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Online Software Quality Assurance resource centers
 

International Software Testing Institute
    Aimed to promote qualifications and raise the standard of software testing around the world; contains SIG groups, articles, etc.
 

QA Forums.com
    Online center for software testing and quality assurance resources.
Within the same network:
QA Jobs.net, QA Training.net, QA News.com, QA Links.com
 

Software QA and Testing Resource Center
    FAQ’s, tools and resources.
 

SQAtester.com
    Online Software testing & Resource center
 

QACity
    Site containing many resources such as test types descriptions, test techniques…
 

Software Testing FAQs
    A very complete information resource center for Software Testers (maintained by Danny Faught)
 

Software testing Online Resources / MTSU (STORM)
    Contains a “Who is Who” section, conference announcements, monographs and opinions…
 

Software Testing Institute
    Alphabetical list of publications related to software testing.
 

Testing Foundations
    Writings, tools, weblog, etc. by Brian Marick.
 

Testing Standards Party
    A volunteer group devoted to the development of new software testing standards, sponsored by the BCS SIGIST.
 

Testing Solutions Groug (TSG)
    Provides specialist education, skills transfer and consulting services in the area of software testing.
 

Tejas Software Consulting
    Danny R. Faught Software Consulting Website, with lots of articles and papers
 

Open Source Testing
    Over a hundred of open source testing tools listed (functional, link checkers, performance, security, bug databases…)
 

Tigris.org
    Testing section of this Open Source Software Engineering organization, contains open source tools.
 

Software Testing Stuff
    Includes a section announcing upcoming conferences and events.
 

Software Quality Engineering
    Offers a lot of courses
 

Software QA and Testing Resource Center
    Information basically organized as a huge FAQ.
 

Yahoo newsgroup · Calidad del Software, Ingeniería & Gestión (Spanish)
    Spanish language Newsgroup to discuss SQA related issues with 280 members
 

Yahoo newsgroup · Software Quality Assurance - Talking totally QA
    English language Newsgroup to discuss SQA related issues with 174 members
 

Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing
    The SIGIST is the largest specialist interest group in the British Computer Science with 2000 members
 

Useit.com
    Jakob Nielsen's website on web usability
     

Quality Organizations
 

Software Division of the American Society for Quality
    Offers a newsletter, Certified Software Quality Engineer exam providers.
 

European Organisation for Quality
    Organization that contributes to the development of new concepts and techniques and to the enhancement of existing skills and competencies. It contributes also to the development of the network of Quality Organizations.
 

Asociación Española para la Calidad
    Spanish private and non profit organization to promote quality among Spanish companies.
 

Society for Software Quality
    Non-profit organization with the purpose to further the art, science, and technology of computer software quality assurance and control.
 

Quality Assurance Institute
    The Quality Assurance Institute is dedicated to partnering with the enterprise-wide Information Quality profession.
 

Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group
    Organization which charter states: “To provide educational and certification opportunities in a non-commercial atmosphere within an organization of software quality professionals”.
 

Software Diagnostics & Conformance Testing Division
    The mission of the Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing Division is to develop software testing tools and methods that improve quality, conformance to standards and correctness.
 

Philosophe.com
    An approach to web site quality.
     

Software and Computer science
 

Software Engineering Institute
    By Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
 

European Software Process Improvement
    Contains services such as forums, training and also hosts the European Systems and Software Engineering Process Group Conference (SEPG)
 

British Computer Society
    The British Computer Society (BCS) is the only Chartered Engineering Institution for Information Technology (IT). With members in over 100 countries around the world, the BCS is the leading professional and learned Society in the field of computers and information systems.
 

Asociación de Técnicos de Informática (Spanish)
    Its mission is to promote and enhance the activity of Information Technology professionals.
     

Published Software Quality Assurance papers and articles
 

Accessibility Testing Software Compared
    By Steve Faulkner
 

Test Methodology
    Several interesting papers
 

Articles & News from StickyMinds
    Hundreds of articles related to SQA
 

Return On Investment Analysis papers
    By David F. Rico (software process and quality improvement specialist)
 

Requirements and Testing: Two Sides of the Same Coin
    By Ian Alexander
 

IT papers
    Free membership necessary to retrieve all the white papers and case studies this web site contains.
 

Software Quality Methods
    A fair amount of papers and presentations regarding Software Quality Assurance
 

Cem Kaner Home Page
    Cem Kaner is Professor of Software Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology and Director of Florida Tech's Center for Software Testing Education & Research. His web site contains publications, articles and slides by him. Coauthor of “Lessons Learned in Software Testing”.
 

Bret Pettichord Home Page
    Bret Pettichord consults on software testing and test automation. Over the last 15 years, he has developed a software testing philosophy that is context-driven, focusing on uncovering important risks. He specializes in GUI test automation, scripting languages and test methodology. His web site contains writings and training courses information. Coauthor of “Lessons Learned in Software Testing”
 

Software Testing Hotlist
    Several interesting papers on test automation, by Bret Pettichord.
 

Automated Testing Papers
    Dozens of SQA papers (with emphasis on Automated Testing).
     

Conferences and events
 

International Conference on Software Testing
 

Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference
 

IX Jornadas sobre Innovación y Calidad del Software (Spanish)
 

expo:QA - Jornadas Profesionales de Ingenieria, Calidad y Testing de Software
     

Other useful links
 

Global Alliance Localization Group
 

Localization Industry Standards Association
     

Software Quality Assurance Magazines
 

Better Software Magazine
     

 

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