test methodologies

Interviews

Achieving a Balance between Manual and Automated Testing: An Interview with Jim Holmes
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Jim Holmes, executive consultant at Pillar Technology, discusses tools and methods to effectively communicate with management your goals for balancing manual with automated testing.

Jennifer Bonine's picture Jennifer Bonine
Keith Klain The Viability of Context-Driven Testing: An Interview with Keith Klain
Podcast

In this interview, Keith Klain, a software testing and quality management professional, discusses all the lessons he's learned from selling software testing. He also explains why context-driven testing is viable, as well as how to discern between wants and needs.

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin
Matt Heusser discusses Lean Software Testing STAREAST 2015 Interview with Matt Heusser on Lean Software Testing
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In this interview, Matt Heusser covers how most organizations test now, presents ways you can improve your company's approach to lean, and demonstrates lean tools that can help you understand software development and test flow in a different way.

Jennifer Bonine's picture Jennifer Bonine
Janet Gregory discusses software testing I Don’t Want to Talk about Bugs—Let’s Change the Conversation: An Interview with Janet Gregory

In this interview, Janet Gregory discusses changing the testing conversation from bugs to solutions, why testers need to focus on the actual business, and simple methods that teams can employ right now to measure value and to focus on the positives rather than the negatives.

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin
Liana Gevorgyan discusses Measuring Software Quality STAREAST 2015 Interview with Liana Gevorgyan on Measuring Quality
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In this STAREAST interview, Liana Gevorgyan discusses how to measure software quality, different testing trends, what following "best" practices really means today, and what trends your company might want to follow.

Jennifer Bonine's picture Jennifer Bonine
Rob Sabourin discusses Usability Testing for Mobile and Web Technologies STAREAST 2015 Interview with Rob Sabourin on Exploring Usability Testing for Mobile and Web Technologies
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In this interview, Rob Sabourin talks about his STAREAST presentations. These cover how to elicit effective usability requirements with storyboarding and task analysis, and how to blend the requirements, design, and test cycles into a tight feedback loop.

Jennifer Bonine's picture Jennifer Bonine
Richard Hundhausen discusses Real-World Software Testing STAREAST 2015 Interview with Richard Hundhausen on Real-World Software Testing
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In this interview, Richard Hundhausen talks about real-world software testing, his experience at STAREAST, the benefits of Scrum and agile, and how we can end the developer/tester dichotomy by bringing these two teams together.

Jennifer Bonine's picture Jennifer Bonine
Judy McKay discusses hiring software testers How to Attract and Retain Skilled Software Testers: An Interview with Judy McKay
Podcast

In this interview, ASTQB President Judy McKay explains how you can not only attract a skilled tester, but keep one. She talks about the traits that make a tester good and what to avoid if you're looking to keep this person around. 

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin
The Relationship between Risk and Continuous Testing: An Interview with Wayne Ariola
Podcast

In this interview, Wayne Ariola talks about the relationship between risks and continuous testing, misperceptions of continuous testing, who should be interested in it, how we are all in a new era of testing, and why it's the best time in the history of software to be a tester.

Cameron Philipp-Edmonds's picture Cameron Philipp-Edmonds
Melissa Tondi discusses how to use automation in an agile framework How and When to Use Test Automation in Agile: An Interview with Melissa Tondi
Podcast

In this interview, ProtoTest vice president Melissa Tondi talks about why teams need to use both manual and automated testing. She explains the silver-bullet tool that often fails for companies, as well as how and when to use automation in an agile framework. 

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin

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