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Author Archives: Trevor Atkins
Test Automation – Building Your Business Case
I presented “Test Automation – Building Your Business Case” to VANQ.org, the Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group. Subsequently I presented it to the Southern Idaho Society for Software Quality Assurance and UBC Continuing Studies (Tech.UBC.ca), and I wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in All, Automation & Tools, Business of Testing, Planning for Quality
Tagged process improvement, ROI, software testing, test automation, test management, tool selection
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Successfully Integrating Test Automation and Agile Projects
On Oct. 7, 2009, I presented “Successfully Integrating Test Automation and Agile Projects” to Annex Consulting Group CIO Breakfast, and I wanted to share that material with you. To accelerate your project and specifically the testing of your releases, test … Continue reading
Posted in All, Agile Testing, Automation & Tools, Planning for Quality, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged agile, data, software testing, test automation
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Involve Testing Throughout the SDLC
Too often a test team is employed only towards the end of a project cycle. This means the test team is not as fully leveraged as they could be and therefore the project is not reaching as high a quality … Continue reading
Posted in All, Planning for Quality, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged early testing, software testing
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Visibility of Value – Testing Within the Organization
Consider the last time the testing group was involved from the beginning of a project, had an influential voice in the development of the project plan, was able to hire for test planning, and was treated as a strategic competitive … Continue reading
Posted in All, Business of Testing, Planning for Quality
Tagged data, ROI, software testing, value add, visualization tools
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Metrics – Thinking In N-Dimensions
I presented “Metrics – Thinking in N-Dimensions” to VANQ.org, the Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group, and I wanted to share that material with you. The biggest challenge in establishing an effective metrics programme is not the formulas, statistics, and … Continue reading
Posted in All, Planning for Quality, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged data, metrics, process improvement, science & testing, software testing, test management, visualization tools
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User Acceptance Testing – Finally, Some Validation?
User acceptance testing (UAT) is the one form of acceptance testing that must involve stakeholders outside of the project team; the users. UAT provides a formal means for validating that a new system actually meets the necessary user requirements from … Continue reading
Posted in All, Planning for Quality, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged acceptance testing, release management, software testing, test management, uat
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Communicating Requirements To Testing – You’re Going To Be In Pictures!
How do you know what a system is supposed to do and what it is not supposed to do? Formal requirements are intended to create an easily validated, maintainable and comprehensive set of documents communicating the system’s planned functional scope … Continue reading
Posted in All, Agile Testing, Automation & Tools, Requirements & Testing, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged agile, early testing, process improvement, requirements, software testing, templates, visualization tools
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Capturing Wild Requirements for Testing
I presented “Capturing Wild Requirements – For Testing” to VANQ.org, the Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group, and I wanted to share that material with you. Later, I developed this material into a 1-day workshop “Requirements Ghostwriting: Filling in the … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, early testing, process improvement, requirements, software testing, templates, visualization tools
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Estimating Test Effort – From Billiard Balls to Electron Clouds
Each of us has very likely had to do an estimate in the past, whether it was for a set of assigned tasks, for a project, or for the budget of an entire organization. As a tester, the question is … Continue reading
Posted in All, Business of Testing, Estimation for Testing, Planning for Quality, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged data, estimation, modelling, science & testing, software testing
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Increasing Test Effort Estimation Effectiveness
On May 29, 2008, I presented “Increasing Test Effort Estimation Effectiveness” to VANQ.org, the Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group, and I wanted to share that material with you. Estimates Provide Visibility to Stakeholders To know how much we will … Continue reading
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Tagged data, estimation, software testing
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