It may surprise some people as it’s not commonly talked about in the industry but not every company will develop its own IT systems. Not every company has an agile development culture, some have a culture of buying the best of the market solutions and integrate them together. This brings about a very different challenge … Continue reading Testing SaaS – Quality in a “Buy not Build” Culture
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Following up from my previous post, I thought it would be a good idea to dive deeper into the idea of the Quality Narrative. As mentioned in that blog, I first came across the term from the 'Leading Quality' book by Ronald Cummings-John (@ronaldcj) and Owais Peer (@owaispeer). The book is a great reference for … Continue reading Defining your Story – Owning Your Quality Narrative
For me, Testing is a mindset, not just a role that needs to be performed. Testing isn't just part of the development cycle, it should be ingrained in every stage. Every aspect can be 'tested', whether that be requirements, architectural diagrams, code, unit tests, test scripts, user docs etc. When Does Testing Start? If I'm … Continue reading The Testing Mindset
There has been a lot of buzz around this topic at recent testing events and in forum discussions between testing professionals, there are a fair few different certifications around but are they of value? A quick google and I found the following certifications: ISTQB - Foundation, Advanced (Test Manager, Test Analyst and Technical Test Analyst) … Continue reading Testing Certifications – Are they worth the paper they are written on?
For me, testing is a mindset rather than just a role and sometimes that can and does affect other aspects of life. The amount of times I have gone to try and break something intentionally, just to check that it can handle error cases. That would be fine, but doing it to the TV while … Continue reading Spreading the Word – Being the Sociable Tester
Last June, I had the opportunity of a new challenge within my current company, which I grasped with both hands. I moved from a team which had a very well-oiled engineering process, a very stable test framework which gave the team confidence in their product and a team which I had worked in since I … Continue reading Not Familiar with Testers? – Proving Your Worth With a Development Team
I have to admit, I was really excited about attending TestBash in Brighton, it was my first conference for 18 months and there was a real buzz about this one on social media. The schedule looked really interesting and there was a 5 of us attending from work so it was kind of like a … Continue reading TestBash 2015 – More than Just a Conference
Maybe I was quite naive about peer reviews but my experience previously was that it was a natural process to have QA/testers involved in code reviews alongside developers. Whenever a new feature or a bug fix was implemented, before the code was checked in, the developer would set up a walk through with another developer … Continue reading Overcoming the Resistance – QA Involvement in Peer Reviews
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