Corporate Blogs

A recent discussion within the SQS Agile testing community considered an agile perspective on the V-Model – was it relevant to agile or a legacy of waterfall models. The following response struck me as a very clever way of viewing the underlying value of the V-Model, and is relevant whatever delivery model is employed. Both [...]

The most successful testers are those who have cultivated a support network, and who are able to maintain and refresh this network throughout their career. This network is not just other testers; it needs to be broad and deep, encompassing experts from throughout the application lifecycle who can provide the advice and guidance needed to [...]

Owning a regression test suite is a serious responsibility – they are very exciting when you first get them, bouncing around, exciting and playful, but soon become hard work. As a regression suite owner you have to play a number of roles in order to ensure that your regression suite has a long and healthy [...]

Are you a Test Manager? a Tester? In either case can you confidently explain which test case specification technique you have chosen and why? Bug hunting is similar to a battle – the enemy (defects) will soon learn to avoid repeated routes of attack – a good general, and a good soldier will vary their [...]

Google hits for the term TEST POLICY number almost 150,000, and they are often referenced in test strategies, test management training courses and various test methodologies, yet so few of them seem to exist. Why this disparity ? As part of the Delivery Assurance reviews that we have been undertaking we have seen a few [...]