Jul 26, 2018 | Agile, Automation, Business of Testing, Community Webinar, Featured, Leadership, Management, STP Community, Testing, Training, Webinar
Are you on your way to be an independent consultant or starting a Software Testing startup? Do you feel it is more like a leap of faith or is it a very calculated step taken only when you are 100% sure of success? In order to succeed, there are some general heuristics that need to be taken care of, irrespective of which business you start but then there are specifics about the nature of business and subject matter involved that hold true for a particular kind of enterprise.
Jul 2, 2018 | Agile, Automation, Business of Testing, Community Webinar, Development, Leadership, Process, QA, STP Community, Testing, Tools, Webinar
Recorded 06/27/18 The Shift Left To DevOps With the growing pressure to introduce new software versions and constant updates, release cycles have shortened significantly in the last decade and required development teams to adapt to new work processes. The Agile Effect...
Jun 12, 2018 | Agile, Business of Testing, Featured, Leadership, Management, QA, Requirements, Testing, Tools
Introduction In 1987, the movie Platoon swept the Academy Awards with 8 distinct awards including Best Picture. Anyone that watched the movie Platoon recalls Charlie Sheen’s role as “Chris Taylor” – a privileged young man who decided to leave his university studies to...
Oct 26, 2017 | Agile, Business of Testing, Community Webinar, Exploratory, Management, STP Community, Team Management, Testing, Training, Webinar
Testing as a practice has evolved over many years. We have had many experts who are popular today. We have many styles, schools and approaches to testing. A lot of complex problems have been solved. Yet – there remains a bunch of problems that are fundamental that have remained unsolved.
Jul 13, 2017 | Agile, Community Webinar, QA, STP Community, Testing, Training, Webinar
As more and more organizations transition to agile, many still do not understand how testing fits into agile teams. Does it simply mean placing a tester on every team? Or does it mean doing away with the role of testers? Pradeepa Narayanaswamy explains the importance of working in cross-functional teams that integrate development and testing. Pradeepa shares her insights into the keys of agile testing including understanding the agile testing mindset and goals. She discussed the responsibilities of a tester on an agile team and describes the diverse skill sets required on those teams.
Nov 21, 2016 | Agile, Automation, Business of Testing, Community Webinar, Leadership, Management, Process, QA, RBCS-Webinar, Team Management, Test Estimation, Testing, Webinar
In this free webinar, Rex Black discusses the key testing opportunities created by the Agile approach, so that you can recognize and take advantage of them.
Feb 6, 2015 | Agile, Testing
The Agile methodology, with its breaking down functionality to user stories, has proven effective for independent applications, which are developed and maintained by a small team of experts. However, adoption of Agile for large scale Enterprise software development...
Jul 24, 2014 | Agile, Testing
During the time I have passionately pursued my career in software testing, I have been fortunate enough to work on various Agile methodologies which have allowed me to understand a number of pros and cons that need to be considered before selecting one methodology...
Jun 25, 2014 | Agile, Testing
This download re-frames the notion of Technical Debt into the arena of Agile QA & Testing. managing-technical-test-debt About the Author Bob Galen BOB GALEN is the Director of R&D and Scrum Coach at iContact in Durham, N.C. In this role, he operates as an...
Oct 25, 2013 | Agile, Mobile, STP Community, Testing, Unit
It is my pleasure once again to present at the Software Test Professional Conference fall 2013. Actually, present is not the best word, facilitate is more accurate. I have the opportunity to facilitate a Lean Coffee session, which is a fairly newly structured, yet...
Sep 20, 2012 | Agile, Community Webinar, Process, RBCS-Webinar, Testing, Webinar
In this webinar, Rex will revisit his presentation on Agile testing challenges. How are we, as testing professionals, doing in terms of surmounting these challenges? What remains to be done? How can you recognize and manage these challenges in your Agile projects? In this free webinar, Rex will discuss these points and more, helping you be more effective in Agile projects.
Aug 10, 2012 | Agile, Business of Testing, Funtional, Leadership, Metrics, Process, QA, RBCS, RBCS-Webinar, Test Plans, Testing, Testing Career, Webinar
This is another webinar in a series on advanced software testing, excerpted from Rex’s popular book, Advanced Software Testing: Volume 2, a book for test managers.