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,...
Everyone wants to grow and progress in their careers, earning their way to better situations. So, in a nod to that, I’m going to talk today about the software tester career path. You may work for a great company, but it won’t be a great deal fo...
Here are a few skill development ideas that can help build better testers. These will range from free to ‘you need manager approval’ and from low time requirement to needing to set aside some time every day. For each idea, I’ll talk explic...
On my latest project, I’ve been working with our developers to test defect fixes as we prepare for our initial release. Normally, I’m the only one on the team who tests defect fixes, but as the result of a recent push, our developers are activel...
Software developers love talking about tools. As a test specialist in a team that does near-constant pairing, the tools I use daily help drive code design, refactoring, collaboration, and help create new environments as quickly as possible. Here are five to...
Did you ask questions during the BDD Testing Skills Webinar? Find the answers here…
As part of our increasingly regular series of webinars, we had the pleasure of welcoming Jeff Langr yesterday who shared a wealth of insights into how teams can achieve the benefits BDD is intended to deliver.If you didn’t manage to get along to the w...
This is how I brought forward the importance of risk based testing, using a case study of our agile team. Using some simple tips, we inculcated risk based testing in practice without any formal change or adoption. I will also share an example of an agile sp...
Cross environment testing is viewed as a tedious and repetitive task and is generally a challenge to accommodate within an agile life cycle. I would like to showcase my own experience in an agile release, wherein we created a strategy for coverage of a numb...
Unit testing is important. Performance testing is important. You’ll get little argument from the people with boots on the ground, actually doing software development, that these tests matter a lot.Let’s explore techniques for planning and implem...
You don’t have to visit many Pen Testing “”how to”” resources before you read about Kali Linux. It is one of the most common and accessible suites of Pen Testing tools available today. We’ll cover why it is so valuable to...
Last year, I spent a lot of time working on projects that expanded my skills outside of testing. This year, I’m hoping to focus my time on developing testing skills. I came to this decision after reflecting on some problems that I ran into during my a...
Becoming a ‘technical tester’ can be intimidating for people that have not done much more than work with a browser. There are a lot of options on where to start, and everyone you ask will have strong opinions on where you should start and why. I...