Testing and Quality Assurance
Testing and Quality Assurance
Test and QA Stories
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Optimizing Testing: Moving Faster without Compromising QualityAt some point as a tester, you’ve probably been urged by management to reduce the amount of time required for testing without compromising product quality. How can you possibly do that? Weighing the added value and relative importance of each testing task can help you optimize your testing strategy. | 
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The Vocabulary of TestingTesters in every project and company spend time defining and debating the meaning of common testing terms. Which labels are used for testing activities tend to vary from team to team. How do you reach an understanding? Dawn Haynes addresses the disparities and highlights what's really important. | 
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Part of the Pipeline: Why Continuous Testing Is EssentialWith the DevOps movement and push for continuous delivery, the way we have done test automation in the past must evolve. In continuous testing, tests are run as part the build pipeline so that every check-in and deployment is validated. Learn more to ensure your team can achieve continuous testing. | 
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Why Automation Will Never Replace Manual TestingManual testers are experts at the unexpected, while automation is all about predictability. Automation won’t replace manual testing, but neither will manual testing replace automation. Linda Hayes writes that once the difference between them is understood, the fear of automation dissolves. | 
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"What Is Code?" How I Explain What I DoAs software engineering professionals, we each have a role in educating everyone in our circle of influence about just what software is and how critical it is to our everyday lives. Mike Sowers explains how you can answer the question "What is code?" without making your listeners sorry they asked! | 
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Can Bug Bounty Programs Replace In-House Testing? Large companies have long used bug bounty programs to find vulnerabilities in their software, but these initiatives are becoming increasingly common among individual developers, too. Should a small business use a bug bounty program? And could it even replace their in-house testing? Should it? |
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Managing Security Testing in Agile Software Development One of the biggest myths in the world of agile development is that there is not enough time to do security testing. Sanjay Zalavadia shows you the most efficient and cost-effective way of performing security testing in an agile environment: by rolling it into each sprint incrementally, from day one. |
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How to Manage Project DelaysWe often attribute project delays to internal reasons, such as poor management, lack of collaboration, resource issues, and software quality, but there are often reasons that fall outside of the norm. Rajini Padmanaban provides some examples of these types of project delays and how to manage them. | 
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