I used to work for a company which had a few groups of testers, each of them used on a separate mission on a need-basis. You would see a project manager go about asking “where’s my testing group?", trying to figure which of the groups was assigned for his project. There were arguments of course [...]
Improper diagnoses are bad for business. This is most apparent in healthcare where "false positives" result in hundreds of billions in wasted dollars every year. Worse still are the complications that emerge when real problems go untreated. Patients become sicker and sometimes die because physicians fail to address the true reasons why those individuals [...]
In many ways, the contrast between Olympic athletes and software testers couldn't be starker: One class of professionals symbolizes the ultimate in human form, strength, and grace. They are paragons of physical perfection. The other category is the exact opposite. QA professionals are often depicted as skinny or fat (but never in between). And it’s [...]
The open source (OS) revolution has been hugely successful – from Linux to Mozilla to WordPress. Even the world’s favorite encyclopedia, Wikipedia, falls under this broad "open" umbrella. And it’s not difficult to understand their popularity: They’re infinitely expandable, with add-ons and plug-ins. They’re supported by huge, enthusiastic communities. They benefit from tremendous security [...]
This seems like a silly question. Obviously, developers need to make sure their builds are stable before sending them on to the testing team. So yes, developers must at least taste test their applications. But what we’re really asking is whether developers should conduct rigorous testing, complete with defect reporting, debugging, and methodology selection – [...]
At the time of this writing, Euro 2016 is still going on. Even still, it's possible to extract some valuable lessons from the results thus far. Many of the favored teams continue to underperform, despite having the ‘star’ players, huge budgets and stacked decks. Countries like England and Belgium, for example, were expected to reach [...]
The division of labor couldn’t be clearer: Quality assurance professionals are supposed to test and report bugs. Software developers are supposed to build and fix code. Getting a product ready for launch might require hundreds (or thousands) of back-and-forth exchanges to fix all defects. However, that’s how the industry is set up. But what [...]
A few years ago, we wrote an article about The Grid – an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that could build custom designed websites from scratch. On the surface, The Grid seems like a potential threat to web developers and graphic designers. In fact, this technology poses an existential threat to anyone working in IT – [...]
We’re happy to announce that the online version of Testuff now comes with an overview screen. Because this dashboard already exists in the desktop client of our software testing suite, you might be asking – “So what’s the big deal?” Well, first and foremost, the dashboard creates a more unified experience across both platforms: Some [...]
In a recent email exchange with a long-time Testuff user, we learned that he wasn't using one of the main screens in our platform. In fact, he wasn't even paying attention to that screen. After digging a little deeper, we discovered that several others were in the same boat. This surprised us given the usefulness [...]
