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What is the difference between Testing and Quality Assurance? And, does it matter?
In my experience working as a Senior QA consultant, I have seen many organisations using the term Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing interchangeably. The main reason seems to be that the project management and key stakeholders are not aware of the differences between Quality Assurance and Testing. However, there are some significant differences and, as… Read more
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Four of the best UI Test Automation tools for Dynamics 365
It is critical to choose the right test automation tool if you want a quick return on investment from your automation tests. Yet, selecting the right test automation tool is frequently challenging, especially for applications like Dynamics 365. The Dynamics applications are somewhat complex web applications that contain concepts such as “configurable elements”, “nested iFrames”… Read more
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Don’t gamble with quality
How understanding stakeholders optimises your testing strategy and the software you end up with. In my experience working as a Senior QA consultant at Triad, I have seen many organisations consider Quality Assurance (QA) only as an additional cost in the project and ignore the intrinsic value that it brings to software quality. The main… Read more
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How to setup OWASP ZAP to scan your web application for security vulnerabilities
Recently, I had an opportunity to work alongside my excellent team mates from Triad and the Department for Transport (DfT) as a QA practice lead, developing the new Manage Motor Fuel Greenhouse Gas Emissions service for GOV.UK. For this project, we wanted to strengthen our in-house penetration testing (pen test) capability to enable us to… Read more
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Test Automation VS Process Automation
Often when we talk to Test Automation Engineers about Robotic Process Automation (RPA) the first thing we hear is “It is same as test automation with Selenium or similar tools”. I should confess that this is what I thought of it when I heard about RPA for the first time. However, my view has changed… Read more
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Why are Agile ceremonies important for Quality Assurance?
As Agile becomes the default approach to software development, it’s easy to start going through the motions without paying too much attention to the underlying rationale and beginning to let some of the steps slip. In my experience as a Test Automation lead working with a variety of Triad clients helping them produce higher quality… Read more
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How to integrate Quality Assurance into Agile projects
The biggest challenge in Agile testing is to know how to integrate testing into the Agile process. In this article I will present how I have successfully integrated testing into the Agile artefacts. What is Agile software development? Agile software development refers to software development methodologies based around the idea of iterative development, where requirements… Read more
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10 Best tools for REST API Testing
What is API/Web Service Testing? Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of rules and mechanisms by which one application or component interacts with another. API can return data in a convenient format such as JSON, XML, etc. APIs for web applications are often referred as Web services. Testing these APIs directly as part of… Read more
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RESTful Web Service Testing for beginners
What is API/Web Service Testing? Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of rules and mechanisms by which one application or component interacts with another. API can return data in a convenient format such as JSON, XML, etc. APIs for web applications are often referred as Web services. Testing these APIs directly as part of… Read more
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Using the Agile Testing Quadrants to create your Test Strategy
What is the Agile Methodology? Agile software development refers to software development methodologies based around the idea of iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organising cross functional teams and stakeholders. The focus of the Agile manifesto is “Continuously delivering working software while allowing for and supporting changing requirements”. More and more… Read more
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Very useful information. Thank you Venu.
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Thanks Ajay.
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Very good and hands on information for new testers, keep it up Venu.
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Thank you.
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Very informative and helpful article! Thanks Venu.
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Thanks Meenu.
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