Why Your Software Project Needs Independent QA

Software Testing & The Internet of Things

With the advent of the Internet of Things, or IOT, an entirely new landscape has emerged for the software testing professional. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of physical objects that are connected to the internet. These objects can include devices, sensors, and other items that collect data about their environment and share it with other devices and applications.IoT

What is Behaviour Driven Development and How Does it Work?

Behaviour Driven Development, or BDD, is a software development methodology that has gained significant traction in recent years. What is BDD, where did it come from and what does it offer the test team?

How Artificial Intelligence will change the way we work in Software Testing

Software testing is now a fundamental software development process that helps ensure the quality of software products and systems. However, it can be a time-consuming and expensive endeavour. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to change the way we work in software testing and mitigate time and cost issuesAI-powered tools and techniques can help us automate repetitive tasks, identify potential bugs faster, and improve the accuracy of our testing.

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When can software test automation be a mistake?

In a business environment where speed needs to be maximised and costs minimised it is all too tempting to think that increased automated testing can be a solution to these demands. We have all encountered situations where due to these pressures, the call for more automation and less manual testing has been made. But this logic is flawed. Manual testing is the cornerstone of testing on which automated testing stands.It’s true of course that automation can produce benefits with repetitive tasks and they perform consistently with no concerns about human error introducing its own problems into the testing process. But does that mean that every test should be automated? That there is no place for manual testing?

Continuous Improvement and the Root Cause of Defects

When projects come under pressure to deliver to plan, budget or quality experience shows there is rarely an appetite for learning the lessons of failure. Project teams drive to overcome the challenges of poor quality, inaccurate estimates, delayed delivery, and cost escalation. They work through the issues, resolve them, the project is deployed and then the knowledge and experience disappears into the sunset.

Leadership in Software Quality Assurance

Years ago, software testing was viewed by businesses as an overhead. There was little justification to invest when limited availability of software meant little choice to move elsewhere. You had to tolerate and work around the problems until an update became available, often years away.Originally testing was part of the development role, often squeezed into the end of the delivery lifecycle. Little value was associated with it, something to pay lip service to rather than a core function.

Static Testing - The Six Basic Criteria for Success

There are six basic criteria we recommend for static testing. These can be applied to any artifact subject to this level of testing, and provide an objective measurement of the quality of the artifact.

Cyber Security & Software Testing – Getting The Basics Right

Security testing has now become a primary concern for both businesses in both the private and public sector and is highlighted by the significant budget now given over to this area of testing. The intention of this testing is to reveal flaws in security mechanisms and find any vulnerabilities or weaknesses in the numerous software applications that many businesses utilise on a day to day basis.

The Quality Assurance Integration Challenge

With the ever-growing complexity of the system landscape in all areas of industry, the multiple integrating technologies, applications, hosting solutions and accessible devices, test planning can seem an overwhelming task. The identification of the integration risks associated with the introduction of a new system, or even a minor change to a complex set of interdependent components is one of the challenges making the testing industry