Software & Programme Management Blogs
Creating More Resilient Software Projects
Owners of software intensive projects need to recognise the inherent challenges and fluid nature of the endeavours being attempted. A move away from a...
The Benefits of Smarter Testing a Project Manager Today Article
This article was originally published in Project Manager Today magazine The Benefits of Smarter Testing Organisations that treat testing as a nec...
Software & Programme Management Blogs
Sponsor verses project risk
Many organisations, rightly, attempt to assess risk as a way of governing and directing the projects they do. They recognise the importance of this bu...
Skimming the Surface
We have just hit something that occurs time and time again; that is testing the interface without looking at what is going on below the surface. It is...
Requirements Engineering Blogs
Requirements can work at many levels; so decide in advance which levels are required.
Despite the trend in software development that thinks of requirements as old hat many people still do and always will work with requirements. This fac...
Requirements Engineering Blogs
Integration Strikes Again
When I get into the client’s office this morning I have to do a conference call to look at how well the integration of two of their systems (via a thi...
The return of an old friend.
I have just encountered an old friend of mine; one that I see most places I go. My friend is that recurring defect – the different date format b...
Test Management Blogs | Test Reporting Blogs
Well has the test failed or hasn’t it?
When should you classify a test as Failed? This sounds such a simple question and you may think the answer is obvious; however there are some factors ...
Non-Functional Requirements Blogs | Test Management Blogs
Integration; the puzzle at the heart of the project.
Today we had a planning session for a project that involves the connection and interoperation of two systems. In this session it became clear that the...