Most test professionals have worked at some time or other in difficult organizations, dysfunctional cultures, and for unreasonable managers and stakeholders. This causes much internal stress and creates fear instead… Read More +
We live in curious times. Knowledge is available at our fingertips, everywhere. Social networks increase communication with peers from around the world but along with these marvels of the information… Read More +
Science fiction writers thought processes are often very intriguing. While we might dismiss some of them as extremely hypothetical, several such hypothetical ideas have seen the light of the day… Read More +
Crowdsourcing testing, the main subject of this article, has been growing as a recognised model for testing over the past couple of years. What once was perceived as a novelty… Read More +
I’m often asked the question “what is your favourite test tool?” to which I respond “tea”. I’m often met with a blank face after my response… You see, the power… Read More +
When I went to the job interview for my currently position, the interviewer kept saying that I was going to become a tester/test manager in a project – and not… Read More +
In a major IT transformation work, an agri-business Company wanted to design and implement common business processes in its Business Units(BUs), spread across 46 countries, to a common ERP platform,… Read More +
Hello, I am a new mother and would like to share my experience. Before you dismiss this to be too absurd a topic for a tester’s blog, may I reassure… Read More +
With all the pros and cons of both Manual and Automated testing types, there is always a big concern while running any testing process – it’s all about budget and… Read More +
For any software-producing company, basic prerequisites to be successful in delivering good software depend on having talented people and setting smart processes. Throughout the book, a common sense approach to… Read More +
Many wonder, why do we require multiple environments like Development, Test and Production? How much money did the test environment cost? What is the ROI of the test environment? The… Read More +
Introduction: We are living in a beautiful world. Especially when you love change. Yes, a lot of things are changing the last few years. In our private lives, in… Read More +
The blog post summarizes the work done during the start-up of a large IT project for a Norwegian Governmental organization. The aim is to visualize the combined effects from different… Read More +
Over the course of a project a tester will take on many roles and activities in a project and through these will gain valuable experiences. Over time you as a… Read More +
The following article is a follow-up to a submission I put forward for EuroSTAR 2014. It explores part of my journey so far in software testing, and why I feel… Read More +
Sometimes we discover new things about ourselves. Maybe it’s because someone tells us, maybe we sit down and listen to our internal monologue. This is my story on how I… Read More +
Would you agree with this statement or not? What is the importance of testers and their role in the software world? I learned some of the answers as a developer… Read More +
In this webinar Karen Johnson talks about the art of asking questions. As software testers, we need to learn a product thoroughly, we need to understand the user interface, the… Read More +
This eBook is based on Rob's popular presentation at EuroSTAR 2013 and it describes how he fundamentally changed his approach to testing in order to move from 8 month to… Read More +
Conference Chair 2014, Paul Gerrard, walks us through the programme for the upcoming conference in Dublin on November 24-27th. Are you excited by the lineup? We'd love to hear your… Read More +
How do you benefit from distraction? We live in curious times. Knowledge is available at our fingertips, everywhere. Social networks increase communication with peers from around the world but along… Read More +
Charrett uses examples from coaching sessions that demonstrate the coaching we do, as well as give insights as to how this coaching helps to motivate and eventually liberate the tester.… Read More +
This webinar looks at some common pitfalls encountered when chartering your testing for session-based exploratory testing. After a brief overview of the session-based test management process we will jump into… Read More +
Where more common techniques like mind-mapping and plain modelling techniques are translated to a more artsy form to help testers, but especially non-testers, to get more engaged and grow interest… Read More +
In this webinar, we'll try to explore what types of notes can be important for testers, and learn practical hints on how to take these notes. These hints are based… Read More +
Over the years of working as a consultant I have had the pleasure of working in many organizations, projects and teams, each with their own challenges and rewards. During my… Read More +
Susan Windsor believes Critical Thinking is one of the most valuable skills that every tester needs to do their job, and yet it's rarely taught in the workplace. This webinar… Read More +
This webinar will present the expectation engineering model, where testers and requirements engineers join forces and use their skills to express the stakeholders' expectations in such a way that the expectations… Read More +
In this presentation, Henrik addresses the question of why testers need to label themselves as Agile Testers and looks at ways that testers can improve the profession and be proud to… Read More +
Software Testing is the most controversial profession in computer science. Given the lack of credible classroom training in software testing, successful software testers have to educate themselves, often in their… Read More +
In this 45 minute webinar, Rikard Edgren will discuss and look at the good ways to enable communication and what improvements are needed to use test specifications, that consists mainly of a lot of one-liner test… Read More +
The theme for the EuroSTAR Conference 2007 was 'Defining the Profession' and the discussion was 'Are we a profession at all?' Isabel Evans mentioned during her keynote session that testing is not… Read More +
'The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing' is all about people. Setting the right team is important - but did you know that you may be able to find untapped… Read More +
Key Takeaways: Education and experience - how professions define competence levels Qualification - how professions regulate qualification levels for entry Evidence for competence level - how professions regulate individual career… Read More +
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