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,...
When testers hear the words “technical testing”, our minds immediately jump to “automation.” Testers are often unaware that many highly valuable technical testing skills have nothing to do with automation. It is invaluable for any te...
At least once a year, I see a presentation at a software conference proclaiming “Testing is Dead”. The speaker talks about modern software development techniques such as test automation, micro-services, continuous integration, delivery systems, ...
From 2006 to 2010 I worked for a company that consisted of distinct testing and development groups. Each group had their own hierarchy, including staff contributors, leads, a manager and maybe an architect. Our Software Test Manager was the Battle Master ge...
Most of us are familiar with the development benefits of small batches. The company can release the most important features and gain value in weeks, days, or hours, instead of waiting to release the entire kitchen sink in six months. Even if we did not real...
With literally thousands of programming languages and new technologies being created daily, figuring out what technical skills to learn can be overwhelming for software testers. Fortunately, many web and mobile apps tend to work with a similar tech stack. T...
On my first day working as a software tester, my lead pointed to a bug tracking system. He gave me step by step instructions on how to use this system. I produced a bug, entered the product and browser information, and clicked submit. I did this on my first...
The terms “Testing” and “Checking” tend to get used interchangeably for activities performed by development teams to verify readiness and/or completeness of software products. But of course, as with most words in the English language...
It has been a few months, and I still have anxiety about being the only Software Tester in the development team room. There are 8 of them, and 1 of me. I’m worried that I won’t be able to prove my worth, or that I won’t be able to keep up....
Albert Einstein famously asked the question; How would it feel to ride on a beam of light? Why don’t you take a moment and just think about that yourself; how would it feel? Nobody knows the answer. We can speculate. Scientists can synthesize infor...
The first scrum team I worked in was small. The developers sat on their side of the building and worked on new feature code. I sat on the other side with the testing group, looking for problems in the new code. Testers and developers met once each morning t...
Today’s technical advances make it possible for new code to go to production automatically. Collaborative philosophies like Extreme Programming (XP) help teams deliver code with higher quality right out of the production line. Layers of testing from t...
The stories I hear about User Interface (UI) test automation are often fantastic or tragic. Some of those fantastic projects have thousands of tests running on parallel virtual machines that start with every new code check in. These stories usually involve ...