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Author Archives: Trevor Atkins
None Shall Pass…unless? Managing Risk with Quality Gates
A common element to a test strategy or master test plan is to include a description of how the project will mature the software system towards release, and how the project team can be sure that progress is on track … Continue reading
Posted in All, Planning for Quality, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged acceptance testing, quality gates, software testing
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It’s Raid Night! Gamification for Software Test Teams?
I presented “It’s Raid Night! Gamification for Software Test Teams?” to VANQ.org, the Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group and I wanted to share that material with you. People, processes and technology are the pillars of any company, but without … Continue reading
Posted in All, Business of Testing, Team Building
Tagged cognitive biases, gamification, high performance teams, people, software testing
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Test Management: Leading Your Team To Success (Course Extract)
I have extracted a small deck of slides from my course “Test Management: Leading Your Team To Success”. Hope you enjoy. You can download the slides here: Test Management – Leading Your Test Team to Success (Course Extract)
Posted in All, Business of Testing, Team Building, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged high performance teams, people, software testing, test management
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Scalable V-Model: An Illustrative Tool for Crafting a Test Approach
I recommend a testing approach that is risk-driven, leverages agile principles, encourages early validation and verification activities, reports progress with practical metrics, and is controlled through hand-offs and acceptance criteria overlaid on the development cycle via a scalable “V-model” (whether … Continue reading
Posted in All, Planning for Quality, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged acceptance testing, early testing, software testing, v-model
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Role of Outsourcing: Finding Your Vision
On February 24, 2011, I presented “Role of Outsourcing: Finding Your Vision” to VANQ.org, the Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group and I wanted to share that material with you. Consciously deciding your outsourcing approach is similar to choosing to … Continue reading
Posted in All, Business of Testing, Other
Tagged consulting, outsourcing, people, software testing
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Regression Testing – Strategic and Risk-driven, Can You Afford Not To?
Planning your testing effort for the next project: How much time do you have? How many people do you have? _How_ big was that scope again? As testing is virtually always constrained with not enough time, not enough people, not … Continue reading
Posted in All, Business of Testing, Planning for Quality, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged prioritization, regression testing, software testing
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Survey Report – Project Success & Test Outsourcing
This summer, we put out a quick 10-question survey regarding software development and outsourcing or contracting of testing services. The intention of the survey was to use the responses to paint a picture of the attitude or approach towards outsourcing … Continue reading
Posted in All, Business of Testing, Other, Planning for Quality
Tagged process improvement, software testing, survey, test management
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Using Agile Principles to Get an “A” With the Customer Every Time
Agile is a frequent topic in process improvement discussions and networking events alike – some going for Agile all the way and others rejecting it as something that won’t work for their projects or customers. In general, I have found … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, release management, software testing
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Why Estimate Testing If You Are Just Given A Box To Work Within?
Sharing an answer to a couple of recent customer queries in hopes that it is generally useful as well: Often in discussing the value of estimating test efforts, a comment is made by someone that there is no point in … Continue reading
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Tagged data, estimation, prioritization, software testing
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Designing an Effective (Agile) Smoke Test
Sharing an answer to a couple of recent customer queries in hopes that it is generally useful as well: The ability to give early feedback during testing is a cornerstone to providing value on a software project. A well designed … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, smoke test, software testing
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