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Software Testing and QA Fundamentals

• 5 SMART goals for a QA analyst

  QA testers can earn respect and gain influence with peers through SMART goals. Take ownership of the software you work on, look up to good product managers and achieve these five goals.  Continue Reading

• Move into better QA with shift left and shift right testing

  App dev teams face pressure to deliver software frequently and to a high-quality standard. Make QA an ongoing and teamwide effort to achieve these sometimes contradictory goals.  Continue Reading

• 5 tips to jump-start a DevOps pipeline

  DevOps is a trendy methodology -- and one many enterprises implement incorrectly. Pore over this popular expert advice from 2018 to carefully and correctly accelerate app delivery in 2019.  Continue Reading

• Words to go: QA testing methodologies

  Do bottom-up and top-down testing throw you for a loop? In the dark about the difference between black box and functional testing? Print out this handy cheat sheet of testing terms.  Continue Reading

• Improving testing architecture when moving to microservices

  Gamesys, the developer and operator of many online games, rethought its approach to testing during the move from a monolith. A pyramid made software tests more manageable.  Continue Reading

• When artificial intelligence and human resources intersect

  AI is taking aim at the very people-oriented human resources profession. Expert Brandon Wirtz gives his take on why that's happening now and what it will mean for us all.  Continue Reading

• Eclipse BIRT iHub F-Type focuses on the user experience

  Learn about the new Eclipse BIRT development tool, our Product of the Month.  Continue Reading

• FAQ: Software testing in the cloud

  Tackle the basics of testing software in the cloud with these answers to frequently asked questions.  Continue Reading

• Knowledge, skills and abilities for software QA jobs

  The right knowledge, skills and abilities for QA jobs don't necessarily include test script automation or security testing skills. Jenn Lent explains.  Continue Reading

• How to learn Python, Ruby and other scripting languages

  Join the ranks of software QA pros that have learned Python, Ruby or other scripting languages to code scripts for software automation projects.  Continue Reading

• QA skills gap: Testing pros need enough to write a test script

  Writing test scripts for automation does take some coding skills. But many test scripting courses focus on developers, and give testers way too much.  Continue Reading

• Performance management for mobile devices: Solutions and strategies

  Software experts reveal mobile application performance management challenges in the enterprise, as well as strategies, best practices and tools to address those challenges in this article.  Continue Reading

• Determining the cloud model that best meets your business requirements

  In this third of a three-part series, we explore how to evaluate an organizations' current QA infrastructure and the different cloud deployment models which will help decision-makers determine a cloud deployment model that best suits its business ...  Continue Reading

• The benefits of adopting the cloud in quality assurance environments

  In the second of this three-part series, we provide insights that aid senior managers in understanding why QA environments are the best place to begin their cloud adoption journey.  Continue Reading

• What upper management should know about managing software testing processes

  Contributor Crystal Bedell interviews experts about how test managers can keep senior managers informed of the value and quality their team adds to the organization.  Continue Reading