test methodologies

Be Big, Bold, and Brave in Your Testing Efforts

Our organizations, management, teams, and customers desperately need each of us to step up and lead. Regardless of whether you have an official title as a leader or you are an individual contributor, you must exercise leadership in your role. Are you taking the initiative in your testing projects?

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Michael Sowers
Paco Hope Presents Security Testing for Muggles at STARWEST 2014

Paco Hope, principal consultant for Cigital, presented the last keynote of STARWEST 2014: “Softwarts: Security Testing for Muggles.” He exposed some testing fallacies, gave four principles for security testing, and detailed some charms every good testing wizard should have in his spell book.

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Beth Romanik
ISO 29119: The Redundancy in the Documentation Document

When it comes to ISO 29119, the new international standard for software testing, there is a great deal of secrecy around it. Matt Heusser has the papers published so far, so he explains and shares his thoughts about Section 5—a document that is basically a collection of documents and definitions.

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Matthew Heusser
Early Testing Questions for Mobile Apps

A mobile app tester should take early actions to gain a better understanding of the product. What test verification and validation actions has the developer taken? Has the developer implemented static code-analysis testing? What risks exist for the product? Read on for more test-planning questions.

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Jon Hagar
User-Acceptance Testing in a Testing Center of Excellence

To incorporate the user-acceptance testing function into a testing center of excellence (TCoE), the testing team must develop business-process knowledge coupled with technology and test process expertise. Here are some lessons that will aid in integrating the UAT function as part of the TCoE.

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Deepika Mamnani
Creating Testable Requirements and Acceptance Criteria

Testable requirements, or acceptance criteria, are the communication of an expectation between its originator and potential stakeholders. Many testers struggle with this starting point. But once you succeed, you know the processes that can build and test a system implementing “good” requirements.

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Claire Lohr
Five Predictions: What the Future Holds for Test Professionals

No one has a crystal ball, but it's critical for test professionals to seriously ponder what the future holds as they plan their career journeys. Where is technology headed? What testing roles will be in most demand? Where will a tester spend the most time? Here are some predictions.

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Michael Sowers
Mobile Testing: The First Step—or Two

On many mobile projects, testing is not practiced well—or sometimes not done at all. Many testers from the desktop world are moving into mobile, and there is much they can take from traditional testing into the mobile space. Here are some ideas to get you thinking about testing mobile devices.

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Jon Hagar