Papers & Presentations

Silverpath makes available the following resources aimed at helping software companies to improve their quality processes and development methodologies.

Survey Report - Project Success & Test Outsourcing
2010, Silverpath Spotlight, September Issue

Using Agile Principles to Get an “A” With the Customer Every Time
2010, Silverpath Spotlight, July Issue

Why Estimate If You Are Just Given A Box To Work Within?
2010, Silverpath Spotlight, May Issue

Designing an Effective (Agile) Smoke Test
2010, Silverpath Spotlight, February Issue

Test Automation - Building Your Business Case
2009, www.vanq.org

Successfully Integrating Test Automation and Agile Projects
2009, Annex Consulting Group CIO Breakfast

Involve Testing Throughout the SDLC
2009, Silverpath Spotlight, September Issue

Visibility of Value - Testing Within the Organization
2009, Silverpath Spotlight, May Issue

Metrics - Thinking In N-Dimensions
2009, www.vanq.org

User Acceptance Testing - Finally, Some Validation?
2009, Silverpath Spotlight, February Issue

Communicating Requirements To Testing - You're Going To Be In Pictures!
2008, Silverpath Spotlight, November Issue
2008, www.searchsoftwarequality.com

Capturing Wild Requirements For Testing
2008, www.vanq.org

Optimizing the Defect Lifecycle - Resolution
2008, www.tech.ubc.ca/softeng
2006, www.sisqa.com
2005, www.vanq.org

Estimating Test Effort - From Billiard Balls to Electron Clouds
2008, Silverpath Spotlight, August Issue
2008, www.technologyevaluation.com
2008, www.stickyminds.com

Increasing Test Effort Estimation Effectiveness
2008, www.vanq.org

Why Pay High Prices for Defect Management
2005, Volume 2 Issue 10, Software Test and Performance, www.stpmag.com

Stay On Track in Any Economy: 7 Hot Tips for Better Software Projects
2001, www.stickyminds.com

Newsletter Archives
2001-2005, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Newsletter Archives

Philosophy of Defect Resolutions
Issue #33, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Defect Tracking - Selecting the Right Tool
Issue #31, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Pictures for Test Planning
Issue #29, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Establishing Effective Metrics
Issue #27, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Rapid Test Case Prioritization
Issue #26, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Evaluating UI Without Users
Issue #25, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

New Project? Where are the Templates?
Issue #24, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Bad User Testing
Issue #23, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Error Messages and How To Improve Them
Issue #22, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Potholes on the Road to Automation
Issue #21, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Counting On Requirements
Issue #18, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Estimating For Testing
Issue #17, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Testing Without Requirements
Issue #16, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Toolkit Testing - A Lightweight Alternative
Issue #15, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Performance Testing and the World Wide Web
Issue #14, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Continuous Quality Improvement and Outsourcing
Issue #13, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

COTS Tools vs. Scripting Languages for Test Automation
Issue #12, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Risk-based Testing - Targeting the Risk
Issue #11, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Components of a Test Strategy
Issue #10, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Test Throughout the Development Lifecycle
Issue #9, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Data-Driven Testing
Issue #8, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

Risk Management
Issue #2, Testing Treats e-Newsletter

What is Risk in Software Development?
Issue #1, Testing Treats e-Newsletter