It’s no secret. More and more jobs are moving overseas or becoming entirely automated. This is especially true for low-skilled jobs that don’t require much thinking, training, or intuition. But even positions within law and medicine are moving overseas, thanks to major advances in telecommunications. You can’t necessarily outsource open-heart surgery, but you can hire: [...]
Within the software test management world, there exist a range of different bug trackers – from internal customized systems to open source options to high quality commercial trackers. Each serves a purpose, depending on the exact needs, wants, and desires of both the software testers and the development team. However, with this variety comes certain [...]
When we first launched Testuff more than 5 years ago, our goal was simple - create an advanced software testing platform that customers could safely use anywhere in the world at any time. Although software-as-a-service (SaaS) was already a well established delivery system for many IT tools out there, the Internet of 2007 was poorly [...]
There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time - I owe him my best. - Joe DiMaggio At Testuff, we’re definitely not baseball hall of famers (the gap between professional sports and test management is as wide as one can imagine). And children are not our target [...]
Today, I wanted to talk about a topic that affects just about everyone within the software test management world. In fact, it affects a great many professions, both technical and creative. I have writer friends who tell me that with any given document, they can edit it until it’s perfect, come back 24 hours later, [...]
Hurricane Sandy will definitely be one for the books. It was a particularly brutal storm that strayed well beyond the traditional “hurricane region” of Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana. The storm also stands out because of the current election cycle in the US. For the past several months, both sides of the aisle have been waging [...]
In previous posts, we talked extensively about some of the many benefits of SaaS software test management tools. When you subscribe to a service like ours, you don’t need an on-site server (huge money saver) have virtually no maintenance costs (no server = no maintenance) enjoy greater flexibility (you can log in remotely from anywhere) [...]
I recently had lunch with a friend who isn’t directly connected with the test management world but who knows a great deal about both business and IT. He kept pressing me on how our own software testing management tools could continue to compete with open source alternatives. “Just look at the Encyclopedia Britannica compared to [...]
Today I wanted to touch on a pretty hot topic – an issue that has become quite relevant due to the current US presidential race in which jobs and outsourcing have taken center stage. When you typically think of outsourcing, you think of manufacturing jobs sent to China and virtual assistants in India – categories [...]
If you’ve never been part of a stressful software development project, you obviously haven’t been in testing for very long. So many of the world’s most cherished software products are the result of hours and hours of pure hell. It’s true, and you know it. See if you can relate to any of the following: [...]
