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What is Testing, and How do We Measure It?

Dec 20, 2018 | Business of Testing, Featured, Leadership, Management, Metrics, Process, QA, Testing, Testing Career

I won’t bombard you with gazillions of testing metrics in this article. Instead, I would like to share my thoughts on what to consider when you want to measure testing. I often see testing metrics misused from one project to another, and wanted to share my take....

How Measuring Defect Detection Percentage (DDP) Improves Regression Test Coverage

Dec 20, 2018 | Community Webinar, Featured, Leadership, Metrics, Process, QA, Regression Testing, STP Community, Testing, Training, Webinar

In this Webinar, we will show you the fundamentals to calculating how effective your team is at finding bugs in your software. Using ServiceNow and Micro Focus ALM to demonstrate, we’ll show you how to automate the flow of information between your ALM and ITSM tools to monitor DDP in real time.

Demystifying Mobile Application Testing

Aug 23, 2018 | AI, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Community Webinar, Development, Featured, Machine Learning, Mobile, Process, QA, Selenium, STP Community, Test Plans, Testing, Tools, Training, Webinar

Recorded 08/22/18 Demystifying Mobile Application Testing In the past decade, mobile technologies have rapidly evolved. What started as a “nice to have” feature for companies, is now a “must have” feature. Everything is mobile. Customers...

Connecting Manual Testers to the DevOps Era

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...

7 Reasons Why Value Stream Integration Improves Software Quality Assurance

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...

Let’s Get Real About Test Automation – Using a Context-Driven Approach

May 9, 2018 | Automation, Business of Testing, Community Webinar, Context Driven, Leadership, Mobile, QA, Regression Testing, Selenium, STP Community, Training, Webinar

Recorded 05/09/18 Test automation – everyone’s doing it, but very few can truly claim they’ve realized the benefits they desire (or were promised). This has led to new tools, approaches, and frameworks popping up almost daily with claims of finally achieving test...

Defect Metrics for Organization and Project Health

Dec 14, 2017 | Community Webinar, Management, Metrics, QA, STP Community, Testing, Training, Webinar

Are you looking for a simple, meaningful approach to gather and report defect metrics? Want to make your project defects more visible? Wondering how to report defects to management and show value? With an ever-increasing demand to show the business value of your testing, David Bialek explores a simple step-by-step method for metric management of issues.

Common Questions from the Testing Trenches on the Future of QA

Oct 17, 2017 | Community Webinar, Leadership, Management, QA, STP Community, Team Management, Testing, Training, Webinar

Recorded October 11, 2017 It seems that regardless of the day to day activities that we have as QA professionals, there is always time for real, frank questions about our roles and the impact we can have on, or that is had on us, by the latest technology trends. We...

What is Agile Testing Anyway?

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.

Finding Efficiencies in Software Testing

Apr 28, 2017 | Business of Testing, Community Webinar, Leadership, Process, QA, STP Community, Testing, Webinar

Recorded: April 26th, 2017 Many of us feel like we never have enough time to fully test in a given sprint, cycle or other timeframe. We plan for the best case scenario, but, undoubtedly, something happens with our best-laid plans that cause us to feel like we “just...

Managing Quality within Budget and Schedule Constraints: Successful and Unsuccessful Techniques

Nov 29, 2016 | Business of Testing, Process, QA, RBCS-Webinar, Requirements, STP Community, Testing, Testing Career, Training, Webinar

In this webinar, Rex will discuss ways that test professionals can help their project teams resolve that quandary. First, it’s important to recognize the trade-offs being made, and then test professionals can promote the five elements of making successful trade-offs: shared vision; disciplined management; quality in, and bugs out, throughout; focused testing; and, sending the right message. Rex will illustrate these five elements with a variety of case studies and examples.

Test Management and Quality Management

Nov 21, 2016 | Business of Testing, Community Webinar, DevOps, Leadership, Process, QA, RBCS-Webinar, Team Management, Testing, Webinar

You will leave this session ready to provide clear leadership in test management and quality management and to help your organization achieve successful testing and quality.