5 Manual Test Case Writing Hacks

To be considered a “great software tester”, you have to have an eye for detail. But you can’t be truly great unless you can effectively write test cases. Writing test cases is a task that requires both talent and experience.

How to Migrate from HP Quality Center to qTest

Moving data from a legacy test case management system to a modern system can be a lot of work. But not for you!

Building High-Performing QA Teams

A QA team is only as strong as the staff members who fill the ranks, and managers know that any project can be improved with powerhouse personnel. The right people make all the difference, especially in an area that demands experience, expertise and commitment to…

5 personality traits of a successful freelance developer

Freelance developers have a good gig going on these days.

They get the opportunity to work on many different projects and build new skills in the process. Many of the best can pick and choose projects, once…

Time-Saving Tricks to Be a More Productive Software Tester

Imagine this scenario: A team is a couple of days away from a release when the last few features finally make it to the server. The testing team…

How to Set a Software Testing Budget that Fits your Business Goals

Call it the Annual Operating Process, Mid Range, the Software Testing Budget, or even Strategic Planning. At some point, companies need to determine how much to invest in testing for the next year, and, ideally…

3 serious (but common) misconceptions about software testing

One of the most important aspects of software development — software testing — is often misunderstood. Software testing has been around since the mid 1900’s and it has had a lot of time to accumulate plenty of misconceptions…

Maximizing the Investment in Your Testing Team

For the C-level executives in your company, the goal is to maximize the investment in human resources. So, if you have a software tester, you want to make sure that person is actually spending the majority of their time testing software. Time spent…

How Can Testing Teams Review Bugs that Don’t Come from a Specification?

Ten years ago managers were teaching that it was irresponsible to start writing code until the testing teams had “complete, consistent, correct, unambiguous” requirements — sometimes called 3CU. Today’s…