Smooth QA

15/07/2013

"...there are always the companies or organizations that will certify anyone, no matter their past experience, as long as they are willing to pay, sit through the program, and can pass an exam."

How the debate over software testing certifications could help improve the industry in the end.

12/07/2013

"How do companies ship products faster, more cost-effectively, and with lower defects?"

SYS-CON Media, NJ, The world's leading i-technology media company on breaking technology news.

11/07/2013

Tester’s Knowledge Base, Interpersonal Skills, Independent Testing, Motivation, Communication, Team Bonding.

6 Important Skills to Form an Effective Test Team (and How You Can Develop These Skills) - This article focuses on individual’s skills that contribute to form a good test team and selection criteria for induction of the tester in a team.

05/07/2013

The pride is everything! Happy Friday everyone!

01/07/2013

Let's start this week testing our knowledge!

Software Testing Online Quiz - Here is an attempt to test your software testing basic knowledge with a simple 20 question test. This will help you for self assessment and prepare for other certification exams as well as software testing interview.

28/06/2013

Oreo cheesecake breakfast! :)

27/06/2013

"...I had forgotten one of the hallmarks of an expert tester: they are comfortable with complexity and ambiguity. They thrive on it. And they don’t need “best practices” or a two-inch thick manual on how to get the job done. Their weapon of choice is their mind."

"The scientist has a lot of experience with ignorance and doubt and uncertainty, and this experience is of very great importance, I think. When a scientist doesn't know the answer to a problem, he ...

26/06/2013

"...today developers do their best while creating new functions but make little effort to ensure that the existing mix has no problems to adopt successfully the new software."

This January the Faster Payments System of the Lloyds Banking Group, which is aimed to speed up the transfer of cash, was hit by some glitch in consequence of which many users did not get their wages as well as bill payments in time, some users faced the problem of duplicate charges. In general, the...

18/06/2013

"The reality is that self-taught testers are the norm. While there are certainly students of the craft (and where there are students, of course there are teachers), many testers today learned by sitting down at a desk and going by instinct."

A look at some of the many ways to approach software testing.

10/06/2013

"Testing mobile apps is more complex than testing Web and desktop software."

For politicians, perception is reality, but that might not hold true for software quality testers who generally want to know what the reality really is.

04/06/2013

A really good example of how the QA role has evolved over the yeears in a company.

Change means that what was before wasn’t perfect. People want things to be better.–Esther Dyson Looking back on my 6+ years at TheLadders …

29/05/2013

"To make a code testable is not hard if you pay enough attention to details."

There are certain practices and methods to follow at every domain. One must not actually adhere to these methodologies. You can always create your own methods. The fact is that many people have failed in this. In this article we will pay attention on not actually how to write a code but focus on how...