Here at Microsoft, the majority of our engineering groups are broken down into test development teams and product development teams.  Generally the test teams develop test frameworks and test cases to validate functionality of products.  Developers are usually responsible for unit and method...

XML is a great way to collect and author data in a way that can be consumed by any number of applications.  There are some exceptionally powerful tools that can consume XML formats and enforce levels of data validation, but this is only useful if the implementation make sense.  After working...

Test plans, or test specs, are designed to share with a product team exactly what a tester plans on covering to ensure that their feature is ready to ship to customers.   Problem 1: Who Is the Test Plan For? Thinking about who the test plan is for can greatly influence the results of what comes...