Performance Testing is Worth the Investment!!

 Performance and Scalability testing always comes with a price.  I hear all the time that it is only important when there is a ‘big issue’.  The ‘big issues’ are coming faster and with higher visibility.  If your organization is trying to increase efficiency through more self-sufficient or time sensitive functions (i.e. customer facing website) then [...]

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Risk Based Testing! It is nice to say, but how do you succeed!

Many organizations encounter the same challenges and problems. Tight Release Schedules Scope Creep Not Enough Resources  (or even qualified) Package Software that is delivered late or has a high propensity of defects. These are typical situations that face all organizations.  The best approach is to deliver your systems with a “risk based” testing approach.  But [...]

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Changing Requirements – A fact of Life!

In software development projects it is a consistent issue.  One could argue that it will never change.  I am not hear to tell you how to fix that point.  I am hear to tell you to plan for it.  The word is process with a pragmatic side to it.   The key is the QA Leads [...]

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Quality Assurance – State Retiree Data Breach!!!

I just received a panicky call from my Father-In-Law.  He is a retired teacher and his state run website “accidently” put up every teachers: Name, Social Security Number and last known address on a public website.    He was incensed… “What should I do?”, “Didn’t anybody check it?”…..”You’re a QA person…How could this happen?” Obviously, this [...]

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