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,...
Today I’m going to talk about mistakes that developers often make when writing unit tests. You’ll typically see these so-called sins of unit testing when people are first start unit testing. But if they’re not careful, it’s more than...
Many people confuse the purpose of a vulnerability assessment and a penetration test. They are really different activities – each one with a specific set of goals. In this article, we’ll describe each activity and give some real examples of how ...
When I was working on a project several years ago, the development team was making a case for addressing technical debt. Most conversations I hear about technical debt are framed around the affect they have on software development. I’d like to make so...
The terms “confidentiality” and “privacy” are often used interchangeably, but they actually represent completely different topics. In this article, we’ll explain what each one is, how they differ, and some ways to ensure confid...
Love is a strong word. I’m not sure I really love test-driven development (TDD). But I do love solving problems by programming and crafting simple, elegant code. I continue using test-driven development because it gives me more opportunities to do t...
While testing with the development team, I helped the developers understand how much testing was ‘good enough’ for the stories needed before release. Thanks to the developers’ assistance, we were able to meet our tight testing deadline for...
The mobile projects I have worked on were always embedded in larger software development projects, they weren’t ‘mobile-only’ offerings. Changes to other parts of the product affected what happened in the mobile product and vice versa. How...
Lets examine performance testing for ephemeral applications; those that are loaded, executed and destroyed dynamically, used only when needed. The article focuses on performance testing virtual machines and container in an orchestrated, cloud environment. P...
We’re very pleased and excited to announce that TestRail 5.5 is now available and will be coming to a cloud instance near you very shortly if it hasn’t already done so! For this dot release we’ve continued our theme of making improvements ...
I’ve seen a lot of misconceptions, or myths about test driven development over the years. So today, let’s clear things up. Let’s debunk some myths about test driven development!Test driven development is a simple but powerful technique fo...
Successful Pen Tests don’t just happen. They are well-managed projects that mature over time, and the best Pen Testers generally share a few common traits. We’ll introduce you to six of the traits many effective Pen Testers possess, and how you ...
What is the minimum for your product? Can you create an MVP, a Minimum Viable Product, in a week or so? If not, what is the smallest valuable work you can deliver? Often, that’s a Minimum Viable Experiment. Learn the difference between an MVE, an MVP,...