By Tracie Berardi, Program Manager, Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) Chris Kohlhepp proposed the Law of Tangental Complexity in an article he wrote on the complexity of large scale systems. He explains: To successful systems we add functionality, inter-dependencies, and layers of abstraction. Pressures exist to continue adding value... Read more →

By David Gelperin, CTO, ClearSpecs Enterprises Bob, the developer, is excited. This is his first assignment with his new employer and he really wants to show them what he can do. They are asking him to develop a “make a hotel reservation” function and he is listening carefully to understand... Read more →

By David Gelperin, CTO, ClearSpecs Enterprises 40-60% of larger projects fail. Fewer smaller projects fail. Therefore, do smaller projects. It’s safer to do projects you have done successfully before, e.g., build another ecommerce website. Therefore, repeat successful projects. If you must do something larger and unfamiliar, identify its hazards and.... Read more →

By David Gelperin, CTO, ClearSpecs Enterprises Seeking sites to refine and use a hybrid Agile process containing two phases. The second phase is “pure” Agile development and focuses on user functions. The first phase (Quality-First) identifies and manages quality goals such as reliability, understandability, or response time, which matter to... Read more →

Author: Tracie Berardi CISQ hosted its latest Seminar at the HYATT Reston Town Center in Reston, VA, USA. The topic for this installment was “Software Quality in Federal Acquisitions”, and included the following speakers: David Herron, David Consulting Group Robert Martin, Project Lead, Common Weakness Enumeration, MITRE Corp. John Keane... Read more →

By Bill Ferrarini, Senior Quality Assurance Analyst at SunGard Public Sector, and CISQ Member Quality is more than just a word, it’s a passion of mine. In 1974 I was fortunate enough to experience Quality Circles. It was definitely that moment, when you realize that you can make a difference... Read more →

By Tracie Berardi, Program Manager, Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) Hello Seminar Attendees and CISQ Members, Last week we met in Austin, Texas for a CISQ Seminar: Measuring and Managing Software Risk, Security, and Technical Debt. Presentations are posted to the CISQ website under “Event & Seminar Presentations.” Login.... Read more →

By Bill Ferrarini, Senior Quality Assurance Analyst at SunGard Public Sector, and CISQ Member Most companies will use these terms interchangeably, but the truth is Quality Assurance is a preventative method while Quality Control is an Identifier. Don’t go shooting the messenger on this one, I know that each and... Read more →

Author: Tracie Berardi, Program Manager, CISQ Last week a hacker known as “w0rm” attacked the Wall St. Journal website. W0rm is a hacker (or group of hackers) known to infiltrate news websites, post screenshots on Twitter as evidence, and solicit the sale of database information and credentials. Information stolen from... Read more →

By Tracie Berardi, Program Manager, Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) In case you didn’t catch this interview with Anders Wallgren, CTO of Electric Cloud, I’m circulating it here. On August 8, 2014 Anders was interviewed by StickyMinds editor, Cameron Philipp-Edmonds about the recent Honda recall and lessons learned (and... Read more →