Five Ways Testers Can Leverage the Internet
The fact that you are reading this is already setting you apart from the testers who are unaware – or don’t care – about the great resources the Internet can offer a tester.
Ask The Tester: Melissa Tondi, VP – Mobile Practice, ProtoTest
Thanks to all of the followers of “Ask The Tester”. In this article, we will be interviewing Melissa Tondi, Vice President of Mobile practice for ProtoTest. You may be asking why we would be interviewing a VP if the article is called “Ask the...
Ask The Tester: Featuring John Ruberto of INTUIT
Well it’s 2013 and once again a new tax season starts for the US. Everyone is pulling together all their financial documents, summarizing their income, expenses, and tax write-offs. And, for many, they will be using tax software to assist them with their tax...
Building A Successful Test Center of Excellence
The only successful way to build a solution is to understand the problem. To quote Albert Einstein, “The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” Recognizing problems you face,...
From the Test Lead Toolbox: A “Group Test” Technique
Management requires continuous adaptation, interaction with the environment, modifying the approaches for maximum return. That’s why experienced test leaders collect variety of methods in their “testing practices” toolbox, and pull them out when...
Cast Your Eyes Afield: Hiring Testers From Outside The IT Industry
When it comes time for you to write a job ad to fill a lower rung position in your quality assurance department, you might be tempted to merely copy the same old, same old boilerplate from other job postings and put this out there: Job Requirements: Bachelor’s...
Ask the Tester: Mike Lyles
Many of the folks we feature on ask the tester are consultants with big names and public faces, and that’s good. Still, we try to achieve a balance; we also want to hear from practitioners. If we’re going to put on a practitioner, how do we know they are...
The Sherpas of Testing Success: Studies of Successful Independent Test Groups
How can we measure success for such team? In this presentation, drawn from three decades of industry experience, Rex will help you find answers to these questions, and to establish—or improve—your independent testing team. Join in the discussion after the initial presentation, and ask Rex about the challenges you face with test estimation.
Cost of Unbalanced Teams
The obvious and completely correct answer is that it depends on what you’re building; who your users are; and a whole host of other factors. The less obvious factor is who cares? If you have the wrong number of testers, what does that cost? There are certainly costs...
Trading Money for Time: When Saving Money Doesn’t (And When it Does)
In any endeavor I participate in, I have choices. In many of life’s transactions, I can spend money to have something done, or I can spend the time to do that same thing. For some things, it is worth it to invest the time to make up or offset the amount of money to be...