Software Test Professionals Community Articles
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Dinner With A Rapid Test Manager
“The first thing I did was to learn what their day was like,” he told me. “Did the test process give them freedom to think? Or was the work of investigation obstructed by a smothering blanket of pre-planned test cases?” We were interrupted briefly by the waiter taking...
Two Views of Agile Unit Testing
Test consultant Rex Black and Scrum Master Bob Galen have been at odds lately about agile methods and their effect on software testing. Black claims to spend much of his time helping clients overcome the new challenges they encounter “when using agile methods,...
Beautiful Testing Satisfies Stakeholders
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...
How to Pick A Winning Test Team
Automation Demands Special Skills; Field The Best Players Possible People are at the core of any successful automated software testing program implementation, and hiring competent and qualified people with the matching skill set is critical to the success of AST....
Role-Based Testing? Take a Holistic Viewpoint
Building tests for role-based security, which limit user access by login, could be among the most challenging test scenarios. Testers will be most successful if they dialogue with compliance and thoroughly vet business processes. That's particularly true when building...
Pre-Deployment Load Testing
Don’t Let Overload Put Your Company’s Name on The Front Page Load testing should be an integral part of any quality process. Unlike functional testing, which ensures that applications perform as expected in terms of functional requirements, load and performance...
Stuck With Two Impossible Choices
When It Comes To Security Auditing, One Size Does Not Fit All One key problem with security code audits is that they tend to cause more problems than they solve. “One size fits all” audit scans tend to overwhelm developers, ultimately leaving the team with a long list...
Engineering Quality Goes Bananas
This is a case study in how we reduced our risks and achieved our test automation objectives in just a few months on a total outlay of $0 for tools. Now, it wasn’t as if we started with zero cost as a target. Often, buying tools is the most cost-effective solution, so we evaluated test automation tools as a potential solution.
Meet the 2008 Rockstars of Testing
This article originally posted November, 2008 Party Time. Excellent. Take a Trip Backstage to Hang With 2008’s Test-Tool Heroes (We’re Not Worthy!) E x-squeeze me! OK, pop quiz: In 2006, did you vote for Mercury Interactive as your starring supplier of testing tools?...
Ask The Tester: Paul Melson
Paul Melson is information security officer at Priority Health, an insurance company in Grand Rapids, MI. he has been in IT for 13 years, focusing exclusively on security for the last seven. During his career Paul has also consulted on matters of incident response and...