Session based testing as a foundation for test activities

Feed from Thetesteye.com Session based testing is most often discussed in combination with exploratory testing. The idea is to make exploratory testing more structured by using it, as James Bach expresses it. I like the whole concept about testing in sessions, thus breaking the day into chunks of work. Considering that you know that there is an [...]

Tester Contractor vs. Developer Contractor

Feed from testthisblog.com Does one require more start-up time than the other? My department is gearing up for a spike in development this summer. We plan to use temporary, contractor developers and testers. IMO, the contractor devs do not need to know nearly as much about our systems as the contractor testers do. The devs [...]

Why do we test ? What is the purpose of software testing ?

Feeds from Tech Manager To answer the above question(s), let us look at the nature of software testing. The software testing group is a service provider. Software testers provide valuable information and insights into the state of the system. This information contributes towards reducing the ambiguity about the system. For example, when deciding whether to [...]

‘Twas The Night Before Prod Release

Feed from Testthisblog.com ‘Twas the night before prod release, when all through the build,Not a unit test was failing, the developers were thrilled; The release notes were emailed to users with care,In hopes that new features, soon would be there; The BA was nestled all snug in her chair,With visions of magnitude ready to share; [...]

Automated Report Testing – JART Expansions

Feed from Testthisblog.com I brainstormed with my report dev and we came up with two valuable JART expansions. The first is coded and has already found two bugs (and saved me from days of bordom). Comprehensive data checking in the report output is complicated but what about checking for data that is missing? My reports [...]

Why do users find bugs that Software Testers miss ?

Feeds from Tech Manager Here’s a familiar scenario: Testers spend months or longer, testing a product. Once the product is released, users report bugs that were not found by the testing team. The obvious question that gets asked is – how did the testing team miss these issues ? Listed below are some of the [...]

Coming up next .. Software Testing from the ground up

Feeds from Tech Manager Coming up next, is a series of posts that explain, examine and delve into the subject of Software Testing, from the ground up. The series starts from the very basics, by explaining what is testing and moves on gradually to cover more advanced areas. The upcoming series is mainly targeted at [...]

Secure Software Needs Careful Testing — And Lots Of It

Article by: Herbert H.Thompson With fuzzing, we deliberately attack software with random data in search of unexpected responses Software testing comes in many flavors. Unit testing analyzes individual components before they’re integrated into larger systems. System and integration testing checks that modules work together. Regression testing verifies that everything still works after a change is [...]

Download QUEST Magazine

The QUEST (Quality Engineered Software and Testing) Magazine is out in conjunction with the Conference details, and in this edition, 5 articles are provided complimentary for download. QUEST Magazine is a convenient source of information about the QUEST Conference. Besides containing a description of all tutorials, keynotes, sessions, workshops, courses, and networking events, it also [...]

Perils of Quantification – what harm metrics can do for you?

Feed from shrinik.blogspot.com This is a hurriedly written post (just to make sure that I do not lose the thought – “fieldstone” in Jerry Weinberg’s terminology) – I plan to use this as a place holder for expanding ideas on this topic … Please bear with me for a while with this “being cooked” idea. [...]

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