Tag Archives: test tools

8 Test Automation Tips for Project Managers

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Trevor Atkins

Software testing has always faced large volumes of work and short timeframes. To get the most value for your testing dollars, test automation is typically a critical component. However, many teams have attempted to add test automation to their projects … Continue reading →

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Stop Testing – Start Thinking

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Scott Acker

Throughout my career I have observed numerous organizations all looking for the ‘silver bullet’ to solve all their product quality problems. News Flash: There is no ‘silver bullet’.  Solving product quality problems can only begin when organizations “Stop Testing and … Continue reading →

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Maximizing the Value of Test Automation

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Brad Thompson

High quality software delivered to market quickly has always been the goal of Agile teams. A common process teams use to achieve this goal is test automation. However, simply implementing test automation doesn’t always result in reaching this goal. Over … Continue reading →

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Selling Accessibility Testing and a Plan to Get Started

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Melissa Tondi

During a sales meeting, a question on accessibility was asked. “How do we talk about the importance of accessibility testing without fear becoming the main motivation to act?” I had to admit that in all my years running accessibility testing … Continue reading →

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A Mandated Tool

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Adam Geras

In my current context I’m required to use a certain tool for managing the test effort; you probably know the tool. I won’t mention it by name unless the vendor pays me to, but it’s the first on the list … Continue reading →

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Checklists, Refactored

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Adam Geras

Guided exploratory testing is using checklists to support and guide the exploration. In addition, it also means using those checklists as the backbone for communicating to other stakeholders on the project/initiative. I’ve started to advocate the term ‘testlists’ to replace … Continue reading →

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Play Me a Song

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Adam Geras

My sister was visiting us a few weeks ago so that she might meet her new niece in person. She lives about 1500km away from us, so it’s just far enough away to make these sorts of visits infrequent. I … Continue reading →

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Optimizing the Defect Lifecycle – with Resolution

Posted on November 24, 2005 by Trevor Atkins

I presented “Optimizing the Defect Lifecycle – with Resolution” 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 →

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