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Does Exploratory Testing Randomize Your Agile Test Efforts?Test teams have come to rely on exploratory testing more than ever before to help achieve the required test coverage. While there are clear benefits of adopting exploratory testing in an agile workspace, is it really adding to the randomization that might already exist in the agile environment? | 
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Call of Duty: Are You Game Enough to Test?There are people who play video games for many hours a week. Yet some people move into software testing based on their ability to play games rather than because of their capability to test games. The challenges faced in games development are huge. Have you got what it takes to be a games tester? | 
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Behavior-Driven Development: The Outside-In ApproachBehavior-driven development (BDD) is a software development practice that is utilized by many agile teams. BDD is an evolution of test-driven development but with an important distinction—it is outside-in. Scott Sehlhorst provides a business analyst’s understanding of BDD. | 
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Lessons Learned from the Biggest Hack in SC State History In October 2012, a security breach of the South Carolina state revenue office exposed millions of taxpayers' Social Security numbers. Brendan Quinn reviews the lessons that can be learned from this hack and offers some simple security prevention strategies. |
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Can End-Users Help Enhance Product Quality? It is a well-accepted fact that bringing end-user focus into a product is very important to its overall success. Testers have always been viewed as end-user advocates in product teams. What is becoming more important is to engage end-users in the product development cycle in every possible way. |
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The Changing Role of Software Testers The focus of the software testing discipline has undergone radical changes in the last decade. Rajini Bharath examines the factors affecting software testers today, what the future holds for software testers, and how they can smoothly and successfully ride this wave of role evolution. |
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How to Test Mobile Websites In today’s marketplace you absolutely will lose visitors if your website doesn’t have a mobile version. Here are some quick tips and tools to help you create the perfect mobile-optimized website. | 
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Your Tools Are Not Your TestsTesting tools are a mixed blessing. The downside is that testing tools tend to constrain test thinking to the kind of testing they perform. Rick Scott makes the case that testers should fit the tools to the testing—not the other way around. | 
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