All posts by Amy E Reichert
Options for Manual Test Case Development & Management
The purpose of developing test cases is to ensure the application functions as expected for the customer. Test cases provide basic application documentation for every function, feature, and integrated connection.
December 16, 2022
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QA’s and Unit Testing – Can QA Create Effective Unit Tests
Unit testing is typically software testing within the developer domain. As the QA role expands in DevOps, QAOps, DesignOps, or within an Agile team, QA testers often find themselves creating unit tests.
December 14, 2022
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QA Innovation – Using the senseshaping concept to discover customer needs
QA testers have a unique role and responsibility to serve the customer. Serving the customer in software testing means protecting customers from application defects, failures, and perceived failures from missing or misunderstood requirements.
December 9, 2022
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Feeding your QA Career – Developing Instinctive & Practical Skills
The QA testing profession requires both educational and long-term or experience-based learning. One can learn the basics from certification courses and exams, boot camp courses, and college-level courses where available.
November 4, 2022
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Are Agile Self-Managing Teams Realistic with Layered Management?
Agile software development stems from a philosophy that being agile means creating and responding to change swiftly. Agile means having the ability to adapt and respond to change without dissolving into chaos.
October 25, 2022
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Starting & growing a QA Testing career
The QA testing career includes following an often long, winding road filled with fun, chaos, challenges, and complexity. Financially, the spectrum is broad and influenced by location, company type, company size, and the QA tester’s experience level. QA testing is a profitable, enjoyable, and thriving career choice.
October 13, 2022
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How to Get Practical Details from PMs to Reduce Defects & Missing Requirements
As a QA tester, you often find yourself with a set of user stories or requirements that are incomplete, or lacking sufficient user scenario details. What to do? The first logical step is to meet with or discuss the missing details with the product manager.
October 12, 2022
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Agile – Kanban, Scrum, Scrumban – Which One Works the Best?
Agile software development stems from a philosophy that being agile means creating and responding to change. Agile means the ability to adapt and respond to change without missing a beat or dissolving into chaos. Being Agile means working together as a team that’s built with diverse capabilities, skills, and talents.
September 7, 2022
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Chaos Engineering – Making Chaos work for Software Testing
At first glance, chaos engineering sounds similar to extreme programming in the early Agile days. Chaos meant random changes and continuously shifting requirements and application functionality.
July 11, 2022
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Testing Centers of Excellence & Standardized QA Processes
TCoE or Testing Centers of Excellence refers to creating, supporting, and training QA testers using standardized testing procedures and processes. Long referred to as the QA Process, TCoEs are useful for establishing test organization in an Agile development environment.
June 30, 2022
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