xBTM: Harnessing the Power of Exploratory Testing
Exploratory testing provides both flexibility and speed, characteristics that have become increasingly important, especially with the quick pace of short agile iterations. But, how do you retain traceability in exploratory testing without losing your creativity? [...]
Release Criteria – What is your ‘Quality Bar’?
In a previous article, I discussed managing risk with quality gates (“None Shall Pass…unless? Managing Risk with Quality Gates” http://thinktesting.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/). Such gates and their expectations facilitate tracing issue root cause and examining which preventative measures failed [...]
Jumping Into Mobile Application Testing – Too Many Configurations?
At the end of our previous installment, we touched on the fact that Apple instills tight control on its iOS. At the other end of the spectrum, you have the open Android platform; widely embraced [...]
Model-Based Testing – Learning Experience
As a software tester, I find that using models is very helpful. Models allow us to understand a business process or how a system should behave in a given situation. In my practice of software [...]
Jumping Into Mobile Application Testing – Initial Challenges
With all of the latest developments in mobile platforms and the nature of this ever changing landscape, I wanted to share my observations and opinions on how I believe testers can approach this dynamic. As [...]
ETL and Data Warehouse Testing
What is ETL Testing? A database is one of the most important assets an organization may own, and the data contained within that database is generally invaluable. It is common now for an organization to [...]