VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 1 • JANUARY 2009
Contents
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COV ER STORY
The Chart That Saved The World (and other assorted fables)
Knowing where a project stands is central to success. The Project Progress Viewer chart might save your world (and your bacon). By Robert Vanderwall
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Better Code is Reusable Code
Not a fan of leftovers? You might be if you were the cook. Here’s a lesson about building reusable code from a company that specializes in reusable code competition. By Sean Campion
Depar t ments
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Going Bananas To Automate Engineering Quality
4 • Contributors
Function testing’s no monkey business, nor is automating the practice. Even more of a jungle is doing it in the healthcare industry. By Rex Black, Daniel Derr and Michael Tyszkiewicz
It’s your chance to tell us where to go.
Get to know this month’s experts and the best practices they preach.
4 • Feedback 5 • Editorial
Between me and Big Brother, we know everything.
28 • ST&Pedia
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Industry lingo that gets you up to speed.
How to Scale Mt. Automation
As with any great and arduous journey, selecting the right tools can mean the difference between life and death of a project. By Lawrence Nuanez
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29 • Best Practices
As is true in so many other areas of life, By Joel Shore size matters in unit testing.
30 • Future Test
How appliances can help eliminate the “what-if” from testing. By Gregory Shortell
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