How do you get the data you use for testing? Do you find it? Create it? Request it? What if you only had to find it/create it/request it once? How easy would your life be? MUCH EASIER is the answer. So, finding it or having to create it isn’t easy. What if you switched over… Continue reading Use Test Data Automation to Hypercharge Test Execution
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The New Grid-Tools Webinar Series: ‘Lunch and Learn’
Grid-Tools Lunch and Learn webinar series is back by popular demand! Each month we will be hosting a webinar on a variety of different topics, from technical demonstrations to broadcasts which focus on ROI and business benefits. If you would like to be sure that you get the invites to the webinars then click here… Continue reading The New Grid-Tools Webinar Series: ‘Lunch and Learn’
Test Data Management: It’s More than Masking and Subsetting…
Recently, I Googled test data management (TDM). I’m not sure why I was surprised by the results, but I was. The majority of the results on the first page were focused on subsetting and masking from production. This is not the whole picture. Why is subsetting and masking not the only answer? Production copies will… Continue reading Test Data Management: It’s More than Masking and Subsetting…
Choosing a Testing/Requirements Tool – from a tester/user perspective
Practice what you preach. As a tester it is easy to review someone else’s requirements and find issues but what if you’re forced to create your own requirements? I was asked to put in requirements for a test data management tool and then a lot of things started to go through my mind. What functions… Continue reading Choosing a Testing/Requirements Tool – from a tester/user perspective
A Pragmatic Approach to Test Coverage
I like models and I love automation on top of them. Software development in almost any form requires a logical model and an implementation in code. The best developers can find the re-usable patterns or code within a complex system to minimize their work. Functional testing gurus also use this pattern for success. Anti-Patterns for… Continue reading A Pragmatic Approach to Test Coverage
Zombie Test Cases – How They Cost Organizations
The chilling reality is, old test cases never die, they cluster, clutter and disrupt testing and development indefinitely. But why? Because no one can be confident that the old test cases aren’t necessary, no one wants to cull a case when it isn’t clear if it tests a vital piece of functionality or not, so… Continue reading Zombie Test Cases – How They Cost Organizations
Test Case Calamity
One question. Do you manually create your test cases? If the answer is yes, you might want to turn away now as our research has turned up some pretty ugly conclusions. We looked at a large multi-national financial services company and a number of examples of how their development teams approached test case design. As… Continue reading Test Case Calamity