1. Automation Tools
   1. UI Automation
      1. Wikipedia "List of GUI Testing Tools"
      2. HP QTP (Quick Test Pro)
      3. Coded UI (MS Visual Studio)
      4. Telerik Test Studio
   2. Website testing
      1. Wikipedia "List of web testing tools"
      2. Selenium
         1. Watir, WatiN
         2. Selenium WebDriver
         3. STIQ (dev stopped ~2009)
         4. ...
      3. Browser Developer tools
         1. IE F12
         2. Chrome Developer view
      4. Cucumber
      5. Ajax dynaTrace - Compuware
      6. Plug-ins
         1. FireBug
         2. Bite (for Chrome)
      7. ...
   3. Web Service Automation
      1. SoapUI
      2. Web Test projects (compiled in MS Visual Studio)
      3. STORM
      4. Fiddler scripts
      5. ...
   4. API Testing
      1. ...
   5. Test Execution ("Framework")
      1. MSTest.exe
      2. QTP (HP Quick Test Pro)
      3. xUnit (nUnit, JUnit, etc.)
      4. FitNess (FIT, SLIM)
      5. Cucumber
      6. TestNG
      7. Telerik Test Framework
      8. TeamCity
   6. DB Automation
      1. .SQL Test Scripts
      2. ...
   7. Build/Deployment Automation
      1. Hudson/Jenkins
      2. IBM UrbanCode
         1. uDeploy
         2. AntHill Pro
         3. uRelease
      3. Team Foundation Server (MS TFS)
      4. Electric Commander
      5. Team City
      6. PsExec (SysInternals tool)
   8. Unit Testing
      1. xUnit
         1. nUnit
         2. jUnit
      2. JMeter
      3. MS Test Projects (MSTest.exe)
      4. ...
   9. Test Scripts
      1. PowerShell
         1. PowerGUI
         2. PowerShell ISE (Integrated Shell Environment)
         3. ...
      2. Perl
      3. Python
      4. Ruby / Ruby on Rails
      5. MS-DOS batch script (.bat, .cmd)
      6. ...
   10. Test Code
       1. Notepad++
       2. VS Test Project
       3. ...
2. Text Tools
   1. Text Editors
      1. Notepad++
      2. gVim (Graphical Vim)
      3. UltraEdit
      4. TextPad
      5. ...
   2. Spreadsheets
      1. Excel (MS)
   3. Difference comparison (diffing)
      1. Full text editors
         1. Notepad++ with Diff plug-in installed
         2. ...
      2. WinDiff (part of MS Visual Studio)
      3. WinMerge
      4. KDiff3 (3-way diffing)
      5. RedGate SQL Compare
      6. ...
   4. Data generators
      1. Custom coded/scripted
   5. Search / Analysis
      1. grep
      2. sed
      3. regex
         1. Regexbuddy.info
         2. ...
      4. findstr (MS-DOS)
      5. Log analyzers
         1. LogParser
            1. LogParser Lizard (GUI front-end)
         2. Log-watch
         3. ...
3. Image Tools
   1. Screen capture
      1. SnagIt (TechSmith)
      2. Jing (TechSmith)
      3. Camtasia (TechSmith)
      4. OS native
         1. PrintScreen+clipboard
         2. Snipping Tool
      5. OneNote Win+S
   2. Paint/drawing
      1. Paint.Net
      2. MSPaint
      3. ...
   3. Difference/comparison
      1. P4V (PerForce Visual Diff)
      2. P4Merge
   4. Color Pallettes
   5. Diagramming/Flowcharts
      1. Visio
      2. yGraphEd
      3. ...
   6. ...
4. Work Item Tracking
   1. Defect / Bug tracking
      1. TFS - (Enter via VS, MTM, or TWA web UI)
      2. JIRA (Atlassian)
      3. QTP - HP Quick Test Pro
      4. ClearCase - IBM ClearCase
      5. Bugzilla
      6. Trac
      7. ...
   2. Task tracking
      1. TFS (MS)
      2. Confluence (Atlassian)
      3. ...
   3. Requirements Tracking
      1. Doors
      2. ...
   4. Test Case Management
5. Test Case Management
   1. Quality Center (HP-QC)
   2. MTM (MS Test Manager)
   3. General purpose (use with caution)
      1. Word / Word Processor
      2. Excel / spreadsheet
      3. Notepad / Text file editor
   4. Zephyr for JIRA
   5. Test Rail
6. Network / Communications
   1. Packet Analyzers
      1. Netmon (Microsoft)
      2. WireShark
      3. ,,, (Wikipedia Packet Analyzer)
   2. Windows built-in tools
      1. ipConfig
      2. NetSH
      3. IE Dev Tools (F12)
      4. ...
   3. SysInternal Tools
      1. ProcMon (Process Monitor)
      2. ProcExp (Process Explorer)
   4. Web/HTTP(S) Proxy
      1. Fiddler (Telerik)
      2. Charles
   5. NetEm
   6. ...
7. Performance Tools
   1. LoadRunner
   2. LoadUI
   3. Visual Studio Load Tests (2010+ Ultimate)
   4. ...
8. Test Services / Test Groups
   1. uTest
   2. Observation (Focus Groups)
   3. UserTesting.com
   4. SIGs (Special Interest Groups)
      1. QASIG
      2. SeaSPIN
      3. Lean Coffee
      4. ...
9. ...
10. Collaboration Tools
    1. IM
       1. Lync
       2. Skype
       3. Pidgin
       4. ...
    2. Meeting
       1. GoToMeeting
       2. LiveMeeting (->Lync)
       3. WebMeeting
       4. ...
    3. email
       1. Public hosted
          1. GMail
          2. Hotmail
          3. ...
       2. Enterprise-hosted
          1. Exchange
       3. Client software
          1. Web UI
          2. Outlook
          3. Windows "Live" Mail
    4. Social Networks
       1. LinkedIn
       2. Facebook
       3. SocialCast
       4. ...
    5. Intranet Sharing
       1. SharePoint (MS)
       2. Wiki
       3. ...
    6. Board
       1. Whiteboard with pens, stickies, etc.
    7. Mind Mapping
    8. Work Item Tracking
11. Code Quality
    1. Lint
       1. JSONLint
       2. JSMin
       3. ...
    2. Static code analysis
       1. MS FXCop / VS2012+ (Premium) Static Code Analysis
       2. MS StyleCop
       3. ReSharper
       4. Fortify (HP)
       5. ...
    3. Mock Frameworks
       1. RhinoMocks
       2. MoQ
       3. JustMock (Telerik)
       4. MS Fakes
    4. Security
       1. Fortify (HP)
    5. ...
12. OS/Platform Tools
    1. Windows/MS-DOS
       1. WAN Simulator
          1. Fiddler (sort of)
          2. ...
       2. SysInternals Suite
          1. ProcExp (Process Explorer)
          2. ProcMon (Process Monitor)
          3. psExec
          4. psInfo
          5. ...
       3. Resource Load Simulators (CPU, Mem, Disk)
          1. ...
       4. Command line Misc.
          1. ping
          2. cmd.exe
          3. Batch Script
          4. PowerShell
          5. ...
    2. Mac OS
    3. Linux/Unix/*nix
       1. tail
       2. grep
       3. wc
       4. ...
    4. Mobile Devices
       1. Android
          1. Device Manager
       2. iOS
          1. iPhoneTester.com
       3. Device Console
       4. AppThwack
    5. Emulators
       1. Device Anywhere
       2. MobilePhoneEmulator.com
       3. Win7+ "XP Mode"
       4. MS Virtual PC
    6. ...
13. DB Test tools
    1. .SQL test scripts
    2. Red-Gate
       1. SQL Test
       2. SQL Compare
    3. SQLStress
    4. Built-in tools
       1. MS SQL Server
          1. SQL Server monitoring tools
          2. SSMS
       2. Oracle
       3. MySQL
       4. ...
    5. LinqPad
    6. Excel+ODBC
    7. ...
14. Security Tools
    1. OWASP
       1. Testing Tools list
       2. Testing Guide
    2. Fuzz testers
    3. Threat Modeling
       1. MS Threat Modeling Tool
15. Web Test Tools
    1. Web UI Automation
    2. Web Service tools
       1. SoapUI
       2. Ajax dynaTrace - Compuware
       3. ...
    3. Web Analytics
       1. AOL Pagetest
    4. Web Performance
       1. LoadRunner
       2. MS Load Test
       3. ...
    5. Network / communication (see category)
    6. email
       1. Litmus
    7. ...
16. Ideation / Test Idea Generation
    1. Brainstorming
    2. Mind mapping
       1. xMind
       2. ...
    3. Design/Feature reviews
    4. Test Case creation/planning
    5. Test approach info on Web, in books, etc.
    6. Exploration
       1. Tour/Journey logs
       2. SBTM (Session Based Test Management) charters
       3. ...
    7. Spec#
    8. Test optimization
       1. Pairwise
          1. Hexawise
          2. ...
17. Test Training/Info
    1. SoftwareTestingClub.com
    2. www.stickyminds.com
    3. Moodle
    4. Books
       1. Safari Online
    5. ...
    6. Web Research
       1. Wikipedia
       2. Search Engines
          1. Google
          2. Bing
          3. ...
18. Test Collateral
    1. Files
       1. SharePoint
       2. Fileshare
       3. Cloud services
          1. Amazon S3
          2. MS Azure
          3. DropBox
          4. OneDrive
          5. ...
    2. DB Test data
       1. .SQL Scripts
       2. Test Tables/data in DB
       3. ...
    3. Data Dictionary for SUT
    4. Test configurations
       1. VMWare ESX, etc.
       2. Hyper-V (MS)
       3. Virtual PC (MS)
       4. Ghost
       5. Lab Manager (MS)
       6. Custom clean reinstall scripts (PowerShell, Perl, etc.)
       7. ...
    5. Generated test data
       1. Hexawise
       2. PerlClip
       3. ...
    6. ...
19. Tool Lists and Repositories
    1. Wikipedia
       1. Software Testing Portal
       2. ...
       3. ...
    2. Scott Hanselman's Ultimate Tools list
    3. 25 mind map tools - Mashable.com
    4. SysInternals Suite
    5. GitHub
    6. CodePlex
    7. Internal Tool Repositories
       1. Team tool repository
          1. FileShare (Subst t: \\teamServer\Tools\)
       2. IT/Company site-licensed tools
    8. ...
20. Product Information
    1. Requirements
       1. DOORS
       2. TFS
       3. ...
    2. Competing product info (Web, market analysis,etc.)
    3. Previous version analysis (top 10 complaints, top used features, etc.)
    4. Design documents
    5. Risk Register
    6. ...