test management
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Six Focus Areas for Effective Test ManagementFor a test manager to be effective, Mukesh Sharma says six important areas must come together: domain focus, test expertise, leadership style, management practices, proactivity quotient, and communication protocols. Read on to learn how to become a well-rounded test manager in these areas. | 
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Theresa Lanowitz Talks Extreme Test Automation at STAREAST 2014In her STAREAST 2014 keynote—Extreme Automation: Software Quality for the Next Generation Enterprise—Theresa Lanowitz covered the global trends in testing, emerging technologies, and (of course) extreme automation. Read on for more insights on modern testing from Theresa's talk. | 
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From the Good Old Days to Today: Twenty-Five Years of Testing with SQEToday, Rick Craig travels the world speaking about testing. Since he started working at SQE twenty-five years ago, the company has changed, he has changed, and testing has changed—although maybe not as much as you think. This trip back in time looks at what makes our industry great year after year. | 
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Five Emerging Trends in Testing and QACustomer expectations are higher than ever, so testing has become more important than ever. Quality assurance must evolve to keep up with changing software development requirements—and that involves adopting new approaches. Here are five emerging trends in testing and quality assurance for 2014. |
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Three Smart New Year’s Resolutions for a Testing OrganizationWhen making New Year's resolutions for his testing organization, the author stumbled on three interesting posts that provided additional insight into the overall thought process on where the software testing discipline is heading. These resolutions may help align your work with industry demands. |
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Software Testing: A Hunt for FragilitySoftware testers are hunters. At least, they should be. Their prey: fragility. Like some organizations and people, software can suffer from fragility, and it is the software tester's direct responsibility to sniff out fragility, call it by its name, and work to squeeze the life out of it. | 
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What Do Software Testing and Poker Have in Common?Software testing and poker have interesting commonalities. Some say there’s no use in either, that both are a waste of money and, at worst, dangerous to the financial health of the poker player or software project. Proponents say that both teach us something valuable and are enjoyable activities. |
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Confirmation Test Engineering: The Next Stage of Software QA? Quality assurance, a widely recognized discipline in the software quality world, is now preparing to head into the next phase—what some call the world of confirmation or the world of test engineering. Continuous and ongoing improvements in product quality are necessary. |
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