Coveros CEO Jeff Payne Presents Agile Fundamentals
February 12, 2012
Jeff Payne will be presenting a 2-Day Training Course February 21-22, 2012 on the Fundamentals of Agile Trianing. This course teaches you to pragmatically apply Agile methods to your software development process and organization. Join Jeff at the ITEA Professional Development Center 4400 Fair Lakes Court (Suite 104) Fairfax, VA 22033. Register today!
Coveros CTO Tom Stiehm on Building Secure Software
October 31, 2011
On November 10th Tom Stiehm, Coveros CTO, will be presenting at the Better Software 2011 Conference in Orlando, FL. Tom will present on how 'Building Secure Applications'. Join Tom to explore real-world security controls he’s applied to commonly used application frameworks. Find out how to map security vulnerabilities to the security controls that manage those vulnerabilities and where to place those controls in your framework.
Coveros CEO Jeff Payne on Fundamentals of Agile Certification
October 3, 2011
Coveros CEO Jeff Payne will present at the STARWEST 2011 Conference in Anaheim, CA. Fundamentals of Agile Certification will present a roadmap for how to get started with agile along with practical advice. It will introduce you to agile software development concepts and teach you how to make them work. You will learn what agile is all about, why agile works, and how to effectively plan and develop software using agile principles.
Coveros announces the formation of Coveros Labs
June 23, 2011
Coveros, the market leader in the delivery of secure, reliable software, announced the formation of Coveros Labs (research.coveros.com) – a research laboratory focused on developing innovative technologies to enable secure software applications.
Coveros CEO Jeff Payne on "Balancing Agility and Security"
March 9, 2011
Coveros CEO Jeff Payne is interviewed and dives into the subject of "Balancing Agility and Security" in software.
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Agile Software Testing
Your software is more complex than ever. Coveros can show you how to integrate process and tools into your development cycle to ensure your products are highly reliable, stable and secure.
The last decade has seen incredible growth in the availability of technologies and standards that allow products to reach your customers in new ways. This flexibility, however, is a double edged sword. While it allows for new and creative ways to grow your business, it puts incredible strain on quality assurance teams who are still following traditional, manual-intensive test strategies.
When it comes to software quality, the old adage "pay me now or pay me later" has become an understatement. Studies have long shown that there is a direct correlation between the time it takes to identify an issue, and the cost of remediation. Unfortunately, while modern applications grow more and more complex, organizations hold fast to traditional test approaches such as isolated test teams, delayed inspection and manual reviews. These companies carry more risk, and pay a higher-cost for quality than do competitors who embrace the more agile-based approach to testing.
In a nutshell, Coveros' agile test methodology ensures that the quality assurance of a product runs concurrent with its development cycle. This approach represents a dramatic shift from traditional organizational structure and development approach, but always leads to a higher quality end product. The difference in the Coveros approach includes:
- Delivery of deployable, testable code in short, regular iterations (typically 2-4 weeks)
- Unification of the development and test teams
- Definition of tests as part of requirements definition work
- Incorporation of testing into the development cycle
- Reliance on tools to automate acceptance, regression, integration, performance and security testing
- Daily/hourly automated build/test cycles that identify issues prior to "completion" of development tasks
The result of taking the Coveros agile test approach is an application that meets the needs of the stakeholders, expands the validation of user paths, and mitigates the risk of security breaches.
