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Exploratory Software Testing
- March 10, 2017
10 Mar'17
The solution to speedy mobile app delivery? It's crowdsourced testing
Sometimes you just need a lot of users playing with your app to find out how it's really working. Enter crowdsourced testing. It's the latest strategy to speed up your mobile dev.
- March 17, 2016
17 Mar'16
Drunk user testing changed HubSpot's approach to UX research
Giving a drunken UI designer a user test changed HubSpot's UX research and UI design practices. The results were stunning, said UX designer Austin Knight at the Fluent Conference.
- April 19, 2012
19 Apr'12
Software testers as qualitative researchers: STAREAST 2012 keynote
The qualitative research methods employed by social scientists are not so different from the work of software testers, according to STAREAST 2012 keynote speaker Michael Bolton.
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- April 04, 2012
04 Apr'12
STAREAST 2012: Session-based exploratory testing with Bob Galen
Exploratory testing is an unscripted test approach commonly used in the Agile community. At the upcoming STAREAST 2012 conference, consultant and trainer Bob Galen will be speaking about Session-based exploratory testing (SBET), a method of ...
- February 07, 2012
07 Feb'12
Software testers on Agile teams shift to exploratory testing and code quality
Find out what authors of "Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design" feel is the new role of the tester and why this role continues to be essential.
- January 03, 2012
03 Jan'12
Professionalism and discipline in software development: Q&A with Bob Martin
What is the role of QA when developers are automating more and more of the test efforts? What’s the best way to give code estimates? Software guru “Uncle Bob” Martin answers these questions in this first part of a two-part interview about his new ...
- July 15, 2011
15 Jul'11
Developers testing software: Q&A with Agile guru Elisabeth Hendrickson
Agile guru Elisabeth Hendrickson explains her thoughts on programmers who test their own code and also explains more about her roles on Entaggle and the Agile Alliance Functional Test Tools efforts.
- June 22, 2011
22 Jun'11
Writing About Testing (WAT): A conference for software testers who write
Style and grace were the values emphasized at the 2011 conference in Durango for testers who write about the art. SSQ Agile expert Lisa Crispin attended this conference and brings back the highlights.
- May 04, 2011
04 May'11
STAREAST: Seven ways to beat top software testing challenges and problems
Software testers face different testing challenges based on their specific contexts and experiences. At the STAREAST conference, Lloyd Roden of Grove Consultants described seven software testing challenges and tips on how to overcome them.
- April 27, 2011
27 Apr'11
Agile testing success with Janet Gregory
How has Agile testing changed over the past 10 years and what are the most important skills for an Agile tester? These are two of the questions that are explored in this interview between Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory, co-authors of, "Agile Testing...
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- April 26, 2011
26 Apr'11
Building an Agile test practice: Q&A with advocates for quality
What does it take to add a test practice on top of a high-functioning Agile team? The task at Menlo Innovations was to incorporate QA into their practices. How did they do it? Matt Heusser interviews two quality advocates from Menlo Innovations to ...
- April 18, 2011
18 Apr'11
STAREAST: Testing with FitNesse and Selenium -- Q&A with Dawn Cannan
Dawn Cannan, a presenter at the STAREAST conference, speaks with SSQ contributor Chris McMahon about her presentation titled, "Creating Executable Specifications and Tests with FitNesse and Selenium." Cannan gives some specific examples of the use ...
- May 03, 2010
03 May'10
From STAREast: What would a software conference be without bugs?
Although proving vital, exploratory testing is often forced to the backseat of numerous application testing initiatives. At STAREast 2010, many experts agreed exploratory testing is a practice that can no be ignored as it provides insight and value ...
- August 03, 2009
03 Aug'09
Skytap's virtual test lab helps Ellie Mae get ready for Windows 7
As a provider of software and services for the mortgage industry, Ellie Mae Inc. needed to be sure its flagship mortgage automation system works on whatever platform or machine mortgage brokers happen to be using.
- March 05, 2009
05 Mar'09
Testers: Time to gear up for mobile software testing
Mobile application development is forging ahead, despite the bad economy -- what impact will this have on QA and testing organizations?