We’re pleased to announce that TestRail 5.6 has been released and is available in our hosted (cloud) environment and for download by server installation customers.
Continue readingWhat It Means to Be a Test Lead
I frequently see people thrust into a test lead role that haven’t had anytime to develop leadership skill and aren’t sure what their lead role even means. Leadership requires no title. The minute someone comes to you for help, you are a leader. Having a model of what you think a leader can do will make you more effective at helping those people. If you are new to the test lead role, here is some guidance about what that means.
Continue readingMaking Do When You’re Understaffed for Testing
Are you feeling spread thin when it comes time to test your application? Is your team missing deadlines and pushing back releases to validate your product? This is a common feeling. Many organisation suffer from this problem and it manifests itself in many ways. Lets explore what you can do when you’re understaffed or spread too thin for what would normally be considered an acceptable approach to testing.
Continue readingUnderstanding How the Service Mesh Fits with Performance Testing
The digital infrastructure of the modern IT enterprise is a complex place. New forms of automation are required to support an enterprise that’s growing beyond the capabilities of human management. Once such technology that is appearing on the digital landscape is the service mesh. Those concerned with performance and reliability testing are going to need to have an operational grasp of how the service mesh works, particularly when it comes to routing and retries.
Continue readingThe 12 Agile Principles: What We Hear vs. What They Actually Mean
The Agile Manifesto gives us 12 principles to abide by in order to implement agility in our processes. These principles are the golden rules to refer to when we’re looking for the right agile mindset. But are we getting the right meaning out of them? Let’s examine what we mistakenly hear when we’re told the 12 principles, what pain points the agile team face due to these misunderstandings, and what each principle truly means.
Continue readingThe Only Coding Standard You’ll Ever Need
When someone says the phrase “coding standard,” usually the first thing that comes to our minds is formatting, but of course, coding standards can cover so many more things. We could debate these standards elements, and so many more, for hours on end. Sometimes there’s not even a clear winner among competing choices. Ultimately, you only need to remember one standard, let’s examine further.
Continue readingContinuous Testing Webinar – Part 1
Here’s the video from yesterday’s Continuous Testing webinar, with special guest Paul Gerrard.
Continue readingBDD in Action: Dissecting the Conversation
Behavior-driven development (BDD) is part of the development process in my current gig. My experience in BDD is different from many of the stories I hear, as are the things I value about it. I spent some time researching, hunting for authentic stories about using the process and tools, but I only found definitions and information about programming libraries. I couldn’t find an in-depth experience report, so I have written one.
Continue readingTesters Diary – Using Task Analysis to Map a Path for Automation
Lately, my test team have been thinking about automated testing much more. We recently started working with browser-based projects, and with a corporate push toward a DevOps culture, we were considering how we can use automation to drive our testing strategy forward. To help get us started, I attended a tutorial on automation in testing.
Continue readingHow Much Testing is Enough for Quality Assurance?
What does enough mean in terms of quality assurance? How much is enough, in terms of money, people, time, and effort? Is there a magic figure? You could put your organization squarely in the red and even still have no guarantees of an issue-free release. And worse, you may find your timeline truncated by delays in the software production. All of this uncertainty makes the issue of enough incredibly nebulous.
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