Lightning Talks Presented at Better Software 2005 By Matt Heusser … and the gang

Timothy Lister Atlantic Systems Guild Overwhelm ‘em with estimates

Ryan English SPI Dynamics The Road to Secure Software Nirvana: Web Application Security in Quality Assurance

Web Applications Breach the Perimeter

Examples of Application Security Vulnerabilities Platform Administration Application Web application vulnerabilities occur in multiple areas. Known Vulnerabilities Platform Extension Checking Common File Checks Data Extension Checking Backup Checking Directory Enumeration Path Truncation Hidden Web Paths Forceful Browsing Administration Application Mapping Cookie Manipulation Custom Application Scripting Parameter Manipulation Reverse Directory Transversal Brute Force Application Mapping Cookie Poisoning/Theft Buffer Overflow SQL Injection Cross-site scripting Application

Why should QA be concerned about Application Security? Design 1 X Development Static Analysis 6.5X Testing Integration Testing System/Acceptance Testing 15X Deployment Customers In the Field 100X This is the cost to fix a security defect. What would the cost be if you were actually hacked?

Michael Feathers ObjectMentor Working Clean

Judy Todd & Gale Anshelm Vertex/Canadian Pacific Agile Vs. Plan-Driven Face Off

Melissa W. Frail The MathWorks, Inc. QE Industry Round Table

QE Industry Round Table Why –To learn from other organizations and share best practices What –Discuss a topic of mutual interest (e.g. Performance, Internationalization, RCAs, Metrics) –2-3 short presentations followed by group discussion Who –QE managers from local companies When –Once per quarter, for an afternoon Melissa W. Frail The MathWorks, Inc Better Software 2005

Getting Started Identify Participants –Invite contacts at other companies –Network within your company –Talk to new hires about their previous companies Ground Rules –No NDAs – share what you are comfortable sharing –No recruiting Melissa W. Frail The MathWorks, Inc Better Software 2005

Matthew Heusser Secrets of the Baby Whisperer

LaBarron Lewis EBSCO/MetaPress Two benefits of test management software

Greg Pope University of California LLNL ‘Test’ is a four-letter word

The Word Test “When was the first time you heard the word test?” “Where were you when you first heard the word test”? “How did the word test make you feel”?

Usual Answer “It was my third grade teacher at school, and I felt nervous and afraid.” Less Frequent - “It was my third grade teacher, and I was happy and excited to show how smart I was.”

Openness to Testing “I’m sure there is nothing wrong with the software, so go ahead and test it, better you find defects than our customers.”

More Common “There is no need to test my software because there is nothing wrong with it.” “You are not qualified to test my software because you don’t know as much as I do about it.” “If any Test Engineers come into our office again to test our software we will throw them through the third floor window.”

Bug Free Software? “The software was so good that the developers felt it to be without bugs and not necessary to test. We did, however, perform some Rapid Requirement Proofs and found a number of cases of Irregular Convergence and Biased Believability. These findings were handled by the developers as trivial enhancements, which have now been fully implemented, and we are ready to ship after performing the mandatory Independent Observational Scoring.”

Matthew Heusser Healing Software Development

Payson Hall Catalysis Group Facts about assumptions

Facts & Assumptions Facts are known - How many widgets did we sell last year? Assumptions are placeholders for facts - How many widgets will we sell next year?

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