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Tag Archives: quality gates
Testing Matters because Quality Matters
In the course of crafting my contribution for Alexandra McPeak‘s follow-up article for CrossBrowserTesting.com / SmartBear Software‘s #WhyTestingMatters thread, “Expert Insight: Why Testing Matters“, I wrote the following article. Check out Alex’s first article, “Why Testing Matters“, as well for … Continue reading
Posted in All, Business of Testing, Planning for Quality
Tagged high performance teams, process improvement, quality gates, ROI, software testing, test management, test reporting, value add
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Testing COTS Systems? Make Evaluation Count
Over the years, I have been involved in a number of projects testing COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) systems across a range of industries. Sometimes the project was with the vendor and sometimes with the customer. When it came to supporting a company … Continue reading
Quality Without Governance = Disaster
I found another example of how an organization’s governance undermined its quality discoveries, to the detriment of its customers and society at large. GM Cobalt Delayed Recall The link describes a scenario where General Motors recalled its 2005-2007 Chevy Cobalt … Continue reading
Posted in All, Business of Testing, Planning for Quality, Risk & Testing
Tagged people, process improvement, quality gates, software testing
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Release Criteria – What Is Your ‘Quality Bar’?
In a previous article, I discussed managing risk with quality gates (“None Shall Pass…unless? Managing Risk with Quality Gates”). Such gates and their expectations facilitate tracing issue root cause and examining which preventative measures failed or need to be enhanced … Continue reading
Posted in All, Planning for Quality, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged acceptance testing, quality gates, release management, software testing
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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
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Tagged acceptance testing, quality gates, software testing
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Feature Advocacy
Take everything you know about bug advocacy – the art of maximizing the likelihood that any given bug is fixed as per its impact on those who care about it – and direct it towards feature advocacy – the art … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance testing, agile, bug tracking, defect management, prioritization, process improvement, quality gates, release management, requirements, software testing, value add
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