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QUALITY reader survey 1/10
on Innovations
in Software Quality Management and Testing

Have your say!

SQS has identified 10 top innovations in software quality management and testing. We are inviting you to complete this questionnaire and give us your personal opinion of these trends. In return, SQS Research & Innovation promises to work on developing the top 3 innovations voted by you with a view to offering related services by the end of 2010 at the latest.

 

Cloud testing
Growing numbers of service providers are offering their services via clouds. The purpose of cloud testing is to guarantee enhanced security by checking that all requirements have been met.

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SQS cloud
As part of our software industrialisation, we are considering offering repeat testing activities via a cloud. For instance, an SQS cloud might enable the highly efficient performance of regression testing; for instance, when a customer is ready to launch new releases, it could arrange testing of the release candidates via the cloud.

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Architecture as an approach

In recognition of the importance of architectures, an increasing number of projects and companies are relying on dedicated architects. This also provides an excellent basis for quality management.

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Independent verification & validation

Over recent years, the risks inherent in outsourcing have become apparent. For this reason, independent external service providers are increasingly taking on monitoring and control activities.

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Escrow services

Escrow services are designed to protect client/supplier relationships where the supplier is a provider of finished IT products only. These services cater for the situation when the relationship dissolves – if the supplier goes bankrupt, for instance.

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New data protection law (BDSG)

Germany’s Federal Data Protection Law (BDSG) has already been in force since September 2009. It applies to all companies using service providers to process their data - for software testing purposes for instance.

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Windows 7 migration

The migration of ‘old’ applications to Windows 7 involves more than a simple test to determine whether the software will run on the new operating system. You need a systematic, scalable migration path.

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IT industrialisation

IT industrialisation is the process of defining a specific path for IT change and development. This path includes standardisation, automation, modularisation, reutilisation and continuous improvement.

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Agile quality management

Agility has become a buzzword for increasing companies and more and more projects are using semi-agile methods. Quality management is required here to promote synchronicity between the agile groups both within the individual agile teams and across all projects.

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Model-based testing

Model-based testing (MBT) has not yet gained widespread acceptance in the IT world. And yet, even without all the necessary groundwork in place, there is considerable potential in the use of MBT techniques.

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