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ALSO CALLED: QA, Software QA, Software Quality, Quality Assurance, Application Quality, SQA DEFINITION: GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) is a concept common to computer science and mathematics: the quality of output is determined by the quality of the input. So, for example, if a mathematical equation is improperly stated, the answer is unlikely to be correct. Similarly, if incorrect data is input to a program, the output is unlikely to be informative. George Fuechsel, an early IBM programmer and instructor, … Definition continues below.
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Virtualization For Better, Faster, More Cost-Effective Quality Assurance sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how adding Surgient VQMS to HP Quality Center helps you centrally manage and allocate test lab resources from HP Quality Center across multiple and distributed teams according to business policies and quotas, and more. Posted: 12 Nov 2009 \| Published: 12 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Quality Control \| Server Virtualization Software \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Testing

Environmentally Aware Software for smarter products sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Simple changes in software investments and practices can have the dual effect of reduced energy consumption and improved team productivity. IBM Rational Software provides an opportunity to make day-by-day shifts toward this goal. Posted: 05 Oct 2009 \| Published: 05 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Environmental Compliance \| Environmental Standards \| Software \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Selection

Customer perspectives on the benefits of a collaborative process to deliver software quality sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This Hurwitz and Associates whitepaper shares the successes, challenges and future plans of three companies - Sogeti Group, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), and Scotiabank. Posted: 11 Sep 2009 \| Published: 11 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Development \| Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Software \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Infrastructure \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Selection

The Agile Checklist sponsored by VersionOne Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper presents a set of agile meeting and facilitation checklists that offer an easy framework to help guide software development teams through the various agile cycles. Read on to learn about the Agile Development Rhythms and start using the checklists presented herein to help get through the various agile cycles. Posted: 24 Jul 2009 \| Published: 24 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Agile Manufacturing \| Application Development \| Application Performance Management \| Document Management \| Project Management \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Project Management \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

Optimize Your Software Processes with CodePro AnalytiX™ sponsored by Instantiations WHITE PAPER: CodePro AnalytiX provides you with the metrics you need to incorporate self-improvement and optimization into the software process. Thus, CodePro AnalytiX is a full set of tools to support your organization in its quest for sustainable high levels of software quality, security and productivity Posted: 04 May 2009 \| Published: 04 May 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Code Management \| Integrated Development Environments \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Testing

Deploying XML Converters On Microsoft BizTalk Server sponsored by DataDirect Technologies WHITE PAPER: This document describes how to deploy DataDirect XML Converters for .NET on Microsoft BizTalk to help control the input and output ports of BizTalk applications that need to convert data in native formats to XML. Posted: 16 Mar 2009 \| Published: 16 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Business Process Management \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| SOA \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

DataDirect XML Converters Allow Health Care Payers and Providers to Comply with X12 EDI Standards sponsored by DataDirect Technologies WHITE PAPER: In this product review, Benefitfocus IT professionals discuss their experiences with DataDirect XML Converters 4.0. They rate the product using several criteria and detail how the implemented the product into their IT enterprise. Posted: 16 Mar 2009 \| Published: 16 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Business Process Management \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| SOA \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

Taming Data Chaos: Simplify Data Integration with DataDirect Data Integration Suite sponsored by DataDirect Technologies WHITE PAPER: Data transformation and integration are key areas where specialized products can yield impressive time and cost efficiencies and The DataDirect Data Integration Suite is one of the leaders in this space. Read this paper for a detailed analysis of this product. Posted: 16 Mar 2009 \| Published: 16 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Business Process Management \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| SOA \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

Performance Center of Excellence sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: As the application lifecycle evolves, components that drive efficiency and quality become more crucial. Organizations building centers of excellence (CoE) around performance testing find that the CoE centralizes resources and utilizes the full capabilities of today's robust automation products. Read on to learn more about the benefits of CoE. Posted: 27 Feb 2009 \| Published: 27 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Applications Management \| Software \| Software Architectures \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

Reducing Risk through Requirements-driven Quality Management: An End-to-end Approach sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains a structured way to manage requirements and how risk-based requirements and quality management are inseparable from the larger process of managing the planning, test and release of a software system. Posted: 29 Dec 2008 \| Published: 29 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Business Process Automation \| Diagnostic and Test Software \| Functional Requirements \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Project Management \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

Essential Steps for Troubleshooting .NET Application Problems sponsored by AVIcode, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how to troubleshoot common application errors, including crashes and functionality failures, for greater application performance and an optimized end-user experience. Posted: 19 Nov 2008 \| Published: 19 Nov 2008 TOPICS: .NET \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| Debugging \| Productivity \| Software Quality Assurance \| TCO \| Troubleshooting \| Web Applications Management \| Web Development Tools

Application Monitoring: Best Practices for Application Performance sponsored by AVIcode, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how to optimize application availability and reliability through an always on approach to application monitoring that combines reactive and proactive techniques. Posted: 19 Nov 2008 \| Published: 19 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Application Availability \| Application Monitoring \| Application Monitoring Software \| Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| MOM \| Reliability \| Software Quality Assurance

A Guide to Diagnosing .Net Application Errors sponsored by AVIcode, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers a guide for effectively diagnosing .Net application health problems, code failures and performance bottlenecks. Posted: 19 Nov 2008 \| Published: 19 Nov 2008 TOPICS: .NET \| Application Monitoring \| Application Monitoring Software \| Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| Data Protection \| Load Balancing \| Operations Manager \| Security \| Service Level Management \| SLA \| Software Quality Assurance

Five Myths of Agile Development sponsored by VersionOne Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization. Posted: 15 Oct 2008 \| Published: 15 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Productivity \| Project Management \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Engineering Institute \| Software Quality Assurance \| Testing

Agile Development: Sure-Fire Ways to Fail When You Scale sponsored by VersionOne Inc. WHITE PAPER: While there are many "how to" options to extending agile beyond a few teams, this white paper focuses on critical recommendations for organizations moving to full-scale agile development. Avoiding these pitfalls can mean the difference between... Posted: 15 Oct 2008 \| Published: 15 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Project Management \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Quality Assurance

Agile Development: A Manager's Roadmap for Success sponsored by VersionOne Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents the key characteristics of successful agile managers as they introduce and scale agile methods. Learn what agile managers can do to help their teams and organizations adopt agile development practices to deliver real... Posted: 02 Oct 2008 \| Published: 02 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Productivity \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| Quality Control \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Quality Assurance

The Agile Business Analyst sponsored by VersionOne Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the significant impact of agile development techniques on the business analyst community. Gain insight into the skills required by analysts for effective agile development, as well as the steps for a transition to agile... Posted: 02 Oct 2008 \| Published: 02 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Change Management \| Collaboration \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Project Management \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

Test Management Tools and Techniques sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the challenges and rewards of test management and provides practical ways to help you implement an organized and structured testing process. It also discusses the benefits of HP Quality Center software. Posted: 01 Aug 2008 \| Published: 01 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| Diagnostic and Test Software \| Document Management \| Performance Testing \| Project Management \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

Best Practices for Implementing Automated Functional Testing sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: By automating functional testing, you can take major steps forward to improve automated business processes. Your development and QA teams can increase the speed and accuracy, and your IT department can achieve a higher ROI from software projects. Posted: 29 Apr 2008 \| Published: 29 Apr 2008 TOPICS: Functional Testing \| Quality Control \| Quality Control Staff \| Return On Investment \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

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SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE DEFINITION (continued): … GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) is a concept common to computer science and mathematics: the quality of output is determined by the quality of the input. So, for example, if a mathematical equation is improperly stated, the answer is unlikely to be correct. Similarly, if incorrect data is input to a program, the output is unlikely to be informative. George Fuechsel, an early IBM programmer and instructor, is generally given credit for coining the term. Fuechsel is said to have used "garbage in, garbage out" as a concise way of reminding his students that a computer just processes what it is given. The term is now widely used in computer science classes, IT services and elsewhere. In fact, GIGO is sometimes used to refer to situations in the analog world, such as a faulty decision made as a result of incomplete information.A variation on the term, "garbage in, gospel out," refers to a tendency to put unwarranted faith in the accuracy of computer-generated data.
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