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3 Fundamentals of a Successful Testing Team When it comes to equipping a QA team to reduce risk, test quality, and deliver world-class products, there are more important things than tools. Fundamentals such as a common language, core testing concepts, and a smart automation strategy are essential to setting up testing teams for success. |
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Choosing the Right Agile Testing Tool for Your QA Team To be truly effective, QA teams have to choose the right agile testing tools for their needs and ensure that it has the required features to ensure quality and bolster testing efforts. Sanjay Zalavadia outlines a few things to consider as you search for the best solution for your QA team. |
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Tips and Tools for Successfully Working Remotely Remote work is becoming more common, so understanding how to work better remotely is valuable, especially if your company doesn’t have an established policy about it. Collaboration technology continues to improve, making communicating and cooperating with collocated coworkers even easier. |
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What’s in the Fall 2016 Issue of Better Software Magazine? In the cover feature article of the fall 2016 issue of Better Software magazine, “The Evolution of Software Monetization,” Michael Zunke details how software vendors misfire in an attempt to balance protection of their intellectual property with complicated software licensing schemes that frustrate customers. |
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4 Signs It Is Time to Reevaluate Your Testing Tool Regardless of how you approach software testing at your organization, it is worth considering whether your testing tools and practices are becoming a burden to your team. Sanjay Zalavadia offers four signs to look for as you reevaluate your test software and consider possible replacements. |
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What the Internet of Things Desperately Needs Is Standards IoT is the latest trend that’s producing new connected devices that change how we interact with our environment. We’ve barely scratched the surface of what IoT can achieve, but before we can really hit our stride in this industry, all the different players needs to agree on a standard. |
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Finding a Middle Ground between Exploratory Testing and Total Automation The automator wants to get rid of human exploration—they want a robot to cut down a forest and stack the wood. The explorer, on the other hand, sees tools more like a chainsaw—they allow humans to go ten times faster, but a human is still driving the process. Finding a middle ground is the best test strategy. |
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Overcoming the Real Fears behind Behavior-Driven Development Behavior-driven development can bring many benefits to software delivery. But while many companies focus on customizing frameworks, tools can only achieve as much as the people and organizations behind them. You also have to consider the individual roles and personalities of your developers and testers. |
