Quality Assurance

Tester Teatime (Part 1): The myth of “historical software growth” put to the test

“Historical software growth” is often used as an argument when a deviation is found in a piece of software that cannot or should not be corrected immediately. This article shows what this saying actually means and how it can be dealt with professionally and effectively in a project.

Quality Assurance
5 min

Distributed Work – An Experience Report on the Practical Application of Remote Mob-Testing

In this article we take a look at our latest ZDI online campus event for internal training, where our colleagues held a Remote Mob-Testing Workshop. We present our experiences on that and give some best practices.

Quality Assurance
4 min

Exploratory Testing (Part 1) – The Test for Lazy People or the Crown of Creation in Terms of Testing?

Explorative testing can do much more than just working off test cases in a monotonous way: It promotes creative thinking during a test session, blasts limitations and satisfies curiosity. However, there are some prejudices about this method. In this article we will take a closer look at them in order to get rid of them.

Quality Assurance
6 min

Appium – An Introduction (Part 1)

Appium is a test automation tool specifically designed for testing mobile applications. It enables us to simulate mobile-specific use cases.

Quality Assurance
10 min

The Test Analyst – Just a Reviewer for Automated Test Cases? A Field Report from an Agile Environment

In the agile environment, test automation helps to minimize effort and to increase quality. But how can this time-consuming automation be implemented in the everyday life of a test analyst?

Quality Assurance
4 min

Estimation of testing cost – “Haggling like at the bazaar?”

Creating an estimation of testing cost that is as accurate as possible and that is accepted by all involved is often a challenge.

Quality Assurance
6 min

A Project Goes Agile: Challenges and Solutions

In my current client project it was decided to restructure the entire process. The most important aspect: It was to become agile.

Quality Assurance
5 min

Distributed working: Remote Mob Testing

In many companies, employees work together, but in different locations. If you still want to use the benefits of mob testing, you can use the distributed version.

Quality Assurance
3 min

Distributed working: Remote Pair Testing

Especially in corona times, the distributed approach is more in demand than ever. Remote work is possible in home office and also at different locations.

Quality Assurance
3 min

Pimp my testAUTOmation (Part 3)

This third part of the blog series is about reports and protocols which can be used to derive key figures and trends the team needs for further development.

Quality Assurance
6 min