Don’t Become the Quality Police
Software testers often fall into the role of being the quality police. They enforce quality standards, identify programmers who are not following procedures, and do what they can to punish programmers whom
New Software Testing Book – Advanced ISTQB
Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1 (published October 2008)
This book is written for the test analyst who wants to achieve advanced skills in test analysis, design, and execution. With a hands-on, exercise-rich approach, this book
Usability Testing
Usability testing is carried out in order to find out if there is any change needs to be carried out in the developed system (may it be design or any specific procedural or programmatic change) in order to make it more and more user
Check Lists For Software Tester
The following is a check list for software testers as a guidance for the tasks they need to complete for each activity.
First Things First
- Check the scripts assigned to you: This is the
Test Cases
What is a Test Case?
A test case is a set of conditions or variables and inputs that are developed for a particular goal or objective to be achieved on a certain application to judge its
Is There Any Right Way to Test Software?
One group of experts advocates a “context-driven” approach to check for bugs in applications, but that doesn’t jibe with the analytical, factory or quality schools of thought. Plus: Do best practices even exist?
Top 10 Negative Test Cases
Negative test cases are designed to test the software in ways it was not intended to be used, and should be a part of your testing effort. Below are the top 10 negative test cases
Estimating Tester to Developer Ratios (or Not)
Test managers often need to make an initial estimate of the number of people that will be required to test a particular product, before the information or the time to do a
IBM announce new test tool
IBM has launched a range of products designed to bolster communications between business managers and techies in order to improve the quality of software projects.
According to research from the Standish Group, 41 percent of software
Rapidsoft Systems Announces a New facility for Testing Mobile Applications Software
To meet the growing need of mobile application software development and testing, Rapidsoft Systems has announced establishment of a new exclusive test facility in New Jersey to test mobile applications software. This will enable Rapidsoft

