Enhance Test Efficiency with JIRA & BUGZILLA & Test Automation Tools

By Michael Sasaki

Defect tracking is an essential part of the testing process. During the testing process, the entire life of a bug or major error factors need to be tracked to make sure they do not manifest in other ways that may slowdown or halt the working of software products. A common defect tracking system that is used by many testing organizations is JIRA. The JIRA test platform integrates well with most of the development tools and also provides detailed analysis and reports on source code, build, reviews etc.

JIRA is a unique test platform that provides flexible permission levels to different test resources. JIRA platform also specializes in test team management and test resource management (test cases, metrics, defects etc) by providing test tracking features like personal dashboards and reporting features like test case tracking and quantitative analysis. JIRA can also be integrated with other efficient test management tools which can help to reduce overall operating costs of the test teams.

Bugzilla is another favorite bug tracking systems widely used by many organizations around the world. Bugzilla is actually test software that is primarily used to track software bugs and source code changes. It also provides new features for quality assurance and communication within the team.

Bugzilla is supported by the Mozilla foundation, and is constantly upgraded to aid test organizations and test teams to reduce their downtime, enhance their productivity levels and above all, increase customer satisfaction ratings. When Bugzilla is integrated with robust test automation tools, it can provide for effective systems administration and deployment management.

Since software test management a highly critical project activity, organizations need to choose efficient and robust test automation tools that can improve the overall test team productivity.

The efficiency of any test team lies in defect recognition and tracking. For this, the teams require systems that can link or integrate with the various defect tracking systems used in other project modules.

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Should the Uninsured Defer Coverage for the Obama Health Plan?

By Holly Bentz

Deferring today's health issues provokes tomorrow's chronic medical conditions With Obama's health plan in the works, it will be years before the uninsured can expect a government backed policy to take effect. Cancer is a prevalent chronic medical condition, affecting over a million Americans and accounting for more than 500,000 deaths each year. Almost 8 percent of the American population is afflicted with diabetes. Annually, heart attacks account for 300,000 deaths each year. [Source: National Institute of Health] The aforementioned diseases represent the leading causes of death. Obtaining a diagnosis before it is too late to manage these life-threatening ailments significantly influences morality.

As in the case of Bea Levinson (59), she had gone without health insurance for five years. By the time she was diagnosed with lung cancer, it was in its final stage, rendering no hope for treatment. Ms. Levinson's case reflects the risk of waiting for a finalized Obama Health Plan to pass. Out of the leading causes of death, the National Institute of Health says that finding these complications early could extend life with the proper medical care, long before the complication evolves into the critical stages.

Those, who are afflicted with a chronic illness, may end up covering their own medical expenditures. Being uninsured, many Americans tend to forgo health insurance coverage and ultimately treatment. Inevitably, deferring Michigan health insurance until the final details of the Obama health plan is refined is like imposing self-inflicted euthanasia.

Nevertheless, waiting for the final draft of the Obama Health Plan is tantamount to giving one a death sentence. The misconception that Michigan health insurance is an optional requirement is the reason many fall prey to financial devastation. Regardless of one's current situation (unemployed, college student or a preexisting medical condition), a wealth of affordable Michigan health insurance policies can be can be customized to meet a consumer's unique financial and medical situation. Use the following strategies for shopping for an economical Michigan Health Insurance plan:

- Select an insurance policy that meets all health, employment and financial contingencies. Steer clear of Michigan Health insurance plans protecting against a single type of illness. Consider policies that clearly identify what is covered.

- Protect your health. As it could be another five years before the Obama health plan is finalized, do not defer coverage until the program is refined.

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Business Intelligence More Important Than Ever - According To The Latest CIO Study

By Herbert Schoenek

A new global study of more than 2,500 Chief Information Officers (CIOs), released by IBM on September 10, 2009, reveals that leveraging analytics to gain a competitive advantage and improve business decision-making is now the top priority for CIOs.

Does it come as a surprise that the vast majority (83%) see business intelligence and analytics as their top priority for the next 12 months? Not really if you consider how important timely and accurate information is in this type of economy to not only gain a competitive advantage, but sometimes simply to survive as a business.

This result is really informative, as the survey is the largest face-to-face survey ever conducted with CIOs around the world. With new (smaller) BI players in the market, prices for excellent business intelligence tools came down substantially and are now affordable for any company, small or large, even if you have to work within a tight budget. It is not a matter whether you can afford a business intelligence and analytics system, it is simply essential for the success of your company to either buy or build one, or improve what you already have.

The study it titled The New Voice of the CIO and reveals that CIOs are playing now an increasingly strategic role and are acting as visionary leaders and drivers of innovation and overall company success. CIOs are currently re-defining their role.

CIOs are investing in business analytics capabilities to help them improve decision-making at all levels, said Pat Toole, CIO of IBM. In addition, in this challenging economy, CIOs understand that analytics can be key to new growth markets,whether it's new ways to manage a utility grid or smarter health care systems.

71% of the attending CIOs of the survey plan to make additional investments in areas like risk management and corporate compliance. However, their top priority for the next 12 months is data analytics.

CIOs are increasingly recognized as full members of the senior executive team. They are more actively engaged in helping to set strategies and solving business problems, not only IT related problems.

So, using IT to produce greater business value is vital, bundled with an ongoing focus on lower cost and higher efficiency. This is why an improved business intelligence solution combined with a great analytics tool with excellent visualization is so important.

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Herbert Schoenek has been a top manager in the Business Intelligence industry for 28 years. He was involved in several hundreds of BI implementations in 12 different countries. His newest Business Intelligence offering is called BDA and this is exactly the right solution for the current economy as it is inexpensive, fast to implement and extremely easy to use. Register for a Product-Demo today.