John Scarpino - University Instructor and QA Professional
Scarpino@rmu.edu
D.Sc Information Systems and Communications (completing)
MS Internet Information Systems
MBA Masters in Business Administration spec. MIS
BSBA Management of Information Systems
BSBA Finance
Published Materials:
'Preparing for testing applications in the cloud'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ June 2009.
'Planning for cloud computing services: Is quality 'up in the air'?'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ April 2009.
'Creating strong QA and testing strategies in a changing world' - Podcast
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ March 2009.
'Six Software test planning tips for better QA testing ROI'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ March 2009.
'Why the quality assurance department should be involved in testing'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ March 2009.
'When to use manual vs. automated software testing tools'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ February 2009.
'How to develop a software testing tools integration strategy'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ January 2009.
'SOA application testing a combined effort'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ November, 2008.
Journal and presentation - 2008 International Association for Computer Information Systems
'Strong software QA has theoretical, technical aspects'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ August, 2008.
'Strong quality assurance process adds value to SDLC, ITIL'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ June, 2008.
'Software requirements sign-off essential for solid QA'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ April, 2008.
'Quality process first; quality testing second'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ January, 2008.
'How poor management skills jeopardize software quality'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ August, 2007.
'The struggle to create quality software'
Tech Target - SearchSoftwareQuality.com ~ July, 2007.
Undergraduate and Graduate Instructor at Robert Morris University - Pittsburgh, PA.
Classes:
A+
Computer Hardware
Data Communication
Database courses
Global Economic Social Ethical Issue in Computing
HTML
Management of Information Systems
Network Technology & Management
Network+
Object Orient Systems Analysis and Design
Operating Systems
Project Management
Project Mgmt In Communication/Information Systems
Quality Issues - Information Technology Project Management
Special Topics in Information Technology
Course Reference Materials:
INFS7550 Quality Issues Information Technology Project Management
Helpful links:
http://www.qaiworldwide.org/
http://www.softwarecertifications.org/
http://www.asq.org/
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/
http://www.softwareqatest.com/
http://www.theiiba.org/ - International Institute of Business Analysis
COIS7479 Project Management of Information Communication Information Systems &
INFS4810 Project Management
Helpful links:
http://www.pmi.org
http://certification.comptia.org/project/default.aspx
http://www.softwarecertifications.org/ - Certified Software Project Manager
http://www.theiiba.org/ - International Institute of Business Analysis
INFS2211 and INFS6211 Microcomputing Technology (A+)
Helpful links:
http://certification.comptia.org/a/default.aspx - A+ Certification
http://certification.comptia.org/a/prepare.aspx - A+ Prep
www.whatis.com
www.webopedia.com
www.PCtechguide.com
www.Blackbox.com
INFS3231 and INFS6231 Network Technology & Mgt (N+)
Helpful links:
http://certification.comptia.org/network/default.aspx - Network+ Certification
http://certification.comptia.org/network/prepare.aspx - Network+ Prep
www.whatis.com
www.webopedia.com
www.PCtechguide.com
www.Blackbox.com
Note:
All People Seem To Need Data Processing - The 7 layers of the OSI Model
1. Application
2. Presentation
3. Session
4. Transport
5. Network
6. Data Link
7. Physical
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/O/OSI.html - OSI Model Reference
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/OSI_Layers.asp - OSI Model Reference
Internet Paper Format
http://thewritesource.com/mla.htm
Plagiarism
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/links_plagiarism.shtml#detection
OTHER LINKS
Testing Centers:
http://certification.comptia.org/resources/find_providers.aspx - CompTia Training Centers
http://www.newhorizons.com/content/centerSearchResults.aspx?siteid=108- Pittsburgh, PA. location
http://www.riverheadtraining.com/Directions.aspx - Pittsburgh, PA. location
Other CompTia Exams
http://certification.comptia.org/security/default.aspx - Security+
http://certification.comptia.org/linux/default.aspx - Linux+
http://certification.comptia.org/project/default.aspx - Project+
Graphing:
http://www.office.microsoft.com/visio/ - MS Visio
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/modeler/swmodeler/ - Free trial Rational Software Modeler
www.SmartDraw.com - Free trial for graphing solutions
Software:
https://partner.microsoft.com/40009735
http://earth.google.com/
History of Computing:
http://www.thocp.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company.htm
http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix/history_timeline.html
http://www.novell.com/news/press/pressroom/history.html
http://www.panug.org/news/articles/novonics.htm
http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/oldindex.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Apple_Computer
http://www.landsnail.com/apple/links.htm
History of "Programming":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bug - First computer bug
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_Loom - First program
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming - Computer programming
Web:
http://www.internic.net/
http://www.internic.net/origin.html
News:
http://www.hardware-one.com/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
http://www.cnet.com/
http://www.gcn.com/
http://www.techweb.com/
Software Testing:
http://www.softwareqatest.com/
Standards:
http://standards.ieee.org/
http://www.iso.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Maturity_Model
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmm/
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_Unified_Process
http://www.hipaa.org/
http://www.sas70.com/sarbanes.html
http://www.sas70.com/about.htm
Other Links:
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
http://www.slickdeals.net
http://www.tigerdirect.com
http://www.pricewatch.com
http://www.crucial.com
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