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  • Reducing Verification Lead Time by 50% by Lowering Defect Slippage and Applying AI/ML Techniques

    Can we increase our flexibility? Can we increase our test coverage? Can we increase our efficiency? And is it possible to reduce our verification lead-time by 50%? One company challenged itself with these questions. This article explores two important “‘pillars”’ of their testing strategy: shifting left and using state-of-the-art techniques to support verification activities.

  • Validation of Autonomous Systems

    This article introduces validation and certification as well as the general approval of autonomous systems and their components, such as those used in automation technology and robotics. It gives an overview of methods for verification and validation of autonomous systems, sketches current tools and show the evolution towards AI-based techniques for influence analysis of continuous changes.

  • Using vfsStream to Test File Uploads with Laravel

    Testing of uploading files can be tricky, but with the right tools and the knowledge of a few tricks, the process can be more efficient and a lot less difficult. This article goes over creating an endpoint to upload a CSV file of users and testing that users in the CSV are displayed in the JSON response, as well as adding validation to ensure CSV files are the types of files being dealt with.

  • Q&A with the Authors on "Requirements: The Masterclass LiveLessons-Traditional, Agile, Outsourcing"

    Suzanne and James Robertson, authors of numerous publications in the requirements field, launched a video course called "Requirements: The Masterclass LiveLessons-Traditional, Agile, Outsourcing". InfoQ interviewed them on these video lessons to get further insights into some of the topics addressed.

  • Three Steps to Success in Delivering Your Offshore Project

    When you think about outsourcing one or more project elements, what are you most concerned about? Missed deadlines? Low quality delivery? Inaccurate or incomplete scope? Increased risk? Everyone worries that the physical separation is going to lead to problems. Working together during project planning and recognizing that you both share the same concerns increases the chances of success.

  • Verification and Validation for Trustworthy Software Systems

    In this IEEE article, authors discuss a continuous verification and validation of complex and safety-critical software systems using techniques like statechart assertions, runtime execution monitoring, and scenario-based testing.

  • Unit-Testing XML

    There are many occasions where software creates XML output: XML documents are used for data interchange between different applications, web application create (X)HTML output or respond to AJAX requests with XML, and this has to be tested as much as anything else. In this article, Stefan Bodewig explains how to perform those tests with the XMLUnit framework he has co-authored.

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