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“Project: Risky Decision” – a Card Game
I designed this teaching game in 2014 as a different sort of hands-on activity to supplement my Software Testing & Risk Management training sessions and presentations, specifically to highlight certain concepts around risk mitigation strategies. This version of “Project: Risky … Continue reading
The Difficult Journey – Building Quality Software
The goal of building software is to produce a product that will bring value to our customers. As software developers we have a reputation for finding and embracing new technologies. These new technologies, however, can only take us so far … Continue reading
Risk-driven Testing vs. Risk-based Testing – It’s the Thought that Counts
I introduce my typical philosophy to planning/organizing the testing effort for a project, in part, as one using a risk-driven testing approach. In a recent conversation with a client, they said they followed a risk-based approach to their testing, and … Continue reading
Posted in All, Risk & Testing, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged early testing, risk driven, software testing, test management
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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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Confidence’s Role in Software Testing
Confidence – “the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust.” https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/confidence A few weeks ago I sat down to write about verifying bug fixes. I wanted to determine if there was a systematic approach … Continue reading
Better Test Reporting – Data-Driven Storytelling
Testers have a lot of project “health” data at their finger tips – data collected from others in order to perform testing and data generated from testing itself. And, sometimes test reporting gets stuck on simply communicating this data, these … Continue reading
The Calculus of Acceptance Testing
It’s tempting to believe that acceptance testing is the straight-forward process of comparing the as-built solution to the as-required solution. Any differences discovered during testing are highlighted in defect reports and ultimately resolved through a defect resolution process. You’re done … Continue reading
Augmenting Testing in your Agile Team: A Success Story
One of the facts of life about Agile is that remote resources, when you have a mostly collocated team, generally end up feeling a little left out in the cold. Yet, with appropriately leveraged tools, sufficient facilitation, management support and … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, outsourcing, process improvement, regression testing, software testing, value add
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8 Test Automation Tips for Project Managers
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
Software Testing Guiding Principles
All effective test teams typically have well defined processes, appropriate tools and resources with a variety of skills. However, teams cannot be successful if they place 100% dependency on the documented processes, as doing so leads to conflicts. Especially when testers use … Continue reading
