Scott Ambler: Agile needs team acceptance and time to work successfully
The other day I had the opportunity to interview Scott W. Ambler, one of the premier thought leaders of the agile methodology and its implementation. In addition, Ambler is IBM’s leader in...
Without “standardization,” is cloud-based application security up in the air?
Fortify software, a security test and assessment service provider, now offers security testing and assessment for cloud-destined applications. Fortify 360 and Fortify...
Real world Agile: When Agile doesn’t work

In the world of software, it's always interesting to me to find out how closely the real world matches the text books. Many of the people I speak with are authors, educators or vendors and their point of view can often be quite idealistic. But does agile really work the way it's described in the...
Can agile be used in regulated compliance-driven organizations?
Robert “BJ” Reff is the director of Quality Control at Liquent, an organization that creates applications for pharmaceutical companies which enables them to track, research and submit information on FDA approved medications.
What’s your favorite open source tool?

Our new open source software special report serves up articles on the latest open source tool trends, problems and successes in application testing, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Windows environments....
The evolution of Agile and continuous integration

Did you know that methodologies like Extreme Programming and Scrum were around before they were labeled as "agile"? At the SQE Agile Conference I attended in Colorado Springs,...
Adam Goucher’s Selenium Eureka moment, IDE plugins and new book

If you test web applications across many platforms and don’t use Selenium, a suite of open source tools, you’re missing the boat, says software test expert and author Adam Goucher. In this post, Selenium expert Chris McMahon shares his recent conversation with Goucher about Selenium's benefits...