalability of an application under various load conditions.
Determine which configuration sizing provides the best performance level.
Determine if the current architecture can support the application at peak user levels.
Prove application is stable enough to go into [...]
System Test - A Working Definition
System test aims to test the system as a whole, only those aspects related to the whole system will be tested. The main objective of the system test is to verify that the users’ business requirements are met and to ensure the validity of the following aspects in the application’s design:
Overall system functionality, end-to-end business [...]
Full StoryPerformance Test Approach
QA Consultants recognizes the critical need for solid performance testing processes for development and deployment of mission critical applications. Application availability / reliability, user experience, and business performance depend on applications operating effectively within a predicted service activity model. QA Consultants has successfully implemented a performance test program on numerous client engagements and has developed [...]
Full StoryBenefits of Investing in Quality
Benefits of Investing in Quality
Deploy business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications with confidence
Maintain tight project deadlines by avoiding rework
Accurately model performance behavior, plan for scalability and identify potential bottlenecks
Maintain company prestige and reputation among [...]
A Performance Testing Glossary
Various terms are used to describe the different aspects of performance testing. Teams that are creating new applications, or modifying existing applications, should be aware of the following:
End-to-end Test - Before performance testing can take place, it’s important to exercise all component and [...]
Full StoryHidden Problems That Performance Testing Can Uncover
It is common for developers to rush eBusiness applications to production and forgo performance and scalability testing. Things may run fine at first, but an increase in traffic may cause unexpected problems.
Some real-world problems that we’ve seen at our clients include:
Web/application server performance problems due to underestimating processor [...]
Full StoryPerformance Testing of eBusiness Applications
The world will wait…
Studies have shown that the average web user will wait, but only for about eight seconds before becoming frustrated. Most will move along after 30 seconds to a competitors web-site and probably won’t return to the site where they experienced slow response times. In the hyper-competitive web environment, your competition is [...]
