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 […]
The following is a guest post by Daniel Knott, Lead Software Test Engineer at XING’s mobile team and avid blogger www.adventuresinqa.com. (More about the author below) Mobile technology has changed dramatically in the last decade. With the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, mobile devices have faced a revolution. The devices are packed with powerful hardware and sensors, […]
I Love Testing Conferences! Testing Conferences open your mind to new techniques, you learning about new tools, get to know other testers, and the overall feeling of being part of something bigger & better… Ever since I attended my first StarEast, some 16+ years ago, I love going to testing conferences! Since then I’ve attended a […]
*The following is a guest post by Brendan Connolly, SDET at Agilysys. The opinions stated in this post are his own. Testers, even when embedded on teams, end up being outsiders. Their value is derived from, maintained by, and is continually put at risk by this status. In the early days of software development there was […]
Knowing a bunch of general things, even trivial things, will help you be a better person, a better parent, a better friend, and even a better tester. This is one of the reasons I listen to a number of different podcasts during my commute to work every day. I listen to testing podcasts (you can see […]
A while back a colleague asked me for help creating a better testing report for her current project. The task got me thinking about how QA managers handle the same information differently; and how this makes the difference between being treated as “Testing Guy” or as the “Inside Information Provider” of a software project. We […]