Software Test Professionals Community Articles
Articles written by the STP community of professionals.
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Michael Bolton
Here is your opportunity to ask any questions to Michael Bolton. Michael is a consulting software tester and testing teacher who helps people solve testing problems that they didn’t realize they could solve.
The QE/QA Role: Supporting DevOps the Smart Way
Focusing on more valuable automation, shifting traditional “right” tasks left, and tailoring refinement to account for more efficient activities are some of the topics we’ll discuss.
Three Tips for Dissolving QA and Testing Bottlenecks on Agile Teams
The modern-day quality assurance and testing practitioner is inundated with tools, techniques, and methodologies for achieving a higher level of software quality. Various best-in-class tools, such as Azure DevOps, have doubled-down on the features and functionality...
Intro to Postmodern Testing
Recorded 01/23/19 Modern testing isn’t keeping up with Agile and DevOps. Postmodern testing, like its artistic parallel, is the acceptance of this reality and practically combines the learnings of what works and what doesn’t in today’s software engineering landscape....
What is Testing, and How do We Measure It?
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. First...
How Measuring Defect Detection Percentage (DDP) Improves Regression Test Coverage
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.
Advanced Anomaly Detection in Canary Testing
Here at Functionize we have taken the idea of canary testing and have added some of our AI magic to make a system that is both powerful and able to automatically identify issues in your released code. Rather than simply monitor the bulk performance of all users on the...
How Machine Learning Is Being Used in New Age QA Automation Tools
Machine Learning (ML) or artificial intelligence (AI) tools are the hottest topics right now in the testing industry, however, QA managers and manual testers have little to no knowledge about it. Thus, Yarin, the co-founder of TestCraft will go deeply into the details of ML functionality and explain the importance of ML & codeless Selenium – with real examples, statistics, and applications.
The Art and Science of Test Automation
You can start painting without learning how to draw, but a good artist can tell — just by looking at a painting— if a work of art was done by someone who was an experienced artist, or a novice. Similarly, you can start automation without much training, but an engineer, well versed in automation, can quickly tell whether someone is practiced or not.
Compliance and Agility – How it can be Done
Delivering a compliant product can be a resource intensive and challenging activity for most teams. Whether a team is trying to be compliant with company standards, industry standards or international standard it needs to produce various deliverables like specifications and formal verification documents.