The Next Stage of Software Development Enlightenment
Talk to any product or development manager and chances are they'll go into great detail about their approach to building software: Agile, extreme programming, scrum, test-driven, feature-driven development, behavior-driven development, lean, and the list goes [...]
The Roles of a Career Software Tester
Whilst there may be many things to be jealous of when looking at successful actors, one of the aspects of their job that I’ve been most envious of are the opportunities to play multiple roles [...]
Working Out Loud – An Interview with Angie Jones
I interviewed Angie Jones about the value of QA and software testing conferences, why someone would want to work out loud, how testers can give back to the testing community and how they go about [...]
Happy Canada Day and National Indigenous Peoples Day from PLATO and PQA Testing
On July 1, 2017, Canada celebrated its 150th birthday. We, as a country, looked back on 150 years of history and culture and, together, acknowledged and celebrated the accomplishments that we worked hard for and [...]
An Introduction to Data Warehouse Testing
Businesses rely on accurate and complete information in order to keep historical records and for analysis that is useful for forecasting and strategizing. The problem is that data may be kept in multiple systems and [...]
Lessons Learned in Negotiating Software Testing
First of all, I am not great at negotiations. I know how that sounds, VP of Sales and not a great negotiator, what gives? I like to think - like most sales people – “what [...]