Blogspy 217: Round-Up of Software Testing Blog Posts

Another great edition of the Huddle Blogspy Report from the Software Testing Blogosphere. We browse the most popular Testing blogs to bring you the best of Software Testing blog posts from the past week in software and software testing. This week we feature posts on software quality assurance weaknesses, creating test plans, Agile at Lego and more.

 

Agile at Lego | Ben Linders

An interview with  Eik Thyrsted Brandsgård on the Agile practises at Lego and how the teams at Lego plan out their software development.

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Why You Need A Test Plan: 3 Reasons For Creating A Test Plan | Petri Matthesius

“The value of at test plan is that it makes you think about all the important stuff beforehand.” Read Petri’s guide on why test plan’s are still essential for testing.

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All You Need to Know About Regression Testing | David Tzemach

Im a practical post, David describes the uses of Regression testing and shares some of the considerations you should be making when carrying out regression testing.

Read More on Regression Testing here

 

Unconventional Wisdom V11: Overcoming Traditional Software Quality Assurance Weaknesses | Robin F. Goldsmith

Software quality assurance suffers a three-pronged threat that can make it virtually useless as a process. In this post, Robin shares what those three threats are and how to overcome them.

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Why Tech Startups Should Outsource Software Development | Ray Parker

In this post, Ray shares why software development being outsourced can be a help to a burgeoning company and some of the things you should consider while outsourcing.

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Heuristics for Mushroom Picking (and testing) | Helena Jeret-Mäe

In a new twist on what x can teach you about testing, Helena reflects on time spent mushroom picking and what that has thought her about heuristics and much more with regards to software testing.

Read More on Heuristics For Testing here

 

Survive and Thrive as a Lone Tester | Simon Knight

In a thorough post, Simon reflects on some of the things that you should be doing in your role if you are working as the only tester in your team including managing your workload and demonstrating your value.

Read More on Surviving As A Lone Tester here

 

Five Crimes against Testing | Anne-Marie Charrett

What are the crimes against testing? Anne-Marie lists what she sees as five things that relate to testing that have negative consequences for the profession.

Read More on Crimes Against Testing here

 

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