How Different Are Software and Hardware Testing?

March 1, 2021 0

Hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) allow using distinct hardware components through the Internet analogously to the cloud services. This article discusses the differences of the testing approaches that could be used to test hardware compared to software.

Fixing Flaky Tests

April 15, 2020 0

Every test suite has them: a few tests that usually pass but sometimes mysteriously fail when run on the same code. Since they can’t be reliably replicated, they can be difficult to fix. The good news for software testing is that there is a set of usual suspects that cause these issues: test order, async code, time, sorting and randomness.

Anti-Patterns in Software Testing

April 6, 2020 0

Since the start of software development, we have always had to test our software. And over the course of several decades, the discipline of software testing has seen many best practices and patterns developed. Unfortunately however, not all practices have been good and there are also anti-patterns in software testing.

The Hidden Costs of Poor Test Data Management

February 4, 2019 0

Your team has some test data. Let’s say you loaded in a backup form production a few months ago. Your QA specialists are familiar with the data, but your software developers hate it. They keep telling you, “It is not the right data,” or, “It is not very useful for testing.” You let them write and automate some tests, but it is not enough.

Five Steps to Better Test Data Management

December 10, 2018 0

Good test data management is one of the best practices of successful software quality assurance, especially when you perform integration and functional testing for large systems. In this article, Christian Meléndez discusses important topics associated to test data management like how much data do you really need, how to deal with data privacy concerns, test data as self-service and test data generation.

AI Failure Story: Paying a Heavy Price for Test Strategy Errors

September 11, 2018 2

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining wide acceptance in the software development world, the question is open on how you should apply software testing practices to this type of software. Based on a true story, Anna Royzman explains that you need to carefully design your test strategy… and not only for AI software.

What Is Next for Functional QA Managers

June 20, 2018 0

With the rapid implementation of Agile development in most IT environments, the traditional roles of functional QA managers are changing. Testing is now the responsibility by the product team; day-to-day testing tasks and accountabilities are largely owned by the product team and defect status is discussed on a quick daily meeting. But yet all of the testing personnel report into the QA Manager from an organizational viewpoint.

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