GrahamSep 17, 20207 minMy Testing ManifestoMy testing manifesto to quieten down a bazillion ideas in my head
GrahamJul 14, 20204 minWhen Job Specs Go BadIntroduction As someone actively looking for a position I’m becoming increasingly discouraged by job specifications that appear to have...
GrahamMay 12, 20203 min21st Century Soft Skills - QA Edition - Part 1 - ReduxWhat's the problem? Technology moves at a fair old pace these days. Organisations are overflowing with technical experts promoting the...
GrahamMay 6, 20203 minAutomated testing - not all scripts and unicornsIntroduction There's a lot written about the benefits of *automated testing. There's a lot of money to be made by tool vendors. There's...
GrahamApr 20, 20203 minThe 5th Myth of Software Testing - Zero-defect software is achievableSaving the best until last. No, no, with a side of no. 100% defect-free software is impossible (obviously within the context of the...
GrahamApr 14, 20206 minThe art of critical thinkingIntroduction Any team that follows an agile approach is probably cross-functional. If you’re lucky, you will work alongside developers,...
GrahamMar 24, 20193 minThe 1st Myth of Software Testing - Anyone can testHow hard can it be? If you spend long enough in, or around, an ‘average’ organisation that develops software then these may resonate with...
GrahamNov 16, 20183 minThe 4th Myth of Software Testing - You don't need QA specialistsQA specialists aren’t needed, developers can do the testing just fine There seems to be a trend in the dev-ops-new-kid-on-the-block-whizz...
GrahamOct 1, 20183 minThe 3rd Myth of Software Testing - Testers are responsible for the quality of the delivered productNotwithstanding that very few organisations ever internally define their expectations of quality, even in the brave new world of Agile...
GrahamSep 21, 20183 minThe 2nd Myth of Software Testing - Testing == Automation == QualityTesting == Automation == Quality The obvious response to this is to reply with: ‘What exactly do you mean by automation?' Pretty soon and...
GrahamJul 19, 20183 min21st Century Soft Skills - QA Edition - Part 2 - ReduxI heavily promote the understanding of soft skills from a QA perspective as I think they are massively under-rated.