QAZone is an online community dedicated to fostering communication and collaboration among QA and IT professionals. In just six months, we’ve grown to more than 800 registered members worldwide, and we’ve had more than 120,000 unique visitors and more than 1,000 messages posted in our Forums. We have also launched a new QAZone logo; congratulations to Kendra Mertz who won our logo contest.

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What is happening in QAZone this month?
Our QAZone Resource Center now includes more than 150 articles, interviews, and QA-centric documents that focus on topics such as exploratory testing, Agile, QA templates and tips, and more. You’ll also find a new VBScript Language Reference document submitted by Juan Pablo Zepeda, which is one of the most frequently accessed new resources on the site.

Quarterly QAZone webinars allow you to interact with other members as they share tips and experiences. If you missed the first two webinars — Automation and Testing Web Services or eLoad Advanced Users — you can take advantage of the recorded versions.

Visit our “Your Announcements” section to read or share information about job openings, upcoming QA association meetings, article recommendations, and more.

If you’re new to QAZone, visit our “New to QAZone” area for a quick overview and demo. Don’t forget to allocate your QAZone points to other members when they provide helpful answers, so they can take advantage of our QAZone Levels & Rewards program.

QAZone Tips
Using eLoad? To learn how to deploy eLoad in your environment more effectively, see the guidelines and best practices information on QAZone.

Jump-start your professional career! Ankur Jain has four great presentations on QAZone to help give your career a boost.

A QAZone article, How to Keep and Motivate Your QA Team Without Increasing Your Budget, has been published on StickyMinds.com. This article exposes the top five QA myths, shares reason why the myths are wrong, and then gives some specific follow-up action items to boost morale and keep your QA team motivated.

Please note that to read any articles on QAZone, you will need to log in with your QAZone user account. If you don’t have an account, you can register for one on-line now.