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Two Reasons Why Test Automation Projects Fail Very few things catch the fancy of management as much as the compelling prospect of automating tests. Test automation, after being projected as a magic wand, often fails to live up to the expectations. The core question is—Why do test automation projects fail? |
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Advance the Craft of Software Testing with the Best Workspaces Bonnie Bailey writes on the importance of the best workspaces for testers. Making workspaces that enhance a variety of testing tasks—cooperation, collaboration, and concentration—can help the craft of software testing rise to the occasion of today’s challenges in software development. |
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The Test Automation Hunger Games The life of an automated test, whether it acts like it or not, is a game of survival—à la "The Hunger Games." Thrust into the arena of continuous integration, tests must constantly prove their worth and their usefulness. They must fight for their right to exist and be heard. |
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Is Outsourced Software Testing on the Way Out? Companies have been using outsourced employees, especially in software testing, for years now—but is the trend starting to wane? Recent studies have shown that perhaps outsourcing doesn't come with all the advantages that were once promised, and the same results can be achieved in-house. |
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Book Review: Discover to Deliver—Agile Product Planning and Analysis Discover to Deliver—Agile Product Planning and Analysis, Ellen Gottesdiener's and Mary Gorman's book, is for software teams that are good at creating software but struggle to create the right value. The authors show techniques to help you adapt to the specific delivery method you're using. |
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Identify the Essence of the Test to Reduce Automation Costs Do you want to improve the readability of automation tests and make them easier to maintain when code or requirements change? Then you need to take a step back from the automation code itself and focus on what software consultant Dale Emery calls the “essence of the test.” |
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Do Software Testers Have Special Ethical Obligations? Some might argue that the same basic ethical rules apply in both professional and nonprofessional contexts—ethics is ethics. Other ethicists believe that all professionals, regardless of their practice, have special moral obligations. So, do software testers have special moral obligations? |
