Every so often the topic of certification comes up, which often leads to much debate between the two camps. Such debates are healthy and it is good to challenge the value of Certifications in an open and respectful manner. Certification, Certification and more Certification The motivation of certification for many is self improvement and … [Read more...]
A Retrospective of the Retrospective
Retrospectives can be incredibly valuable and when well run can play a part in improving the performance of a team. Although often they can descend in to sessions where everyone complains and no positive actions are taken. Also" less vocal" members of the team who have value contributions can be drowned out by others. Having been in many of … [Read more...]
5 Stages of Test Collaboration
Over the last two years, I have been working on a model of “Testing Collaboration”, where the responsibility of testing is shared and quality focus is at the heart of feature development. Before discussing the 5 stages it is worth noting that Customer feedback should be encouraged and can be received at any point in the process. The … [Read more...]
Monolith to Microservices: A Tester’s Perspective
What are Microservices? To increase the frequency of releases and reduce the burden of deployments, many companies have moved from a monolith to microservice architecture. Spotify, Amazon, and Netflix have the benefits of successful implementations of microservice architectures. A monolithic architecture combines the user interface, business … [Read more...]
30 Days Of E-Commerce Testing
#30DaysofTesting #day28 #ecommerce #data #ethics tracking data could be used to same products and services are offered at different prices to different customers targeted surveillance by government agencies sharing data with third parties Cambridge Analytica: how did it turn clicks into … [Read more...]
Guidelines For Running a Bug Bash.
Guidelines for Running a Bug Bash My previous blog on Bug Bashing covered the what, why and when. The focus of this blog is how to run a successful bug bash: what you will do before, during and after the Bug Bash. General A Bug Bash should be short, a period of 60 minutes should be sufficient. 30 minutes for the introduction and the bug bash. An … [Read more...]
Bug Bash – Give it a bash
Often as testers, we question where could we make improvements, bring fresh ideas and add additional value to the testing in our organisations. Based on past experience I have seen huge benefits of running a Bug Bash in previous roles. In this post, I want to cover the topic of the Bug Bash and why I believe is so effective. What is a Bug … [Read more...]
The Role of Software Testing – Where are we going? (Part2)
Where are we going? In the first part of this blog I covered the changes in the software role, in the second part of this blog I will cover how testers can add value and what the future of testing may look like. How testers can add Value? 1. Develop a wider range of skill It is beneficial for testers to learn UX and Product Management skills, … [Read more...]
The Role of Software Testing – how did we get here? (Part1)
How did we get here? The role of software testing has changed dramatically in the last number number of years. In this 2 part blog I will cover how the role of testing has been affected, what has been the testing community's response and what the future may hold for testers. Agile and Shift Left Traditionally testing was viewed as the bottleneck … [Read more...]
Guest Blog: Writing Test cases – The Devil is in the Detail
Checkout my guest blog for EuroSTAR Testing Huddle. https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/writing-test-cases-high-level-test-cases-vs-low-level-test-cases/ … [Read more...]