Tag Archives: value add

Don’t Wait, Take – A Smart Approach to Testing

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Trevor Atkins

It is common for testing to be given constraints around schedule, budget, team members/skills, and even tools. So, when you are asked to step out of this box and propose what you think is needed for the next project, a … Continue reading →

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Tending to Your Tester Garden: Growing a Great Test Team

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Keith McIntosh

Creating a great test team is a lot like gardening, you need to find the right seeds and make sure to plant them in an environment where they will germinate, grow and thrive. But what seeds do you look for, … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Agile Testing Quadrants

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Adam Geras

You can build the right product and you can build it right, and still not deliver value to the customer/user. For any number of reasons, they don’t adopt it easily, completely, or on time. You can blame them. Luddites. You … Continue reading →

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A Remote Tester’s Perspective – The Challenges and Solutions

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Keith McIntosh

On October 27, 2011, Keith McIntosh presented “A Remote Tester’s Perspective: The Challenges and Solutions” at the Software Test Professionals Conference in Dallas, Texas. Much has been written on the many challenges associated with remote testing locations whether they are onshore, nearshore or offshore. The … Continue reading →

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Feature Advocacy

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Adam Geras

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 →

Posted in All, Agile Testing, Planning for Quality, Requirements & Testing | Tagged acceptance testing, agile, bug tracking, defect management, prioritization, process improvement, quality gates, release management, requirements, software testing, value add | Comments Off

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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Visibility of Value – Testing Within the Organization

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Trevor Atkins

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 →

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