After surveying a number of testers in our organization, I’ve discovered that testing is a real art. Testers are not techies buried in spreadsheets and test scripts. They are indeed a very special breed of individual: communicative, curious and, yes, …
Quite often when I am talking to my fellow software testing consultants, the conversation turns towards testing tools: which we like, which we love, which we hate, what tool works best, which ones we actively encourage others to adopt, and …
On some occasions, I am asked what it is I do because Software Quality Assurance is still a bit of an enigma to some, both inside and outside of the software industry. I provide a brief description of my role, …
In my previous post, we discussed areas of test automation that may provide long-term reusable positive results within a manageable amount of time. Examples: Check each entry field that has maximum-length string data. Check each required field that has null …
Developers and testers should hate each other—that is until they understand the dynamics of quality. Developers and testers play critical but contradictory roles that often cause heated discussions and a general attitude of mutual disdain. But it is not necessary …
