The National Software Testing Conference held in London May 20-21st, 2014 focused on some of the key issues occupying the testing community. I was fortunate enough to attend this, my first testing related conference, with Joel Montvelisky on behalf of PractiTest. Not only was this my first overseas testing conference, this was also the first time I got to […]
Tag Archives | Agile
State of testing – summary post
For the first time ever on a global scale a State of Testing survey was conducted to get a snapshot of the current state of the testing community, it’s members profiles, professional challenges and work practices worldwide. PractiTest in cooperation with Tea Time with Testers came up with the State of Testing survey with the intention to […]
Five Testing Questions with Lisa Crispin
In my third post of “Five Testing Questions with” I have the honor of interviewing Lisa Crispin, co-author of “Agile Testing”, agile testing coach and practitioner. I think Lisa’s answers provide very concrete advice and insightful views on how to improve your work as a professional tester, regardless if you are working on an agile […]
Every Tester needs to be an Agile Tester
Agile Testing is not really a methodology but an approach to managing the process and the approach of your testing team. As such, you can use it regardless of, or even in accordance with, any methodology used by your company to manage their overall project. Read this post to understand why every tester should actually […]
Switching to Agile Testing, not as simple as changing your t-shirt
In addition to all my other tasks in PractiTest, I am a tester working and consulting on a number of Agile projects. In total I’ve been in testing for over 20 years and doing agile testing for close to 10 years. Here’s a fact some people tend to overlook, just like any other profession, to become an expert […]
When your job is NOT TO TEST
Ever wondered if you can actually test less and perform other operations that will help your product achieve higher levels of quality in production? Maybe this is what we should aim for when we define our job as QA (Quality Assurance) Engineers and not as Testers…