The Blurry Line between ALM and PLM

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Product lifecycle Management (PLM) have different technology management perspectives—the first focuses on software development methodology system architecture, software validation, coverage matrix and impact analysis whereas the second focuses on taking care of innovation processes by facilitating product definition collaboration. However, there is an intersection between the two systems. By empowering the consistent accessibility of one system's stakeholders to another system's data and processes, the integration between the two systems delivers benefits such as shorter time-to-market, lower manufacturing costs, and higher customer satisfaction.

Why External UI Testing Matters

Software Engineer Brian Driscoll uses an unpleasant client post-mortem to explain the importance of testing UI with external testers. Read more

http://www.brian-driscoll.com/2009/12/why-external-ui-testing-matters.html

Testing the Limits with James Bach

This is an interesting article worth reading for those of you that belongs to the Testing domain.

http://blog.utest.com/testing-the-limits-with-james-bach-part-1/2009/12/

How you build your product vision

What factors need to be considered by architects, product managers and development teams for creating product vision?
What drives the definition of a vision that leads to a successful and competitive product?

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Skills of a Successful Project Manager

In his book, "The Little Black Book of Project Management," Michael Thomsett identifies his version of the skillset of a successful project manager. I'm providing it here to give you yet another take on some of the key characteristi…

Those 8 qualification are excellent but it is not enough to be able to define them but there should be also methods and tools that needs to support most of those qualifications. In most cases the project manager spend a lot of time to collect the information he need in order to make a decision. In that case a decision support system will allow the project manager 1. to be alert ahead of time on project risks 2. to collaborate with all team in all locations via ALM 2.0 tools 3. to communicate with all stakeholders 4. to trace back deliveries to customer requirements 5. to transform customer request into change management system 6. to analysis the impact of a change on the overall project. ALM 2.0 tools were build to all this work and more. Take a look at this FREE tool http://www.orcanos.com/QPack_for_software.htm or any other tool that meets ALM 2.0 qualifications.

Does standards helping pushing testers to the max

Our main concern is whether testers sometimes find themselves adhering to standards not because they believe them to be valuable on their project, but because they fear the consequences of being "non-compliant". Read more in the link.