1. Automation
   1. UI Automation
      1. Wikipedia "List of GUI Testing Tools"
      2. Coded UI (MS Visual Studio)
      3. Telerik Test Studio
      4. HP QTP (Quick Test Pro)
   2. Website testing
      1. Browser Developer tools (IE F12, etc.)
      2. Ajax dynaTrace - Compuware
      3. Plug-ins (FireBug, ...)
      4. ...
   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. Telerik Test Framework
      3. nUnit
   6. DB Automation
      1. .SQL Test Scripts
      2. ...
   7. Build/Deployment Automation
      1. Hudson/Jenkins
      2. Team Foundation Server (MS TFS)
      3. Electric Commander
      4. Team City
      5. PsExec (SysInternals tool)
   8. Unit Testing
      1. xUnit
      2. jUnit
      3. nUnit
      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. ...
2. Text Tools
   1. Editors
      1. Notepad++
      2. UltraEdit
      3. ...
   2. Difference comparison (diffing)
      1. WinDiff (part of MS Visual Studio)
      2. WinMerge
      3. Notepad++
      4. UltraEdit
      5. KDiff3 (3-way diffing)
      6. ...
   3. 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. Work Item Tracking
   1. Defect / Bug tracking
      1. TFS - Microsoft Team Foundation Server
      2. QTP - HP Quick Test Pro
      3. ClearCase - IBM ClearCase
      4. Bugzilla
      5. ...
   2. Task tracking
   3. Requirements Tracking
   4. Test Case Management
4. Test Case Management
   1. TFS (MS Team Foundation Server)
   2. Simplified (use with caution)
      1. Word / Word Processor
      2. Excel / spreadsheet
      3. Notepad / Text file editor
5. Network / Communications
   1. Fiddler (Telerik)
   2. WireShark
   3. Netmon (Microsoft)
   4. Windows built-in tools
      1. Ping
      2. NetSH
      3. IE Dev Tools (F12)
      4. ...
   5. SysInternal Tools
      1. ProcMon (Process Monitor)
      2. ProcExp (Process Explorer)
   6. ...
6. Command line Misc.
   1. psExec
   2. ping
   3. psInfo
   4. ...
7. DB Test tools
   1. .SQL test scripts
   2. ...
8. Web Test Tools
   1. Web UI Automation
   2. Web Service tools
      1. SoapUI
      2. Ajax dynaTrace - Compuware
      3. ...
   3. Web Performance
      1. LoadRunner
      2. MS Load Test
      3. ...
   4. Network / communication (see category)
   5. ...
9. Ideation / Test Ideas
   1. Brainstorming
   2. Mind mapping
   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. ...
10. Test Training/Info
    1. SoftwareTestingClub.com
    2. www.stickyminds.com
    3. Moodle
    4. ...
11. Test Collateral
    1. Files
       1. SharePoint
       2. Fileshare
       3. Cloud services
          1. Amazon S3
          2. DropBox
          3. MS Azure
          4. ...
    2. DB Test data
       1. .SQL Scripts
       2. Test Tables/data in DB
    3. 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. ...
    4. Generated test data
       1. Hexawise
       2. PerlClip
    5. ...
12. Tool Lists and Repositories
    1. www.Hanselman.com/tools
    2. Wikipedia
       1. ...
       2. ...
       3. ...
    3. 25 mind map tools - Mashable.com
    4. SysInternals Suite
    5. www.codeplex.com
    6. GitHub
    7. Internal Tool Repositories
       1. Team tool repository
          1. FileShare (Subst t: \\teamServer\Tools\)
       2. IT/Company site-licensed tools
    8. ...
13. 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
14. OS Tools
    1. SysInternals Suite
       1. ProcExp (Process Explorer)
       2. ProcMon (Process Monitor)
       3. ...
    2. Resource Load Simulators (CPU, Mem, Disk)
    3. WAN Simulator
       1. Fiddler (sort of)