Home Magazine Contributing Advertising Editorial calendar Subscriptions Archive News Companies Jobs Resources About us Contact Professional Tester Archive - Issue 16 The following articles from Issues 16 of Professional Tester magazine are available for download. Issue 16 (October 2003) Can we ever finish the paperwork? (88kB) Brian Hambling challenges the role of software documentation standards and asks whether they are really needed Testing needs to get into the real world (268kB) Paul Down says goals-based testing eliminates cost and time burdens common to traditional performance testing methodologies 21st century schizoid plans (224kB) Gordon Alexander believes resistance to documentation and procedural standards is rooted in lack of sufficient training, resources and time to implement them properly Nature or nurture? (76kB) Vizuri's lifestyle quiz reveals why you are a tester Dutch encouragement (76kB) Erik van Veenendaal, Rogier Ammerlaan, Rob Hendriks, Vivian van Gansewinkel, Ron Swinkels and Mark van der Zwan discuss their practical experiences of using testing standards Test planning to derive confidence (64kB) Felix Redmill believes that test effectiveness and test efficiency should be sought separately Dig the SPACEDIRT (288kB) Peter Morgan on IEEE 829: arguably still the most used testing standard Best practices: what testers need to know (92kB) Sources of useful, established methodologies and advice are not limited to standards organisations. Dr Adam Kolawa of Parasoft introduces some you might not have seen The case for a central support group (148kB) The takeover of NatWest by the Royal Bank of Scotland led to perhaps the biggest and best-known testing project of the decade so far. Alan Bowers explains how the process was run smoothly and completed early ENTIRE OCTOBER 2003 ISSUE (1.3MB) All the articles above plus news, features and conference previews Back to Professional Tester Archive. Copyright © 2004-2007 TI Research Group BV. All rights reserved. Legal Information.