Meeting the Stranger in Town

Meeting the Stranger in Town

In western movies, whenever a suspicious stranger blows into the bootstrapping town of good folk, the local sheriff makes a point to interact with the stranger early. “We’re a law-abiding people,” the sheriff says, instructing the stranger on the town rules and his...
Tester: Not Just a Role Within Itself

Tester: Not Just a Role Within Itself

Most organizations wish for a quality product but paradoxically, very few give importance to testing. Instead they prefer fixing bugs as they appear in production. The general idea of other organizations is that quality of the application lies in the hands of the...
Testers Meeting at the Bar

Testers Meeting at the Bar

About the Author Torsten Zelger I am in the testing business since 12 years and started straight with test automation. A subject that still fascinates me although today I focus more on automated testing BELOW the UI and manual testing again. Before testing I was...
Great Testing, Bad Business

Great Testing, Bad Business

We all endeavor to improve how we work. The twin goals of increasing both the efficiency and effectiveness of our testing are always on the mind of any professional software tester. But does improved testing always lead to business benefit? What is Quality Software?...
A Five-Ingredient Quality Metrics ‘Vowel’ Soup

A Five-Ingredient Quality Metrics ‘Vowel’ Soup

Do you have questions on to how to implement a quality metrics program? What are the ingredients that are key to a well-established metrics program? What are some real-world metrics one could implement in their organization to guide improvement or quality...
A Discussion About Bug Regression

A Discussion About Bug Regression

I have yet to see a process where bug regression is also part of bug verification. It is not uncommon to sometimes see that new bugs are created as a result of a bug fix. Sometimes the change in the code inadvertently causes the existing functionality to break. As we...
Keeping Your Eye on the Prize

Keeping Your Eye on the Prize

Sometimes we all get caught up in the whirlwind and forget about the bigger picture. The bigger picture for a QA professional is software quality. Now that we got that out of the way, let me remove my captain obvious ball cap and give you some straight talk. How many...