Yearly Archives: 2014

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  Software Testing Types Crossword

  Our latest crossword puzzle on Software Testing Types has been published on Women Testers. Below is the published post. A new year gift to all our readers in the form of this Crossword puzzle. About Crossword – A word which is cross, yes literally. Makes you stretch your imagination, flex the grey matter and scribble / […]

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  Frosty The Tester

  I thought we’d try a different kind of post today, one that deals with Frosty the Tester. Keep in mind that I’m not a musician so the song doesn’t really rhyme but I hope you still enjoy it. Frosty the tester was a happy guy with a test suite here and a script there and […]

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  Reaching the Purple Standard

  A couple of weeks ago Jean Ann Harrison & Jay Philips presented the “Reaching the Purple Standard” at STPCon Fall 2014. Below is the info from the presentation and the corresponding slides: Session Info: Everyone is always talking about the gold standard or the best in class, but how about taking it even further? Let’s […]

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• Test Coverage: An Art and a Science

  Looking for information on test coverage? Jean Ann Harrison & Jay Philips presented the “Test Coverage: An Art and a Science” at CAST 2014. Below is the info from the presentation and the corresponding slides: Session Info: How do you determine the test coverage of your application per project? Do you have strategies in place? […]

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  ABC’s of Chart Types

  In a previous post we discussed the ABC’s of Software Metrics, which listed the various metrics that you can use throughout your project. Today we’re going to take it a step further and discuss charts & graphs. Charts & graphs are effective tools to convey information in a simple and visual way. They are also […]

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• 10 things you should know about big data’s secret sauce

  TechRepublic posted a great article on how big data adds big value, but can be hard to understand. High-level points are: Big data is a big market Big data is messy Variety equals value Data on its own is worthless Big data is not for everyone, yet Big data still needs human input Big data […]

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  Pick One, Just One

  There are so many different test metrics available but not all of them are needed all the time. So today we ask you, if you had to pick only one metric to show testing status, which one would you choose & why? Use the comments section below to tell us which metric you would choose.

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  Stop Waiting For Metrics

  In the past teams had to wait for reports to find out what was going on within their organizations. Are projects on time? Are projects within budget? Organizations use a variety of different tools (defect trackers, test trackers, code trackers, etc.) that are used by various teams to gather information and status on applications/projects . […]

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  Big Data Word Search

  Big data is full of different words, jargon’s, technologies and systems so we put together a word search with some of the words. Hope you enjoy the puzzle. Don’t forget to check out our free online demo to see how TeamQualityPro can help resolve your Big Data needs.

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• How To Choose The Best Chart For Your Data

  There are lots of whitepapers, presentations & blogs out on the Internet that tell you to use one chart type versus another. It’s great that there are so many chart types available but do you know when to use a bar chart versus a line chart? This presentation will provide you information so the next […]

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