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Designs, specifications, Architecture, Analysis patterns etc. are being widely used for this. </font></P> <P align=left><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 'Questioning Patterns' (Q-Patterns in short) are sets of patterns in questionnaire form that facilitate gathering and application of application or domain knowledge across wide variety of domains. These patterns are applicable at various phases of SDLC like specifications, design, testing etc. </font></P> <P align=left><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> These patterns are different from GOF (Gang of Four) design patterns and have been captured in a slightly different format. </font></P> <P align=left><A href="http://www.whatistesting.com/qpatterns/qpatternintro.htm"><FONT color=blue size=1><STRONG><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Q Patterns - An Introduction</font></STRONG></FONT></A><FONT size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">: An introduction to Q-Patterns and FAQ.</FONT></P> <P align=left><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A href="http://www.whatistesting.com/qpatterns/q-patterns.pdf"><FONT color=blue size=1><STRONG>Q-Patterns - A Tutorial</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT size=1>: A tutorial on Q-Patterns updated in Feb. 2004.</FONT></font></P> <P align=left><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A href="http://www.whatistesting.com/qpatterns/qpatternspaper.zip"><FONT color=blue size=1><STRONG>Download Q-Patterns paper</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT size=1> :&nbsp;The original paper on Q-Patterns written originally in 2000 for a QAI testing conference.</FONT></font></P> <P align=left><FONT size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG><A href="http://www.whatistesting.com/qpatterns/qprepository.htm" >Q-Patterns repository</A></STRONG>: A repository of Q-Patterns and the template for writing Q-Patterns.</FONT><BR><BR></P></TD> <TD vAlign=top width=234 bgColor=#ffffff><div style="padding-top:20px;"> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.testingexperience.com" target="_blank"><img src="images/testingexperience-logo.jpg" width="203" height="91" border="0"></a></div> </div></TD> </TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE height=28 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#006699> <DIV align=center><FONT face=Verdana><B><FONT color=#ffffff size=2>www.WhatIsTesting.com - A Tester's Paradise.© 2002 All rights reserved </FONT></B></FONT></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top bgColor=#006699 height=2> <DIV align=center> <P><b><font color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="mailto:webmaster@whatistesting.com"><font color="#ffffff">webmaster@whatistesting.com</font></a><font color="#ffffff"><br> </font></font></b><font color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><font color="#ffffff">Best Viewed in 800X600 Resolution</font></b></font></b></font></P> </DIV></TD> </TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>