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Two people creating a test strategy document The What, Who, and How of Developing a Test StrategyIn the world of agile, people often think of test strategy documents as outdated or unnecessary. But having a defined plan of action for how you're going to test a system, application, or business function is always useful. Here's how to break that down into what, who, and how so you can understand your tests' purpose.
Adam Satterfield
Janna Loeffler
Illustration from Aesop's fable "The North Wind and the Sun" Aesop and Agile: A Moral for Effective TeamworkWhen a manager sees a problem on their team, they often want to act quickly to correct it. But if you take a “fix it” mentality too far, while you might get past the initial impediment, you have done little to help the team work better in the future. Let's look at another approach, based on one of Aesop's Fables.
Steve Berczuk
Software team working on a failing project Achieve Success by Joining a Failing ProjectWe all want to be associated with success, so when there’s a failing project, most of us want nothing to do with it. However, if you’re looking for a way to give your career a boost, you may want to rethink that. If you’re not afraid of a challenge, here are some ways embracing a failing project can help your career.
Richard Estra
Shift key on a computer keyboard Making the Switch from Quality Assurance to Quality EngineeringThe quality engineering approach differs from QA in that quality teams partner with business users and product managers to better understand requirements and to catch problems as products are being built—not after the fact. There are two pillars to building a true quality engineering organization: culture and process.
Sumeet Mandloi
NSA NSA Adds to Open Source Tools and Tech Transfer Program

The National Security Agency recently released several of the agency’s software tools as open source and added new technologies to the NSA technology transfer program patent portfolio that are ready for licensing. Could leveraging any of these technologies help your efforts?
Pamela Rentz
Robot playing a piano Robotic Process Automation in Software TestingRobotic process automation (RPA) systems develop a list of actions to automate a task by watching a user perform that task in the application's GUI, and then repeating those tasks directly in the GUI. But RPA tools differ from other tools because they can handle data among multiple applications—including for testing.
Mukesh Sharma
Melissa Benua DevOps Red Flags: A Slack Takeover with Melissa BenuaThought leaders from the software community are taking over the TechWell Hub for a day to answer questions and engage in conversations. Melissa Benua, who's worked in dev, test, DevOps, and program management, hosted this Slack takeover and discussed DevOps adoption, red flags, and continuous delivery and deployment.
Owen Gotimer
Person making a mobile payment using contactless card technology by waving an Android phone in front of an NFC reader Using Contactless Card Technology in Mobile PaymentsAs payment methods have evolved from the traditional cash-based system to mobile systems, contactless cards are becoming more popular for their convenience and flexibility. Here's a primer on how this mobile payment system stores your card information, as well as the near-field communication technology behind it.
David Smith