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Time Saver: Using QA Wizard Pro’s AddDefect Statement for Cleaner Defect Reports – Explains how the QA Wizard Pro AddDefect statement can be used to add a defect to TestTrack automatically.

Any version control or configuration management software needs a good diff/merge utility. Most programmers use the diff/merge tool daily, so it’s also important for the SCM tool to support a large number of diff/merge tools.

This video shows you how to configure diff/merge settings in Surround SCM, how to use the built-in support for Araxis Merge and Guiffy, and how to use other diff/merge utilities.

Why a deceptively simple solution to one of Waterfall’s deep flaws makes it no match for Agile software development.

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of co-presenting on Agile Software development to a group of computer engineering students at the University of Cincinnati  with our Agile Padawan, Katie Dwyer. Walking through campus was a refreshing experience. Seeing all the young faces reminded me of my college days, and the level of optimism, energy, and hint of youthful rebellion that often pervades the student population of many college campuses. Yes, even in a time of economic uncertainty, the spark is still there!

During our presentation, I talked about some of the weaknesses of the Waterfall model and contrasted those weaknesses with the strengths of Agile software development models. At one point, I talked about how Waterfall development includes a predictive model of requirements gathering—where all requirements are gathered up front, interaction with the customer is limited, and change control processes are formalized to limit changes throughout the project lifecycle. In contrast, Agile methods allow daily communication with the customer and frequent changes with minimal constraints.

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Making sure that your data is backed up is a crucial part of any IT department disaster plan, but often this task is given lower priority. To make it easier, we’ve the documented the steps for you to make sure you know exactly how to back up your TestTrack and Surround SCM databases.

The following knowledgebase articles will show you what you need to back up:

• Backing up TestTrack databases
• Backing up Surround SCM 2009 and later databases

A great administrator feature in TestTrack is the automatic upgrade of clients. This small but useful feature can save administrators loads of time when it comes to doing upgrades.

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We’ve added an exciting new capability to Seapine’s ALM suite this year that allows us to integrate with other ALM solutions you may be using, such as such as IBM Rational Doors, IBM Rational Requisite Pro, Perforce, Subversion, and Microsoft TFS. OpsHub is the leading vendor of ALM integration software, and we’ve been working with them over the last few months to allow for full, two-way integration with TestTrack and other tools like Doors and Jira.
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Alan Bustamante, senior agile consultant for Seapine’s Agile Services group, will be speaking at the Agile Prague Conference, which takes place September 29 and 30. Alan’s talk, Only the Agile Survive: Understanding the Business Case for Agile, takes place at noon on the 29th.

As a result of the current economic climate, many organizations have been forced to reduce head count, salaries, and benefits to shore up their finances. Now, these companies are looking for ways to satisfy their customers within the boundaries of the “new normal,” which is a reduced cost structure and increased pressure to deliver more, faster.

These organizations also need a way to divert funding from one project to another when a higher priority initiative emerges. Agile methods have proven to be an effective way to address these challenges.

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QA Wizard Pro automates the functional and regression testing of web, Windows, and Java applications, and load testing of web applications. The following videos are provided to help new users get started with QA Wizard Pro.

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Building on the Recording Your First QA Wizard Pro Script video, this video takes scripting a step further and shows you how to define and use custom functions, use datasheets, and add a checkpoint to your script.

This short video shows you how to record your first script in QA Wizard Pro and make minor modifications to refine scripts for cleaner playback.