Today, more and more companies work on multiple countries and physical sites, where not all team members work together or have even met in person. There are many challenges that come with distributed testing, and many teams either work sub-optimally or altogether fail in their projects. As I’ve had my share of failures and successes […]
Covid-19 or Coronavirus. I am writing this as I am sitting in house quarantine. Based on the criteria set by Local Authorities given the outbreak of Covid-19 better known as the CoronaVirus, I have to stay home and away from the public for at least 2 weeks (ending this coming Wednesday). This is because I […]
The following is a guest post by Raj Subrameyer – Raj is an international keynote speaker, writer and tech career coach who helps people step into the leadership role of their dreams through his services and speeches. (More about the author below) With customer demands increasing at an exponential rate, companies are forced to […]
There were times in my testing career when I found myself in a complicated spot as a result of my attempts to be a “good friend”, and in some cases a “team player”. The problem is that when we are testing and we find issues, sometimes we feel bad communicating these bugs or even problems […]
One of my biggest challenges, when I test, is distractions. A teammate might come with a “quick question” about a test I ran or a bug I reported yesterday. Or maybe someone will come to answer an email I sent a couple of hours ago. It can be a couple of people walking next to […]
A picture’s worth a thousand words, right? Then imagine what a series of pictures is worth… This is what we (at PractiTest) have been doing with the State of Testing project (now entering its 7th year). Each year we survey the professional worldwide QA community and publish the results in the annual State of Testing […]