Test Management
10 Ways to Increase Beta Test Confidentiality
Most product launch preparations are conducted in complete secrecy, and putting your unreleased product into…
May 10, 2013 · 4 min read
Case Study
How Cisco Leverages the Centercode Platform
Testing B2B products is particularly challenging. You may have a small number of customer sites testing your…
April 24, 2013 · 1 min read
Test Closure
6 Tips for Rewarding Your Testers
Well troops, we’ve made it to the end of our Beta Tips series. This final post is dedicated to showing…
April 22, 2013 · 2 min read
Content Release
New eBook for Product Managers
Beta testing is often dumped on the plate of an already busy product manager during the hectic weeks before a…
April 16, 2013 · 1 min read
Test Closure
4 Tips for Closing Your Test
We’re in the home stretch of our Beta Tips series. At this point you’ve collected all the feedback you need…
April 4, 2013 · 2 min read
Test Management
5 Tips for Incorporating Other Teams
No man is an island. Even if you’re running a beta test on your own, chances are that other departments (such…
March 25, 2013 · 2 min read
Centercode News
Unveiling Our New Purchasing Resources Library
Many of you are familiar with our Beta Resource Library, where we publish detailed content on beta testing…
March 13, 2013 · 1 min read
Content Release
New eBook: Keeping Beta Tests Confidential
Product launches are often shrouded in secrecy, with a focus on making a big splash when the product is…
March 12, 2013 · 1 min read
Test Management
4 Tips for Dealing with Scheduling
In beta testing, your schedule can be a moving target. One little slip can throw your whole beta plan off…
March 7, 2013 · 2 min read
Case Study
Case Study on the Realization of Basketball Dreams
The team at Future Stars Gaming has been working hard on their suite of Facebook games for nearly two years…
March 1, 2013 · 1 min read
Test Management
6 Tips for Handling Feedback
For this installment in our Beta Tips series, we’ll be looking at best practices for handling feedback. The…
February 28, 2013 · 2 min read
Test Management
6 Ways to Keep Your Emails out of the Spam Folder
Being able to communicate with your testers is a big part of any beta test. From recruiting, to selection, to…
February 21, 2013 · 2 min read
Case Study
New Case Study on Mobile Startup Slice
The Slice team was busy putting the final touches on their photo-sharing mobile app and didn’t have the time…
February 15, 2013 · 1 min read
Test Management
11 Tips for Maintaining Participation
We’re continuing our Beta Tips series with a crucial topic: maintaining tester participation during your beta…
February 8, 2013 · 4 min read
Centercode News
Centercode 2013 Managed Beta Refresh
We’ve been providing managed beta tests as a service to companies of all sizes for more than 10 years now…
January 25, 2013 · 7 min read
Test Management
13 Tips for Communicating with Testers
How you communicate with your testers has a huge impact on the success of your beta. If you don’t communicate…
December 6, 2012 · 5 min read
Test Management
9 Tips for Assigning Tester Activities
Once your beta test is rolling, you’ll need to focus on getting your testers interacting with your product…
November 12, 2012 · 4 min read
Test Launch
4 Tips for Kicking Off Your Beta
At this point in the beta process, you’ve planned your beta, recruited applicants, selected testers, and…
November 1, 2012 · 2 min read
Centercode News
Centercode Partners with Idealab
We’re excited to be launching another partnership with a renowned startup incubator. This time, we’re…
October 26, 2012 · 1 min read
Events
Come See Us at ProductCamp!
Centercode will be a sponsor for ProductCamp SoCal 2012. This year’s “unconference” will be taking place on…
October 23, 2012 · 1 min read
Test Launch
Is My Team Ready for Beta Testing?
After making sure your product and testers are ready for beta, the final piece of our beta readiness puzzle…
October 18, 2012 · 1 min read
Test Launch
Are My Testers Ready for Beta Testing?
As a follow-up to our product readiness checklist, we put together a list to help prepare your testers for…
October 12, 2012 · 1 min read
Test Launch
5 Tips for Handling NDAs and Legal Agreements
Our fourth beta tips post looks at how to distribute and manage the legal documents associated with a beta…
October 9, 2012 · 3 min read
Leader Insights
Avoiding Survey Hell
This is a guest post contribution by James McKey, a beta program manager at Symantec and longtime user of the…
October 4, 2012 · 3 min read