The agile QA (Quality Assurance) process is a set of practices and methodologies aimed at ensuring that software developed within an Agile framework meets the desired quality standards. It aligns with Agile development principles, emphasizing collaboration,...
TestRail has again been named a leader in the Fall 2019 G2 Grid for Software Testing. TestRail is the #1 most popular tool overall, and the leading test management tool in a list that includes a wide variety of vendors, including test automation tools and t...
Communication is the foundation of success for an agile team. However, there are often several challenges that act as barriers to productive communication and may lead to people problems as well as delayed or failed projects. Here are some of the most commo...
Testers destroy things. We tear things apart. By getting the deliverable to wait a day or a week, we spoil one person’s annual review and another’s bonus. Unless we are really careful, that won’t develop influence, it will destroy it. Here...
Testing data analytics models is different from testing most other types of software. While you are testing the model’s performance, you’re also testing how well it performs on data. Any model’s accuracy depends on the model itself and the...
A walkthrough is a great review technique for knowledge sharing, gathering feedback and building consensus. Let’s discuss ways agile testers use this type of review to get the entire team involved in the quest for quality.
Testers usually get to stay behind the scenes. But when testing affects business processes or customers, there may suddenly be a crisis to manage. Read how one tester determined what went wrong and made it right.
Agile transformations can be a challenging undertaking. It is imperative that teams embrace an agile mindset and culture before they can fully embrace agile techniques.It is imperative that teams embrace the agile culture before they can fully embrace agile...
Watch this webinar to explore the user administration features of TestRail, including how to manage groups, roles, and permissions; perform session management, and optimize your available seats with a last login report. You’ll also get an introduction...
When it comes to data management in a distributed system, you have a choice of good (consistent), fast (available) or distributed (partitioned) pick two. A well-defined service-level agreement (SLA) helps you match the required state of data to the situa...
Especially in distributed agile teams, we might jump to conclusions about what someone says. If we assume good intention, we might be able to find our way back to a reasonable conversation and solve the problem.
In an earlier post, I talked about some of the challenges we had as we planned our move toward a DevOps development style. Here, I’ll talk about our first attempt at defining how testing will be carried out on a DevOps team.
Change is probably the only thing we can count on when working in tech areas. For teams to continue to function effectively and deliver value, leaders must get in front of the organizational change management curve and actively engage the uncertainty their ...