Management Bad Test Strategies and How You Can Avoid Them A good test strategy can guide your team to a high-quality product, but a bad strategy works against you. Learn how to avoid the ones that kills projects.
Test Automation Save Time and Money With Automated End-to-End Testing As more organizations look to test automation, learn different ways how it can save you lots of time and money in the long run.
Improvement What Do You Do When You Have Nothing to Test? Ever found yourself at work with nothing to test? Here are five ways you can use that free time to improve your team and - more importantly - yourself.
Improvement How Slow Is Too Slow to Run Your Tests? You might be wondering if your tests are running too slow compared to others. Here's how you can decide for yourself.
Improvement What You Can Do Before Quitting Your Job as a Tester It's tempting to quit when things aren't going your way, but it's not always the right thing to do. You have the ability to change your situation.
Test Automation How to Build Test Automation on an App With No Tests Starting test automation on an existing project seems like an impossible task. It doesn't have to be. Read how a few small steps can add up in the long run.
People Stop the QA Gatekeeping Now QA Gatekeeping - where testers are solely responsible for giving release approvals - is harmful to most organizations. Learn how teams manage this issue.
Improvement Now Is the Time for You to Super-Charge Your Skills Almost everyone's careers have been affected by COVID-19. You don't have to stay that way. Now is the perfect time to focus on you and boost your skills.
People 3 Types of Testers Who Can't Let Their Tests Go Sometimes testers have a hard time of letting a test go when it's no longer useful. Here's how you can handle these testers to keep your tests lean.
Test Automation How to Get Devs to Use Your Automated Tests If you ever had your automated tests ignored by developers, you're not alone. Here are a few ways to overcome this surprisingly common issue.
Test Automation Three Types of Tests to Automate - and Three Types to Skip There are many ways to create a test plan for a new project. These guidelines help teach you what to avoid to clear the path toward where you should focus.
People 5 Ideas to Make the Most out of Your Downtime as a Tester If you work as a tester, chances are you'll find times when there's not much to do at work. Use that time wisely to improve your work and your life.
Test Automation A Real-World Example of an Automated Test Pipeline I've noticed most companies have automated testing pipelines for web applications that often follow a similar flow. Let's break down a real-world example.
Management 3 Ways to Successfully Transition Testers to Agile The transition to agile methodologies can be rough on testers. Here are a couple of ways to make the change easier.
People Sole Tester on your Team? Don't Worry If you find yourself as the lone tester on your team, there's no need to worry. You can turn it around to make it a great experience for you and your team.
Test Automation Will Automation Wipe Out Manual Testing Soon? With the recent improvements in automation testing, many manual testers are worrying about their jobs. Is it a valid concern?
Test Automation How Do You Know Test Automation Isn’t Working? (Part 3) If you need someone to run your automated tests, is it truly automated? There's no excuse to keep things that way.
Test Automation How Do You Know Test Automation Isn’t Working? (Part 2) Have you felt like others don't take your testing efforts seriously? Don't let your work disappear into the void and get your team to pay attention.
Test Automation How Do You Know Test Automation Isn’t Working? (Part 1) Anyone who works in the field of software testing will experience moments where their efforts won't go as planned. I'm not alone with these struggles.
Tools Scripted Testing Is Not Enough Some companies require their testers to follow a script and do nothing else. You need to demonstrate the value of a balanced testing approach.
Tools People and Process Are Your True Heroes for Test Automation When the tools are the main driver for automation efforts, we set aside people and processes. Arguably, those are the more important than any tool.
Management Don't Split Your Testing Team It might be tempting to split your testing team into groups of different responsibilities. However, doing this can hurt the company's testing goals.
