It was December 23rd at the North Pole, and Santa’s software team were enjoying their Christmas go-live party. They’d pushed the new CRM (Christmas Resource Management) system over the line just in time, and they were very pleased with themselves about it. Everyone apart from Rudolph, the tester.
20 years ago, the test tool was dominated by big players and teeming with innovation. Not anymore. I explore reasons why test tool vendors might be contributing to their declining status, and ways they can recapture their former glory
Guidelines to help you use chatbots for software testing. The structure you need to leverage AI to enhance, rather than compromise, the quality of your testing and application.
OpenText (previously Micro Focus) has released UFT Digital Lab v23.4. The latest version of their class-leading mobile device lab tool. We’ve selected our top three release highlights.
Strict public sector procurement processes present a major challenge to uk public bodies. I explore why the public sector continues to make these bad purchasing decisions and how how Calleo can help procurement departments make better informed decisions.
In this insight, I dissect Excel’s test management shortcomings – from poor collaboration to the chaos of multiple spreadsheets. I’ll highlight Excel’s inherent risks, the associated effort, and how the absence of centralisation makes streamlined operations impossible.
There is often an underlying and unspoken fear with software systems: How resilient is your solution to unexpected outages and system failures? Sure, you’ve tested your solution’s functionality and performance, but have you tested against system outages? This is where chaos testing comes in.
Software compliance is increasingly important. Major software companies are increasingly auditing customers to check that usage falls within their license contracts, and quite often, it doesn’t. Falling foul of your contract can lead to unexpected and potentially sizeable penalties and disrupt your operations. I want to help you avoid both of these.
We’ve all heard it said: “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” But that is a complete load of old cobblers, both literally and as a metaphor. It’s spouted by people stuck in their ways, who can’t even be bothered to try and are probably more afraid of failure than anything else.
Nature’s beauty and complexity have always inspired poets and philosophers, and I thought software testers deserved to join that list. Here are three small but important lessons testers can learn from the vast wisdom of the natural world.
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