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Risk is a Metric: The Math of Risk – By Jenna Charlton
My Perspective There’s a common misconception when it comes to risk that it cannot be used, measured, or understood, and that if it can be measured, the measurement lacks credibility or clear definition. I have a fundamental disagreement with this assumption, as I...
The Magic of Spaces For Women In Tech – By Jenna Charlton
During the first week of women’s history month, I had the pleasure of teaching ISTQB’s Advanced Test Manager syllabus to a room of seven women. This was not the first time I’ve taught this class, and it most certainly will not be the last, but this session will likely...
The Layers in the Test Automation Journey – By Rajini Padmanaban
Test automation isn’t anything new. Like any other engineering process, test automation has had its own evolution cycle, starting with the days of record-and-play solutions. Today, test automation embraces the latest in technologies, including AI and machine learning,...
What Exactly Is Serverless? – By Linda Ikechukwu
Introduction The word serverless—it’s everywhere. In fact, according to Google trends, the word is Googled an average of 100 times daily in 2020. Is serverless just a buzzword? A facade? Or a world where we won’t need servers anymore? Before completing my Cloud...
The Art of Exploratory Testing – By Sanjugtha Shoba
I’d argue that the most underrated type of testing in software engineering is exploratory testing. Some people assume that it’s a task with low-effort thinking, where the tester simply goes through the application and sees what comes up. We all know that exploratory...
Most Common QA Myths – By Dilruba Malik
I have been working in Quality Assurance (QA) for more than 15 years. Over the years, I have learned that in the corporate environment, many people, including decision-makers, very often don't understand the full essence, potential, and importance of Quality...
Using a Shared, Centrally Managed QA Environment vs. an Individual Environment: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Personal Experience – By Oleksandra Melnikova
Companies that build software for external or internal usage have to implement a testing mechanism before the software can be deployed to the production environment. There is one important aspect to consider when building and executing the test strategy—how the tester...
Five QA Must-Haves for Successful Software Project Implementation – By Yana Yelina
Being front and center in every software project, robust quality assurance (QA) allows developers to reduce time to market, mitigate risks, improve user satisfaction, and more. Below are five essential QA aspects that can help you proactively address the pain points...
What Does It Mean To Be An Agile Organization – By Annemarie Wolfrat and Hannah Price
You’ve probably heard of Lego, Adobe, Bosch, and Fitbit. Each company trades in different sectors, but they have one thing in common: they work in an agile way. These organizational giants not only practice agile with scrum masters and sprints, they truly embody the...
Why Security Vulnerability Assessments Are Necessary – By Akshaya Choudhary
Why Security Vulnerability Assessments Are Necessary The growing menace of cybercrime has necessitated vulnerability assessments and testing. They help organizations understand their security flaws and work toward mitigating them. To understand the immediacy of the...
Three Ways to Help Developers Embrace Testing – By Alissa Lydon
As a former member of the U.S. Women’s National Softball Team and a lifelong softball and baseball fanatic, I’ve always been fascinated by the shift. In softball and baseball, the shift refers to when infielders move away from their traditional positions (i.e., spread...
How Agile Principles Help in a Remote Working Atmosphere – By Tanya Kumari
“The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.” This quote from the Agile Manifesto’s Principles is one of the reasons as to why most of the companies working in agile ways become more productive and effective. Teams that work...
Reaping the True Value of Exploratory Testing – By Rajini Padmanaban
Exploratory testing (ET) as a valuable technique to gauge the quality of a product under development has existed for a long time and has become invaluable in the quality journey of several products, large and small, over the years. Despite its long history, its...
Episode 19: Terri Avnaim – A Woman Who Leads Brave Conversations Women Who Change Tech
In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Terri Avnaim, a Woman Who Leads Brave Conversations. Terri is the chief customer and marketing officer for Sauce Labs, and she loves creating marketing plans that are authentic to the brand and meaningful to...
7 Essential Quality Attributes for Your Test Automation Framework – By Iryna Suprun
A common problem in software is that developers and designers tend to concentrate on pure functionality and neglect quality attributes. These attributes are the famous “-abilities”: usability, reliability, portability, and so on. This statement is valid for test...
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