The following is a guest post by Toyer Mamoojee, a ‘die-hard’ passionate Agile Automation Test Analyst with almost 16 years testing experience across many industries. (More about the author below) Just as money makes the world go round, automation makes the testing world go round. Automation has gone beyond just a buzz word and has now become […]
Testing is evolving. You should too!
Testing is not what it used to be, and changes are happening faster than ever before. As testers we need to understand that the only certainty now is the need for constant evolution.
Being wrong is actually Great!
How many of you like being proven wrong? I am not asking you to admit this to anyone other than yourselves, right here and right now. I think most people do not like being proven wrong, and I have even seen some go to crazy lengths not to admit they were mistaken. I guess this […]
Why everyone should participate in the State of Testing survey
A picture tells a thousand words, right? Then imagine the stories a series of pictures could tell you? This is what we are doing with the State of Testing project (6th year running). We are surveying the professional worldwide QA community every year with the State of Testing Survey, and documenting the answers in our […]
Where should you invest your limited testing efforts?
You have little time, tons of tasks to do, and you need to understand what needs to be done. Sounds familiar? Let’s check how you can approach these situations and still get out of them alive.
Active curiosity & why it is needed for testing
One of the biggest risks even the best tester can fall for is the “Tester’s Auto-Pilot“. This is when we test automatically without noticing what we are doing – while we may think about last night’s TV show or the conversation we just had with a friend… This can become an even bigger problem if […]