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  • The 4th Myth of Software Testing – You don’t need QA specialists

    QA specialists aren’t needed, developers can do the testing just fine There seems to be a trend in the dev-ops-new-kid-on-the-block-whizz-bang-automate-everything-framework that a lot of organisations are adopting in that a dedicated QA function / dedicated QA specialist is not required. There’s a valid argument that a degree of testing can (and should…and must) be undertaken by…

  • The 3rd Myth of Software Testing – Testers are responsible for the quality of the delivered product

    Notwithstanding that very few organisations ever internally define their expectations of quality, even in the brave new world of Agile and DevOps the ‘Testers are responsible for quality‘ axiom seems to be a prevailing anti-pattern. Even with the vast amount of available evidence and the oft-repeated but seldom implemented mantra of the ‘whole team is…

  • The 2nd Myth of Software Testing – Testing == Automation == Quality

    Testing == Automation == Quality The obvious response to this is to reply with: ‘What exactly do you mean by automation?’ Pretty soon and no doubt after some debate, you might arrive at: execution of a test script with no / minimal manual input using a mechanism / toolset for executing a set of predetermined steps…

  • 21st Century Soft Skills – QA Edition – Part 2 – Redux

    Introduction This is part 2 of of the soft skills I think enhances by a modern tester continuing on from part 1 here What are soft skills? According to Wikipedia, they are traits, qualities, behaviours and more that basically make you who you are. According to Collins, they are desirable qualities for certain employment that…