Software Test Professionals Community Articles
Articles written by the STP community of professionals.
The Art of Software Testing Standards
Did you know there is a new software testing standard for the world, ISO29119? It was produced jointly by the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the IEEE. The standard is a result of years of work by members of ten countries, with approval by members of...
Put on Your Business Hat
Broaden your perspective during software testing projects. Having worked in software testing for nearly 13 years, the single biggest issue I consistently hear is that business requirements for the software are incompletely or inadequately met. During a project, teams...
SCRUMBAN – A Different Approach to Agile
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...
Richard Bradshaw Automation in Testing
Following up his lightning talk ("Automation is Just a Tool") at the recent Let's Test conference, Richard Bradshaw joins us to dig a little deeper into the subject of test automation, exploratory testing, automation frameworks, artificial intelligence, DevOps and...
Michael Larsen on Testing Career Paths
Michael "TestHead" Larsen joined us for a long, long conversation about how you can become a great software tester and how his own career developed through ups and downs, turns and twists (no pun intended) to arrive at his current level of genuine guru. Michael is...
Managing Technical Test Debt
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...
The Downside to Being a Tester!
The world is moving fast towards realizing the true importance of software testing. Gone are the days where management was biased against testers or testing teams. Today, we, the testers, are being looked upon as an integral part of product development. Well, the...
Considering Test Estimation and Negotiation
What Is Estimation? Test estimation is a forecast of the projected cost and duration of testing which is agreed upon between the testers and enterprise which requires testing. It is a means for discerning information which will need to be fed back in to the business....
Practical Tips to ETL Testing
Big Data represents all kinds of opportunities for all kinds of businesses, but collecting it, cleaning it up, and storing it can be a logistical nightmare. According to the latest IDC research the big data technology and services market is showing a compound annual...
STP Radio: James Bach on Systems Thinking
Directly from his home on the West Coast of the USA James Bach, the original self-proclaimed Buchaneer-Scholar himself joins us for "test" of his thinking about the recent STPCON keynote on the schools of software testing and how he might juxtapose his own opinion on...