Jun 15, 2011 | Performance, Process, Test Plans, Testing
Performance Requirements: What is the Problem? At first glance, the subject of performance requirements looks simple enough. Almost every book about performance has a few pages about performance requirements. Quite often a performance requirements section can be found...
Jun 14, 2011 | Process, QA, Test Plans, Testing
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...
May 19, 2011 | Leadership, Process, Team Management, Test Estimation, Test Plans, Testing Career
What made me think of this? When I teach project management and I discuss scope creep; I usually tell a story about one of my first projects. I really wanted to get along with my customer. I was not well versed in all of the project management bodies of knowledge. I...
Jul 6, 2009 | Business of Testing, Funtional, Leadership, Management, Metrics, Process, QA, RBCS, Requirements, Team Management, Test Case, Test Estimation, Test Plans, Testing, Testing Career, Tools
This article, contributed by STP guest editor Rex Black, is reprinted from “Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software” (O’Reilly, October 2009). The book, edited by Tim Riley and Adam Goucher, is a compilation of essays from 27...