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We don’t need no stinking test plan…

by Nadine Parmelee and Brenda Hall When you’re testing software, the software you are testing and the tools you use change, but the process of how you test remains constant.  Sometimes you may apply...

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Are you a Developer or a Tester?

In the current business environment, companies are looking for ways to run leaner and meaner, and sometimes this means some people are working multiple roles. The line between Developer and Tester has...

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Requirements, really?

Change is hard. Project teams frequently resist the addition of new processes and procedures, and one process frequently fought is the creation and review of requirements. The reaction is...

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The Importance of an Automation Plan: When to Start an Automation Project

by Nadine Parmelee, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Automated testing is a great tool and can be a tremendous asset to a development project, but it can also be a great effort and a money waster when...

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Mature Requirements

By Nadine Parmelee In an ideal world, as a project nears completion, time is taken to make sure project artifacts are checked for accuracy and archiving ­— for example: requirements documents, project...

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Even Agile Needs a Quality-First Focus

by John Brooks, Vice President of Engineering There is no doubt that in the software development world, Agile Development is a hot topic. Just about every company engaged in software development...

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Understanding Build Server and Configuration Management – Part 1

A two-part series by Morgan McCollough, Senior Software Engineer The terms configuration management, continuous integration, and build server are used like buzzwords in the software world today. But...

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How to Prepare for Test Automation

by Nadine Parmelee, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Executed correctly, test automation is a major benefit to an organization with a strong return on their investment and efficient speed to market...

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“Fed” Up With Bad Software? Learn from the Woes of Healthcare.gov

by Brenda Hall All the noise and chatter over the ability to sign up for healthcare under the Healthcare.gov website is a clear indicator of one of the things that irks me the most — websites that...

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Top 5 Ways Software Quality Assurance Supports the Development Team

by Chris Durand, CTO Are you thinking Development and Quality Assurance are separate, independent activities? Think again. Development and QA go hand in hand, and the better (and earlier) both teams...

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Analyzing and Selecting the Right Software Automation Tool

By Nadine Parmelee, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer With all the tool choices available today, selecting an automation tool is a project all on its own. There are a number of variables to consider...

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Do Software Testers Need Engineering Ethics?

By Jerry Cavin, Senior Software Engineer When I was student learning to become an engineer, one course not required for my degree was Ethics. But because of my curiosity (and friends that were...

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Making Automated Tests Data Driven

By Nadine Parmelee So you’ve decided to start an automation project and your team has taken the time to do the tool analysis. Let’s also assume you’ve gotten your team trained on the tool of choice....

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How QA Helps Nurture Long-Term Customer Relationships

By Rema Sreedharakurup, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer I have recently facilitated discussions with both peers and clients about the value that software quality assurance brings to a customer’s...

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An Introduction to Property-Based Testing

By Paul Bostrom, Senior Software Engineer Do your software testing teams ever discover bugs that seemingly should have been found by the developers’ unit tests? Quite often, the developer actually did...

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How a QA Team Fits into an Agile, TDD/BDD World

by Chris Durand, CTO Let’s be honest, Quality Assurance is a necessary evil. Many of you have probably wondered why developers can’t just get it right the first time. Why do we pay developers to write...

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Learning Test Automation: Choice? Or Compulsion?

by Lakshmi Kirthivasan, software QA engineer Our team at Bridge360 is very focused on quality in the software production process. Expertise in all forms of testing helps us provide our customers with a...

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Is Pairwise Testing All It’s Cracked Up To Be?

By Morgan McCollough, Senior Software Engineer Testing software can be a very complicated, time-consuming process. The number of possible inputs to a system and the ways in which they interact can...

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3 High-Octane Tools for Performance Testing

By John Cavazos, Senior Performance Test Engineer At one time, it was very common for companies to use a homegrown solution to performance test their software. This was mainly due to two factors: the...

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Automated Testing in an Agile Environment

By Nadine Parmelee, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer When it comes to software quality and reliability, there are many benefits to be gained from a switch to an agile development environment. Agile...

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