Bank Stress Tests to be Annual?

The Fed is looking for US banks to undergo annual stress tests. Failing, would allow the Fed to veto dividend payments, according to the FT

Financial Software Testing Update

European Finance ministers have ruled out permantly banning naked CDS shorting. Leaves a window though for temporary bans. The European Parliament however is pushing for an out right ban.

HP Registration

Finally managed to register with HP. No idea why it was not accepted first time.

There was one irritant though. On the registration form I selected UK as country. The form was not clever enough to remove the "State" field.

HP Registration

Finally managed to register with HP. No idea why it was not accepted first time.

There was one irritant though. On the registration form I selected UK as country. The form was not clever enough to remove the "State" field.

QTP Annoyance

Irritating annoyance of the week courtesy of HP. Yesterday I tried to download QTP as an evaluation copy. However that was before the failure of HP to handle my registration.

As usual when registering you have to give your life story. Duly did that and saved. The site happily accepted my user name/email.

Of course when trying to sign-in, the name/email was not recognized. To all intents and purposes I am non-existent.

Sure, there might be a logical explanation. That does not excuse a woeful user experience.

QTP/Quality Center Progress

Further progress in installing QTP/Quality Center from HP.

Yesterday I downloaded and installed VMWare's Fusion product. This is needed to run Windows programmes on the Mac. I used Windows Vista as I have two unused instances.

The whole process was very smooth, with not too much issue with keys etc. The installation was particularly seamless with installing Windows at the same time as creating a snapshot. The whole process took less than 5 keystrokes. Fusion even handled whether I wanted an installation of Windows isolated from the Mac or one in which files could flow between the two.

My impression is of an application that functionally it does what it says on the tin and no more. Non-functionally, the process showed a lot of effort has gone in to making the user experience as smooth as possible.

VMWare

Just installed VMWare's Fusion product. Without such a product, I can not load QTP or Quality Center on to my Mac. The next stage is to load Windows into the VMWare. The tools can then be downloaded from HP's site.

Learning QTP and Quality Center

Rashly I have decided to increase my knowledge of QTP and Quality Center. The increasing use of the tool predicates that I have to, otherwise I will be an outcast. A bit like not learning to drive.

Obstacles to overcome:

• It will have to sit on a Mac (which QTP/Quality Center does not support)
• Limited knowledge of the tool.
• Only 10 days for the trial version

Of course, as an experienced test manager, I know what I want. It is just in the past, someone else has done the nuts and bolts for me.

Testing vs Quality Assurance

Is QA the same as Testing?
A source of endless debate in between executing test cases. What are they; when; and by whom?

What is Testing?
Testing is activity undertaken to confirm "something" conforms to one or more requirements. Said requirements can be non-functional or functional.

What is Quality Assurance?
QA is the process from which a person can be sure of the rigour with which testing and development activities were undertaken.

Do they need separate roles?
In my humble opinion No.

Prior to the start of testing the Test Manager should be able to clearly show how the testing will be

• planned
• prepared
• executed
• reported
• completed

Otherwise known as a strategy. Once implemented at a day-to-day level any user should be able to see the progress so far. This view should be based on a scorecard which is clear and transparent.

Of course in the case of life- or safety-critical systems there may be a need for external QA. For instance nuclear power or jet plane navigation systems.

Test of editing on my iPhone

That worked

Nebtek

SALT LAKE CITY, April 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Nebtek, Inc. (www.nebtek.com) announced the integration of the Element Technica Handset (www.elementtechnica.com) with Qtake HD 3D.

Recent testing proved that horizontal image translation (also called digital convergence) in Qtake HD 3D was possible via the Technica 3D Hand Controller (THC). Using Element Technica's proprietary protocols for their handsets, engineers from the two companies were able to set horizontal image translation in Qtake HD which will retain that data and play back the convergence information in real time. The data can be exported to post production or embedded in the file on RED cameras.

The data can be exported via microSD or serial data, or in the embedded files from RED cameras.

Title on Twitter?

Test of what appears on Twitter

That worked


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Testing

That worked