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1. #Automation testing for y2k defect process software
2. #Automation testing for y2k defect process code

According to the report, in the early 1980's one nation surreptitiously allowed a hostile nation's espionage service to steal a version of sophisticated industrial software that had intentionally-added flaws. * In early 2004, news reports revealed the intentional use of a software bug as a counter-espionage tool. The error was found and corrected after examining millions of lines of code. The bug was reportedly in one utility company's vendor-supplied power monitoring and management system, which was unable to correctly handle and report on an unusual confluence of initially localized events. The failure involved loss of electrical power to 50 million customers, forced shutdown of 100 power plants, and economic losses estimated at $6 billion. * According to news reports in April of 2004, a software bug was determined to be a major contributor to the 2003 Northeast blackout, the worst power system failure in North American history. The bug resulted in performance problems for many of the sites simultaneously and required disabling of the software until the bug was fixed. * A bug in site management software utilized by companies with a significant percentage of worldwide web traffic was reported in May of 2004. Articles about the incident stated that it took two weeks to fix all the resulting errors, that additional problems resulted when the incident drew a large number of e-mail phishing attacks against the bank's customers, and that the total cost of the incident could exceed $100 million.

#Automation testing for y2k defect process code

* Millions of bank accounts were impacted by errors due to installation of inadequately tested software code in the transaction processing system of a major North American bank, according to mid-2004 news reports. Reportedly the original contract allowed for only 6 weeks of acceptance testing and the system was never tested for its ability to handle a rate increase. * In July 2004 newspapers reported that a new government welfare management system in Canada costing several hundred million dollars was unable to handle a simple benefits rate increase after being put into live operation. Studies were under way to determine which, if any, portions of the project could be salvaged. Software testing was one of the five major problem areas according to a report of the commission reviewing the project. * Media reports in January of 2005 detailed severe problems with a $170 million high-profile U.S. What are some recent major computer system failures caused by software bugs? It will depend on what best fits an organization's size and business structure.ģ. Also common are project teams that include a mix of testers and developers who work closely together, with overall QA processes monitored by project managers. Sometimes they're the combined responsibility of one group or individual. Organizations vary considerably in how they assign responsibility for QA and testing. Testing should intentionally attempt to make things go wrong to determine if things happen when they shouldn't or things don't happen when they should. The controlled conditions should include both normal and abnormal conditions. Testing involves operation of a system or application under controlled conditions and evaluating the results (eg, 'if the user is in interface A of the application while using hardware B, and does C, then D should happen'). (See the Books section for a list of useful books on Software Quality Assurance.) Software QA involves the entire software development Process - monitoring and improving the process, making sure that any agreed-upon standards and procedures are followed, and ensuring that problems are found and dealt with. WinRunner LoadRunner Test Director Silk Test Test Partner