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Software Perfection: Not as Easy as It Seems

Dozens of testing types are performed with the sole purpose of creating a perfect software product. But who defines “perfect” in a software testing company? A project manager, a product owner

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Usability of Web and Mobile Apps: Simple Principles to Go By

The users of mobile and web applications would always prefer efficient and easy-to-use apps over entangled and annoying ones. No wonder that user experience is an important aspect for a

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Agile or Not: Tips to Determine a Team’s Approach to Product Development

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

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

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

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

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 Tips to Build Effective Test Data Strategy

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

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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5 Secrets of Positive Attitude to Testing

There are days when a software tester feels utterly discouraged from negative perception of his work. This happens because developers that work in the same software testing company perceive the

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5 Main Obstacles on the Road to Fruitful Testing

Fortunately for everybody concerned, software testing is no longer considered as a purely theoretical area of knowledge or activity. Instead, testing is more and more often perceived as a full-fledged

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