Being a Test Lead in Agile: Role and Responsibilities
25.04.2016
Note: this article was updated in October 2019. Every department feels a need – the need for the Leads. Someone, who’s skillful and brave enough for big responsibility in great
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Automated Unit Testing in Agile Projects
22.04.2016
A lot has been said about the high cost of fixing bugs at the late stages of a project. This is relevant even for a software testing company that successfully
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Automated Testing in DevOps: Whys and Wherefores
21.04.2016
Note: this article was updated in September 2019. What’s DevOps and who are DevOps engineers? Why their and Quality Assurance engineers’ job combination is like mustard and ketchup: a hot
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Agile or Not: Tips to Determine a Team’s Approach to Product Development
20.04.2016
In a software testing company, everyone knows that the Agile methodology is an antipode to the Waterfall methodology. However, it doesn’t mean that if software testing service is not provided
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Accurate Test Estimation: Measure Thrice and Cut Once
19.04.2016
Before starting testing a new product, a specialist from QA company is often asked to estimate an effort required for sufficient verification of a product’s functionality. Unfortunately, even experienced testers often face
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A New Portion of False Statements about Testing
18.04.2016
Throughout the entire professional life, a software tester hears lots and lots of different misconceptions about testing – from classic ones to quite weird ones. Wrong ideas about software testing
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5 Ways to Prepare the File Server to High Load
15.04.2016
It is a good sign for a company when its servers become so busy that they hang and crash. It usually means that the company’s products are very popular. Load
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5 Ways to Improve the Quality of Tests
14.04.2016
Different teams have their own special features of software testing practice. Moreover, each software tester performs manual testing and automated testing in his own way. There are, however, common tips
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5 Ways to Engage Manual Testers in Automation
13.04.2016
A specialist of software testing company may not have solid programming skills, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that his/her skills can be helpful only in manual testing. Many test managers
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5 Tips to Build Effective Test Data Strategy
12.04.2016
In a software testing company, the term “test data” usually means data used for testing of a particular product. Each software tester knows that test data and a product under
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5 Things to Remember When Reporting Usability Bugs
11.04.2016
When it comes to usability, a lot of companies prefer outsourced testing, while others do it in-house. In both cases, a software tester should do the best to not let
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