What a single bug can do to a business?
Knight Capital was an American financial service company based in Jersey City. You might have already guessed what a single bug did to them since I used a past tense in the opening line 😀 But just in...
View ArticleOur Great Testing Community – my takes on the QA&Test 2017 Conference
Last week I got back from the QA&Test 2017 conference in Bilbao. When I attend a conference, I always get back to the office with a new pack of energy and ready to take on The World with my work,...
View ArticleYou Need To Know These Top 6 Factors For Managing Test Environments
Automation and Artificial Intelligence are quickly securing space for themselves amongst end-users and even key industries. Technology experts and analysts are busy validating their impact in the...
View ArticleThe Evil Tester Show – 002 Provocative Therapy and Quality Coaches (Software...
TLDR; Provocative Therapy is a great study area. And Quality Coaches might not be the best cure for what ails your modern software development process. The second episode. It is available as a audio...
View ArticleWhen is a room not a room?
What is a room? How would you explain it to someone unfamiliar with the concept? How would you explain it to someone who does not know the meaning of a room? Well, it usually has furniture, carpets,...
View ArticleBeware of the Bots in the Process of Digital Transformation
Did you actually think that Bots are smart? If so, you are wrong. They are super smart and could be maliciously intelligent at times as well. Bots can be fascinating as well as frustrating, depending...
View ArticleGood Ideas are Spawned From Bad Or Failed Ideas
My elder daughter and I have been working on a number of small projects together over the past few months and every once in awhile, I will get a comment from her where she says “wow, how did you know...
View ArticleWhat is Agile Testing? The Evil Tester’s Guide To Agile
TLDR; What is Agile Testing? Why… that would be testing in Agile projects and adapting to meet the needs of the team. I have started going through my “The Evil Tester’s (mini) Guide to Agile Testing”...
View ArticleWhen is a tech company not a tech company?
I have often wondered why so many companies are called tech companies, when in fact tech has been here for centuries already. During the Industrial Revolution, the world changed at a pace never before...
View ArticleThe Third Online Testing Conference
I Love Testing Conferences! Testing Conferences open your mind to new techniques, you learning about new tools, get to know other testers, and the overall feeling of being part of something bigger...
View ArticleTop 8 Things To Consider When Transforming To Agile Testing
In the traditional waterfall methodology of software development, the process starts with detailed requirement gathering, and moves from design phase to final development, wherein test planning and...
View ArticleThe Evil Tester Show – Episode 003 – Black Friday Special
TLDR; I have always been fascinated with Confidence Men, Grifters, Tricksters. And all of that spills over into this Black Friday Special of The Evil Tester Show. The third episode. It is available as...
View ArticleCafé 041: Dynatrace UFO Next Generation Ideas with Stefan Frandl
The Dynatrace UFO has completely changed our way of thinking about quality. But whats next? How do we keep that UFO spirit alive and thriving? Stefan Frandl and Andi Grabner discuss some additional...
View ArticleWhat is Agile Testing? The Books List
TLDR; A list of books that was shown in shaky cam on the What is Agile Testing video. In the What is Agile Testing? video I used shaky cam to show a subset of books which help me understand Agile...
View ArticleTop Reasons That Make Automation Testing Business-Critical
Have you heard about Bixby, which is apparently South Koren firm’s competition to other voice assistant such as Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa? Alas! Fans have turned it down and the response has not...
View ArticleDo you have a lock on your door?
I have one on mine. But have you ever given a thought as to why it is there? It’s not for the real burglars because if someone wanted to get through, they would do it no matter what. There are...
View ArticleSoftware Testing in the World of Big Data, AI, Smart Machines, IoT, & Robotics
Emerging Technologies are no more a foresight, they are a reality even in terms of our routine activities. Businesses are busy leveraging these technologies to enable digital transformation for...
View ArticleTestival #33: How to come up with test idea using lateral thinking?
Reading Time: 4 minutesTL;DR After Testival meetup, I always write short summary about what I learned on the meet up. This time learning went in both directions. I gave a talk about lateral thinking as...
View ArticleHow Software Quality Assurance Can Help Build Future Smart Homes?
A recent report by MarketsandMarkets estimates that the Smart Home Market will be worth 137.91 Billion USD by 2023. The report further discusses the factors triggering this growth stating that the...
View ArticleRetro of the Week #7 The Automated Jedi of Net Neutrality
Pre Christmas moods start to sets in. Code freezes. Fewer and fewer people at work. A question of the week: What are tests worth automating? I think this is the hardest question in test automation. And...
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