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Article by Matt Heusser |
May 14 2012 - 7:15am Matthew Heusser goes beyond trivial examples to talk about the tradeoffs and ancillary benefits of a large-scale acceptance check automation strategy. Read More
Article by Joey McAllister |
May 7 2012 - 7:00am In part 2 of this interview, Jonathan Kohl discusses testing location-based services, the value of a good social network for crowdsourcing, and how poor optimization practices might literally burn a hole in your pocket. Read More
Article by Heather Shanholtzer |
May 4 2012 - 8:00am Matt Barcomb works at LeanDog where he keeps busy with organizational transformations. He is passionate about building collaborative cross-functional teams, providing holistic sustainable solutions to organizations trying to improve, and trying to find interesting ways of making the business-software universe a better place to work, play, and do business. Heather Shanholtzer had the opportunity to talk to Matt about some of the things he'll be covering in his upcoming tutorial at Agile Development Conference West. Read More
Article by Joey McAllister |
Apr 30 2012 - 8:30am In this interview with mobile testing expert Jonathan Kohl, he discusses some of the finer points of exploring the software that we carry with us everywhere. Read More
Article by Rick Scott |
Apr 16 2012 - 7:30am Internationalization isn’t only about dealing with other nationalities. It’s about creating software for a multilingual, multicultural world. Even if the software you’re testing won’t be translated entirely into another language, it still should meet some basic requirements. Read More
Article by Lisa Crispin |
Apr 9 2012 - 11:26am Studies show that programmers who pair produce higher-quality code at faster rates. How can testers work better in pairs? Lisa Crispin offers some tips from personal experience. Read More
Article by Sticky ToolLook |
Apr 4 2012 - 5:00am In this Sticky ToolLook interview, QASymphony CEO Vu Lam discusses testing in the agile world, from documentation to communication and improving the feedback loop. Read More
Article by Matt Heusser |
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Apr 2 2012 - 7:30am One hundred percent test automation and 100 percent exploratory testing are absolutes. They make for great arguments, but, for those of us stuck in the great middle ground, those positions aren't very helpful. Matthew Heusser describes a blended approach to software testing, explains how some of his clients have used it over the long term, and provides tips for evaluating and adapting your approach. Read More
Article by Heather Shanholtzer |
Mar 30 2012 - 4:37pm John McConda is a senior consultant for Moser Consulting and cofounder of the Workshop on Regulated Software Testing (WREST). John spent five years in the regulated world helping to create an FDA-validated testing process, and he lead a large testing effort for a federal government contractor. In this interview, Heather Shanholtzer chats with John about the challenges testers face in the regulated world and what participants can expect during a WREST session.
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Article by James A. Whittaker |
Mar 28 2012 - 7:55am Arguments that moving testing forward in the software lifecycle maximizes the return on investment of testing effort have been made and widely accepted. And it is hard to argue with the results. Software is getting better. But what if a shift away from early cycle testing toward late cycle testing could improve quality even more? Read More
