People "Works on My Machine!": How to Deal With Dismissive Devs Stop letting developers dismiss your bug reports by saying it works for them when you know something's broken.
Team How Testers Help Developers Elevate Their Productivity Testers are often seen as an obstacle to progress, but they can be the most powerful tool to developer agility in the software development lifecycle.
Improvement The Future of Manual Testing in Modern Software Development More organizations are leaning toward automating their testing processes, but that doesn't mean manual testers are becoming irrelevant.
Startups How to Deal With Testing When It’s Pushed to Later Learn how to maintain quality even in the most frantic of development environments when testing gets pushed aside.
People Let's Stop the "Developer vs. Tester" Feud Have you ever seen a "Developer vs. Tester" meme? Those images might become more destructive to your organization than you realize.
Improvement The Best Time to Test Your App Given the choice of testing during development, before deploying, or in production, is there a best time to test your application?
Improvement Feel Free to Deploy on Friday If you have a rule of never deploying on Fridays, you're sending the wrong message about quality across your team and organization.
Management How to Effectively Hire Testers to Join Your Team Hiring new testers isn't an easy process. But with some up-front preparation, companies and testers alike can find the right fit for each other.
Test Automation Help Your Team by Maintaining Your Automated Test Suite The only long-term solution for a stable test automation suite is maintenance. Here are a few reasons to make it part of your regular schedule.
People Create a Work Portfolio to Help You Land a New Job Job hunting is tough. Give yourself an advantage by creating a portfolio that shows employers you're the right person for the job.
Test Automation Conquer Overwhelm When Starting With Test Automation Adding automated testing when all you've done is manual testing is overwhelming. Here are a few ways to make the initial push go smoothly.
Test Automation Two Easy Questions to Help You Automate the Right Tests With testing, it's tough to know what's the right thing to automate. These two questions will help guide you towards the right path.
People Helping Developers and Testers Get Along It's not unusual to see bickering between development and QA. Here are some tips to have both teams do their best work without constant arguing.
Test Automation Check the Effectiveness of Your Automated Tests Have you wondered if your automated test suite is worth the effort? Look for these areas that indicate you have effective automated tests.
Improvement Become an Impact Tester and Improve Your Work Quality belongs to everyone in an organization, but Impact Testers take quality to a new level. Here's how you can become an Impact Tester and boost your entire team.
People Tips When Starting Your First Developer/Tester Job More developers and testers are joining the workforce for the first time. It can be stressful, but these tips will make the transition smoother.
Test Automation The Importance of Maintaining Your Automated Tests Maintaining your automated tests will make them easier to modify and run smoothly, now and in the long term. Here are a few simple ways you can keep your test suite in optimal condition without spending tons of time.
Test Automation 3 Ways to NOT Guide Towards Test Automation When attempting to guide a team towards test automation, things may not go as planned. One of these mistakes might be holding your efforts back.
Test Automation Guide Your Team Towards Test Automation It's challenging to lead a team to practice test automation, but it's not impossible. Here are a few ways to get everyone moving forward.
Test Automation How to Go From 0 to 1,300+ Automated Tests Building an automated test suite when a project has no tests can seem impossible. But it can be done by taking action and with a little patience.
Test Automation The Trick to Get Going With Test Automation At Work Introducing test automation at work isn't as simple as mentioning it and hoping to get a positive response. You need to lead the way to get others on board.
Test Automation How to Know Your Test Automation Project Is Doomed Test automation projects have a high risk of failure. Here are some early warning signs to help you steer your project back on track and avoid this fate.
Test Automation What to Ask When Inheriting a Project for Test Automation Jumping into an existing project to help with test automation can be tricky. Asking the right questions early can help you succeed.
Improvement You Don't Always Need to Follow Best Practices Best practices will help with the long-term health of your projects. But be careful to not let these practices prevent you from delivering your work.
Management Do You Really Need a Test Plan? Many organizations feel they need a formal test plan to drive their QA strategy. But do they really need one at all?
