Software testers are continually under pressure to test faster without sacrificing quality. By taking the perspective that quality is the responsibility of the entire team, not just the testers, shorter test cycles with higher quality software are possible. Here are four ways the whole team can improve releases.
Richard Estra is a Senior Software Test/QA Engineer. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and has been working in the software industry for the past 35 years. He has participated in the complete range of testing responsibilities including requirements analysis, test strategizing, test planning and documentation, testing execution, defect recording, root cause analysis, defect avoidance, metrics gathering/reporting and customer support. He has extensive knowledge of increasing the software quality and end user experience by utilizing software test process improvement and optimization techniques, and is looking for his next challenge in testing/QA. Email Richard at [email protected] or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardestra/