4 Hidden Traps: How Test Tools Quietly Burn Your Budget
1 October, 2024
You think you’ve found the perfect tool that ticks the speed, coverage, flexibility, support, and cost boxes—but there are good reasons to think again.
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When Will Microsoft Step Up? A Customer’s Plea for Improvement
29 September, 2024
Microsoft (MS) has dominated the software landscape for decades, boasting vast resources and some of the brightest engineering minds. Yet, despite this wealth of talent, many users struggle with persistent issues that raise questions about the company’s commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.
Software Testers: How Your Brain Plays Tricks on You
17 September, 2024
What if I told you that, despite your best efforts, your brain could be sabotaging your testing approach? And that while you’ve spent your entire software testing career trying to find the biggest, juiciest bugs, your subconscious has had other goals altogether?
How to Think Like a Top Tester: The 3 Essential Skills That Nobody Teaches
2 September, 2024
To become a top tester, you need three critical skills often overlooked in traditional training. These skills are simple to understand and easy to adopt, but they have made a huge difference in my career and will help take yours to the next level. They also have nothing to do with software testing.
Software Testers: 4 Steps to Crush The Rest of 2024
27 August, 2024
You might not know it, but today is the perfect time for software testers and quality assurance teams to take a step back, reflect on progress, and ensure you finish the year off strongly.
How NASA Does Software Testing: 4 Lessons We Can Learn
20 August, 2024
As a software tester, I’ve always wondered how organisations like NASA test their critical systems. After all, their systems are unique and complex, and the stakes are almost incomprehensibly high—a single software bug can result in catastrophic failure and loss of life.
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29 July, 2024
Hello, fellow software testing enthusiasts! I’m excited to share something I’m passionate about and have been working on diligently for the last two years—Testing Times, a LinkedIn newsletter dedicated to exploring the latest trends, insights, and innovations in software testing.
Are Universities Failing To Prepare Computing Students?
22 July, 2024
Universities play a crucial role in developing the next generation of computing professionals. However, by adopting a short-sighted approach to test tools, academic institutions are missing a crucial aspect from their computing and information systems degree courses.
The Evolution of Test Tools: Passing the Baton
16 July, 2024
Test tools have long been essential to software quality and testing efficiency, but over the years, they have transformed significantly, becoming more powerful, cost-effective, and reliable than ever before. One test tool suite has been at the forefront of this evolution, tracing its lineage back to the 1990s.
Seriously, Why Aren’t You Using Service Virtualization?
7 July, 2024
Service Virtualization (SV) remains one of the most criminally underused tools in software testing. It’s astonishing to me just how many organisations still ignore its benefits – test earlier and save money. If you’re not using SV, you are missing out—plain and simple.