Smooth QA

"...there are always the companies or organizations that will certify anyone, no matter their past experience, as long as they are willing to pay, sit through the program, and can pass an exam."

Are software testing certifications harming the profession? How the debate over software testing certifications could help improve the industry in the end.

Tester’s Knowledge Base, Interpersonal Skills, Independent Testing, Motivation, Communication, Team Bonding.

How to Form an Effective Test Team — Software Testing Help 6 Important Skills to Form an Effective Test Team (and How You Can Develop These Skills) - This article focuses on individual’s skills that contribute to form a good test team and selection criteria for induction of the tester in a team.

The pride is everything! Happy Friday everyone!

Oreo cheesecake breakfast! :)

"...I had forgotten one of the hallmarks of an expert tester: they are comfortable with complexity and ambiguity. They thrive on it. And they don’t need “best practices” or a two-inch thick manual on how to get the job done. Their weapon of choice is their mind."

Survivorship, Best Practices and The Power of Wish Thinking "The scientist has a lot of experience with ignorance and doubt and uncertainty, and this experience is of very great importance, I think. When a scientist doesn't know the answer to a problem, he ...

"...today developers do their best while creating new functions but make little effort to ensure that the existing mix has no problems to adopt successfully the new software."

Look out for squall: bank apps are struck by malfunctions! This January the Faster Payments System of the Lloyds Banking Group, which is aimed to speed up the transfer of cash, was hit by some glitch in consequence of which many users did not get their wages as well as bill payments in time, some users faced the problem of duplicate charges. In general, the...

A really good example of how the QA role has evolved over the yeears in a company.

The Evolution of QA at TheLadders - TheLadders Engineering Stories Change means that what was before wasn’t perfect. People want things to be better.–Esther Dyson Looking back on my 6+ years at TheLadders …