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Celebrating 20 Years Of TestNet
The story of TestNet's evolution from an idea to the second largest IT community in the Netherlands has many interesting milestones and achievements w...
- 13/04/2017
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- Posted by Paul
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Introducing OdinSTAR 2017
You've seen the sneak peaks... You've seen the teaser trailer... Now it's time to tell you the details What is OdinSTAR? Odi...
- 17/03/2017
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- Posted by Rebecca
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Test Management – Everything You Need To Know!
The book: Guide to Advanced Software Testing: Second Edition is an excellent resource for all testing professionals. Here you can get access to t...
- 16/03/2017
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- Posted by Daragh
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Application Security Testing: A New Approach
Application Security is a broad and deep topic that few Testers or Developers ever master. A new approach to Application Security has arrived that tu...
- 09/03/2017
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- Posted by Daragh
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The Pathologies of Failed Test Automation Projects
Learn to avoid these mistakes Creating test automation projects can be a tricky and time-consuming process. By detecting possible faults early, ...
- 09/03/2017
- 3368 Views
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- Posted by Daragh
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Performance in A DevOps World
Learn more about overcoming the challenges of transforming to DevOps with performance in mind. What, how, and when you measure all changes in a DevOp...
- 09/03/2017
- 3384 Views
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- Posted by Daragh
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The Joy of Reviewing
Over the past week I have been reviewing the abstracts for EuroSTAR. It is my second year as a reviewer and I have found it very it interesting and fu...
- 01/03/2017
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- Posted by Ard Kramer
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Call for Submissions Update for 2017
The deadline has passed for submitting to speak at EuroSTAR 2017 and we're well into the review process for this year's conference. We received a huge...
- 20/02/2017
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- Posted by Iris Pinkster - O''Riordain
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Follow the STAR to Become a Speaker at EuroSTAR 2017
2017 is a particularly special year for EuroSTAR as we'll be celebrating our 25th Annual EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference. We couldn't have done ...
- 25/01/2017
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- Posted by Daragh
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Calling All Speakers for UKSTAR – Our New Conference in 2017!
EuroSTAR are delighted to announce that we will host a brand new software testing conference in the UK in 2017. The first UKSTAR Testing Conference ta...
- 07/10/2016
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- Posted by Paul
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The EuroSTAR 20 Year Club…
So who runs this club, how do I join and how much does it cost? Well it turns out that it’s a very small and elite bunch of people, and nothing b...
- 06/10/2016
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- Posted by Lorraine
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Latest Competition Winners – September 2016
Check out all our latest competition winners and upcoming competitions across EuroSTAR and Huddle. TeamSTAR Competition 2016 This years Te...
- 28/09/2016
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- Posted by Daragh
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Facebook Competition – Winner Announced!
We ran a competition recently on Facebook where we asked you to Like the EuroSTAR Conferences Facebook page, Share the post below and Tag two friends...
- 27/09/2016
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- Posted by Daragh
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ShareIT Sarajevo Meetup – EuroSTAR Roadshow 2016
This years TeamSTAR competition involved teams of testers hosting local meetups which explored the EuroSTAR Conference theme 2016 "Learning To Test, T...
- 14/09/2016
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- Posted by Daragh
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SQS – Test professional needs a partner
Dyed-in-the-wool test professionals will feel right at home at the EuroSTAR conference in Maastricht. The field is developing at a dizzying pace, and ...
- 28/10/2015
- 3133 Views
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- Posted by Emma
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SQS Whitepapers: Bank on Mobile, Service Virtualisation & Implementing DevOps
SQS will be joining us as an exhibitor in Maastricht at EuroSTAR next week. Ahead of their trip to Maastricht they have compiled some whitepapers to s...
- 26/10/2015
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- Posted by Emma
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Expo Stand Idea of the Week Vol.3
The TEST Huddle Blog is the new home for all software testing articles produced for EuroSTAR by the software testing community. Moving forward the Eur...
- 02/10/2015
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- Posted by Emma
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13 Must-See Sights of Maastricht
Last April, the EuroSTAR team had the privilege of visiting Maastricht for a site visit ahead of the EuroSTAR Conference 2015 this November. Durin...
- 24/09/2015
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- Posted by Daragh
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10 Tips to Exhibition Success
The TEST Huddle Blog is the new home for all software testing articles produced for EuroSTAR by the software testing community. Moving forward the Eur...
- 21/09/2015
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- Posted by Lorraine
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Reliability & Security Will Be Key For Business Adoption Of Wearables – Cigniti
With the advent of BYOD (Bring your own device), enterprises are adding time and resources to ensure they can get the maximum benefit from the persona...
- 01/07/2015
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- Posted by Aaron
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Comparing Influence Diagrams and Cause Effect Tables
The influence of friends Every few months, a group of friends in the software testing industry meet for a weekend. We started doing this because we n...
- 24/11/2014
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- Posted by Emma
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Cutting through the noise: moving towards an objective discipline of testing
Combinatorial methods, multiplicative coverage, cause and effect graphing – the list of proposed test case design methods runs on. The debate on how...
- 14/11/2014
- 11670 Views
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- Posted by Emma
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On Estimation
In the late 1980s, I was working at a telecoms company as a development team leader. Around 7pm one evening, I was sat opposite my old friend Hugh. Th...
- 30/09/2014
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Top 7 ways to reduce time to market
1. Clear requirements from the outset 71% of failed software projects can be traced back to poor, incomplete or ambiguous requirements1. When the req...
- 29/09/2014
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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End of the Road or Time for a Road Map?
Stephen Janaway's blog - The End of the Road for Test Managers? - and the comments added by readers certainly chimed with the experience of many of ...
- 30/06/2014
- 5354 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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EuroSTAR Daily Digest
Take ten minutes to refresh on some interesting software testing articles We are shining the spotlight on some of the most popular articles on the Eu...
- 16/05/2014
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Status Report – The call is closed, reviews to finish this week
The call for submissions closed on 14 February and the wider review team, the programme committee and myself have been reading and scoring the submiss...
- 04/03/2014
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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The Curse of Interesting Times by Paul Gerrard
Last year we had a very popular blog post series here on the EuroSTAR Blog called 'A View From The Chair' with Michael Bolton. Following the success...
- 04/02/2014
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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A successful result of an unsuccessful story
A successful result of an unsuccessful story - From the session "This Is Not A Success Story"at the 2013 EuroSTAR Conference. During EuroS...
- 21/11/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Assumptions ahead… Beware
Recently I was asked to participate on the EuroSTAR community blog in an interview. One of the questions I got there was what I would recommend for...
- 11/10/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Ten things you need to know to run a successful Testing Center of Excellence
According to the World Quality Report, 2013-14 research data shows rapid growth in fully operational in-house Testing Centers of Excellence. Read on t...
- 04/10/2013
- 5590 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Video: The Mouse Pattern and Reachability Graphs
Continuing with reachability graphs, this screencast shows a novel testing pattern to deal with the oracle problem. In brief, the oracle problem captu...
- 19/09/2013
- 5130 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Why is testing data difficult?
This will be a series of articles to discuss both the challenges in testing (big) data applications, as well as some approaches, lessons learned and t...
- 10/09/2013
- 5502 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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August Newsletter 2013
We are delighted to see that over 400 attendees are already confirmed for this year's conference. If you are planning ...
- 08/08/2013
- 4691 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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10 Reasons Why We Love SaaS Software Testing
As recently as 5 years ago, software-as-a-service (SaaS) testing was a terrifying concept for many IT professionals. After all, handing over your data...
- 01/08/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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The True Cost of Free, Open Source Software Testing Platforms
In many industries, the technical support department is the de facto face of the company. Customers end up spending more time with call center represe...
- 08/07/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Changing Metamorphosis – Journey into the Next Form for Testing!
Testing is increasingly beginning to feel the push from two very interesting but intrinsically-related factors, which is driving the Testing World int...
- 04/07/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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6 Weeks After – All Calm and Serene (?!?)
What started out 10 weeks ago has evolved, and it is time to end the story. The journey has been an interesting and sometimes confusing one, but this ...
- 28/06/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Quality Engineering at Lloyds Banking Group
An increasing number of corporations now feel the need to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their IT assets, while improving quality and acc...
- 10/06/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Part 6: I-day + 2 weeks – the smoke begins to clear
The defects statistics I have been showing have not been telling the whole story. These have been summary figures only, and just like the Data Warehou...
- 06/06/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Part 6: I-day + 2 weeks – the smoke begins to clear
The defects statistics I have been showing have not been telling the whole story. These have been summary figures only, and just like the Data Warehou...
- 06/06/2013
- 4607 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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A view from the Chair with Michael Bolton (Volume 5)
m back home in Toronto for a little while, having returned from a week of testing Rapid Software Testing and Rapid Testing for Managers in Ballerup, n...
- 05/06/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Part 5: …. Zero …… Lift Off (!) ….. Almost
Part 5 of 7: Implementation day arrived, and the series of five articles (of which this is the fifth) is being extended to seven episodes, to include ...
- 24/05/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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One Week – Moving to Sign-Off
The fourth of five weekly reports from Peter Morgan. Stakeholders sign-off is the aim for the week, as well as reducing the defects outstanding, and i...
- 17/05/2013
- 4754 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Special Event in Conjunction with NCS – Oslo, 28th May
EuroSTAR Conferences are excited to bring you a special Supporting Organisation event in conjunction with the Norwegian Supporting Organisation, Den N...
- 14/05/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Two Weeks…. Looking in Both Directions
The third of five weekly reports:- as the 'real' implementation approaches, after two preparatory do-nothing code promotions, the focus of both busine...
- 10/05/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Special Event in Conjunction with SAST – Gothenburg, 23rd May
EuroSTAR Conferences are delighted to bring you a special Supporting Organisation event in conjunction with the Swedish Supporting Organisation, SAST,...
- 08/05/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Three Weeks and Counting …..
Three weeks to go, and the journey into PROD continues. There are some significant on-going challenges, late user decisions that have a large impact o...
- 07/05/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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The View From 4 Weeks Out
The run-up to a major code implementation can be a tense and anxious time. In this, the first of 5 weekly blog posts, Peter Morgan sets the project co...
- 29/04/2013
- 4654 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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If you want to really know, ask a tester!
Who should really know what is going on with the project, and how the software works (perhaps as opposed to how the software should work)? Not unsurpr...
- 19/04/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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A new vacuum cleaner for €100 – Why Testing Contributes to the Final Result
Do you ever go back to the reasons why you have ever started in the field where you are working in now? Why are you an IT-professional, Tester, Busine...
- 15/04/2013
- 4607 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Proud to be a Community Leader – Ard Kramer
Ard Kramer is one of the 2013 EuroSTAR Community Leaders. The Community Leaders are a panel of key members of the EuroSTAR community who will be activ...
- 09/04/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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A View from the Chair with Michael Bolton (Volume 3)
Much has happened since my last blog post. The program committee completed its review of almost 420 conference proposals. We then gathered togethe...
- 01/04/2013
- 4681 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Introduction to Google Software Testing
Have you ever wondered how does Google test software? If yes, then our latest eBook is for you. The latest EuroSTAR Community eBook is an excerpt fro...
- 25/03/2013
- 5736 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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A View from the Chair with Michael Bolton
In the fall of 2012, the EuroSTAR Conferences team honoured me by asking me to become the Programme Chair for the 2013 conference. Just after EuroSTAR...
- 04/02/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Unreproducible – You’re wrong!
Let me leave you in no doubt, in case you were not convinced by the title. I don't believe in unreproducible bugs. Not only that: having thought about...
- 20/12/2012
- 4648 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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The Community Hub 2012 – Brett would have been pleased
After being talked about for some time, The Community Hub finally arrived at EuroSTAR. Reputedly suggested by Brett Gonzales in the late 1990's duri...
- 03/12/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Testing with the crowd
Nowadays, everyone is talking about "the cloud". The cloud is cool, the cloud is THE solution! Change two letters and there's another web 2.0 phenomen...
- 23/11/2012
- 5232 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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2013 Programme Chair Michael Bolton
We are delighted to announce that the Programme Chair for the 2013 EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference in Gothenburg is Michael Bolton. Michael Bo...
- 08/11/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Testing is just like cooking
As a professional I am a senior test automation expert, but in my spare free time I like to think that I am a well skilled amateur chef, specialized i...
- 01/11/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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…. But, Does it Work on Paper?
Have you ever worked on a project that failed? Just after the decision to close the project was made, someone says with the wonderful gift of hindsigh...
- 01/10/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Tester in travel
Some time ago, a tester had a desk, his own mug or his favourite posters on the wall of the same cubicle for many years. Nowadays things are a little ...
- 04/09/2012
- 4733 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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How to avoid the testing Swiss Cheese Syndrome
As a lot of teams suffer all over the world from the "Testing Swiss Cheese Syndrome" so I believe it is time to share the information that we have col...
- 31/08/2012
- 5712 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Why pay more? New Age Testing: As a Service
With technology advancing at breakneck pace, interfacing platforms have become more significant as the interaction medium for customers and internal f...
- 23/08/2012
- 4987 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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How safe is your phone number?
As testers we have a gloomy outlook on life, with a start point that the software doesn't work. That is our default position. As a group, we are never...
- 08/08/2012
- 4944 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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A view from the Chair with Michael Bolton (Volume 7)
I've been travelling even more than usual this year. I've been to Winnipeg here in Canada; Milwaukee, Orlando, and New York in the United States; Lond...
- 07/08/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Update your Tests with the Next Generation
Automated test execution tools can be highly useful, but on the other hand, maintaining a huge set of intricate test automation scripts for each new v...
- 23/07/2012
- 4903 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Test Studio for iOS is Out of Beta! Download It from the App Store.
There were a lot of questions from users what would be the price of Test Studio for iOS when it drops the Beta tag. Well, get excited: it will be dist...
- 21/06/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Community Choice: A Word from Your Speaker
Community Choice Winner Srikanth Krishnan At the outset I would like to first thank EuroSTAR for asking me to participate in their Community Choice c...
- 08/06/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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And the winner is…
Community Choice Winner 2012 For EuroSTAR 2012, the Conference Programme team decided to leave one speaker session open - allowing our Community memb...
- 01/06/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Personal Aspects of Recovery Testing
In the IT world, there is often large (and necessary) emphasis placed on recovery, after a system outage. What would happen if the whole IT solution f...
- 19/04/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Gaining Stakeholder Buy In
I believe that gaining the buy in of the stakeholders is an essential element for the success of ant testing activity. That buy in should include stak...
- 21/03/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Telerik are extraordinarily excited to announce their beta release of Test Studio for iOS is available now
The entire Test Studio crew has been working hard on this ground-breaking release for us. Test Studio for iOS offers the same great approach to mobile...
- 20/03/2012
- 4506 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Why every tester should have an IREB certificate
Our world is changing all the time. When I had my first job interview as a tester I just had to answer three questions with 'yes' to get the job (I se...
- 09/02/2012
- 5166 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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The case for the CPO
Achieving and maintaining performance assurance at the Enterprise level is a difficult enough challenge for most organisations. The time has definitel...
- 26/01/2012
- 4552 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Video: Bug Busting with EclipseIT! DAY 3
Day 3 of the EuroSTAR experience brought to you by EclipseIT! This video diary was recorded live at EuroSTAR 2011. It was made by our ExpoSTAR winners...
- 24/11/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Testing Times are Here to Stay – Factors Influencing Spending on Testing Services
IDC and Gartner forecast that the enterprise spending on independent testing services would cross the benchmark of $30billion by 2015. Yet another hig...
- 24/11/2011
- 4590 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Video: Bug Busting with EclipseIT!
This video diary was recorded at EuroSTAR 2011. It was made by our ExpoSTAR winners, EclipseIT and they are busting bugs in the exhibition hall as we ...
- 23/11/2011
- 4494 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Hello EuroSTAR Manchester – This is Manchester (Vermont)
I have been a ‘regular’ at EuroSTAR for some long time, and it has been a place for inspiration, and where I have made wonderful friendships withi...
- 23/11/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Cost saving is only an appetizer benefit for companies that outsource software testing
According to Forrester 86% of companies that outsource testing report very impressive results (Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Con...
- 22/11/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Solve problems by cleaning your teeth
It was a very tricky situation; why did the schedule run correctly in System Test, yet aborted at irregular intervals (and not always at the same plac...
- 18/11/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Weave a “web” of ALM resources – The IBM ALM solution
For organizations seeking a turnkey ALM solution for project teams we offer the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management. The Rational...
- 15/11/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Code Versus Functional coverage
Most testers have experience of test automation tools; some testers have exposure to code coverage toolsets while all are familiar with the concepts. ...
- 07/11/2011
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8 Nobel Prize Winning Characteristics applied to Software Testing
October saw the announcements of various Nobel prizes - or as I heard from a Norwegian economics professor recently: The <organisation's> prize ...
- 04/11/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Industries Accentuating Service Quality through Mobility Testing
Mounting demand for smartphones and its fast adoption in B2B and B2C markets has laid a new roadmap for improving service quality and market share of ...
- 03/11/2011
- 4537 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Great Testers of our Time – 12: Brett Gonzales
SPOOF After Brett Gonzales was found to be ineligible for the European Tester of Excellence award, the EuroSTAR offices were inundated with...
- 02/11/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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The Essence of a Good Bug Report
Writing an incident description The issue's title is also a summary, so we aim to be as concise as possible, trying to make sure that the language us...
- 26/10/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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I don’t believe in Rocket Science
Have you ever heard the expression 'it's not rocket science', when trying to describe a seemingly easy task. I once worked on a data warehouse system ...
- 25/10/2011
- 4551 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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About the bright future of testing and the value of conferences
Attending a high-quality test conference now and then is worthwhile! I recently read a discussion on Twitter and the EuroSTAR blog about reasons to at...
- 24/10/2011
- 4577 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Why do we make testing as complex as we do?
I'm afraid this will not be the most popular blogpost that I ever wrote. But I'll post it anyway. In my opinion, we make testing far too complex. Let ...
- 14/10/2011
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The Definition of Testing
The views expressed here reflect the views of the author alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of any of their organizations. Testing is ...
- 11/10/2011
- 4612 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Manchester Memories
Everybody that knows me a little, knows that the EuroSTAR Conference holds a special place in my heart. It's the first international software testing ...
- 11/10/2011
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Bringing information back into IT
In my experience working on IT projects means a constant struggle with information, either too much or, more often, not enough of it. Timing is an im...
- 10/10/2011
- 4666 Views
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Independent Software Testing Services – Paving the Way for New Opportunities
Looking at the history of IT industry, its poor cousin, software testing, has always been looked at as an unwanted child. Today, when the entire world...
- 30/09/2011
- 5439 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Usability Testing A Gateway to Success
It is believed that the best tool to spawn leads is your website. If designed to meet user's expectations, it can do wonders for you. Whereas, if your...
- 29/09/2011
- 4917 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Off-shore? What?
Today I more or less lost it when I got tired of hearing people referring to off-shore. Yes, I know what they mean and I know that money talks and I u...
- 23/09/2011
- 4961 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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What exactly is Quality all about?
This morning, I had been to my bank's ATM (Automated Teller Machine) to withdraw some cash. I never knew that I would experience a wide variety of ...
- 06/09/2011
- 4950 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Testing AJAX Dynamically Loaded Elements
I've posted up two short videos covering a typical AJAX testing scenario: the elements you need to interact with haven't yet been created - they're wa...
- 31/08/2011
- 4590 Views
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Pursuing a Quality Programme…(2)
Last May I wrote a blog about persuing my own quality programme for EuroSTAR (/blog/2011/5/19/pursuing-a-quality-programme.aspx), since then I've been...
- 27/08/2011
- 4686 Views
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Move towards the Higher Levels of QA Maturity
Software testing and quality assurance has assumed huge significance over the past few years and the reasons are plenty like superior quality, minimiz...
- 26/08/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Eat your greens, or there is no pudding
Ask anyone who works with me what makes me happy, and they will tell you, "Being miserable". I love bearing bad news, Oh, I pretend I am concerned abo...
- 25/08/2011
- 4593 Views
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Understanding Validation Content Element Types
To demonstrate the differences, I'll use the same example HTML I used in my previous post about working with test-hostile UIs. If I select the firs...
- 25/08/2011
- 4665 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Why attend a conference?
Last week I read a nice blog by Huib Schoots. He raises the question: "Why go to the EuroSTAR conference". In his blog he states that attending confer...
- 18/08/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Enterprise SaaS Deployments Need Effective Testing and Quality Assurance
The adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) continues to grow across various business processes like CRM, sales automation, HR operations, workplace ...
- 18/08/2011
- 4903 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Finding Porcini
A couple of weeks ago I found myself in southwestern France, a region which - at the time - was being struck by a unseen spell of global wetting. Su...
- 17/08/2011
- 5114 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Risked Based Testing & Web Analytics
Web analytics involves collection, measurement and analysis of metrics related to end user activity on a web site. Modern web analytics systems like O...
- 16/08/2011
- 4849 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Selenium 2: What is it?
A Selenium 2 has recently been released. With this release my fellow Selenium Committers are really excited to be releasing one of the best browser au...
- 15/08/2011
- 5274 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Compliance & Software Quality Assurance
Software compliance in a regulated environment is a serious business concern and is no simple matter. Companies are faced with an ever increasing numb...
- 15/08/2011
- 4799 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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What is the point of a Gate if there is a chuffing great hole in the fence?
Last year, as I drove through the beautiful Alentejo on holiday, the current Mrs Simms pointed out a rather ornate wrought iron gate built on the side...
- 12/08/2011
- 4677 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Keep Your Tests DRY
If you're not already familiar with the SOLID principles authored by "Uncle Bob" Martin, then take some time to read up on them. These principles are ...
- 12/08/2011
- 4682 Views
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How did you miss that bug?
"A nickel for your thoughts." How many times have you heard of this phrase? Admittedly, I have heard less of that one over the years, but it is utt...
- 12/08/2011
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How to Effectively Deal with the Business Risks of Migrations?
Reasons might be plenty for organizations to take the migration route such as to minimize costs, boost performance, hardware or software end-of-life, ...
- 09/08/2011
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Delivering Difficult Messages
You're the test manager on a project where there are many unresolved critical bugs that could have major customer impacts. You have not yet been able ...
- 30/07/2011
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Testuff Customer Feature Request Story
In a perfect world, we (the software providers) should have enough time to develop and complete the perfect product - one that it is intuitive, easy t...
- 26/07/2011
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Mergers, Acquisitions and data shock
The news that Tom Alexander is stepping down as chief executive of Everything Everywhere (the name of the company that was formed after the merger of ...
- 22/07/2011
- 4618 Views
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Estimating SOA and Web Service Testing Phases
A few people have been asking us recently what factors influence SOA and Web Service test phase estimation. We've gathered some thoughts here for you ...
- 22/07/2011
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Why data testing is a Boardroom issue. But all too often is not
So once your products are all they should be, what then? The clue is in the paragraph above, i.e. 'customers expect'. And boy, don't they, and if comp...
- 15/07/2011
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Knowledge sharing among teams: work worlds field trips and science fairs
The below tweets left me thinking, and base for this blog post: "@lisacrispin: Some folks from another s/w co did a field trip to our office today,...
- 13/07/2011
- 4646 Views
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Determining Business Risks for Testing
This article first appeared in the EuroSTAR Newsletter in October 2009. Testers know that there will never be enough time or money to test everythi...
- 13/07/2011
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Complex Database Migrations Need Right Testing
Cost savings, consolidation, standardization, operational efficiency, performance, new technologies and so on, reasons might be plenty that drive most...
- 07/07/2011
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Discussing Quality: What is good? What is bad? What is ugly?
Zeger Van Hese ia a test consultant working at CTG Belgium. Shmuel Gershon is a Testing Engineer at Intel Corporation. Both are EuroSTAR 2011 Online A...
- 06/07/2011
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Lessons learnt in Data Migration
When I began working on a data migration project last year, I did not have much idea as to what it could entail. I did not have much experience with d...
- 04/07/2011
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Another glitch in the system: Could better quality test data have resulted in 15,000 people avoiding Olympic disappointment?
Friday morning, 6am, the race began to apply for the 'second chance sales' of Olympic tickets.According to a report in Monday's Independent, somew...
- 28/06/2011
- 4516 Views
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Hacked off why data testing needs to get creative
Ever wondered who is behind the various breaches that have plagued the likes of, oh I don't know, small outfits that you might not ha...
- 22/06/2011
- 4607 Views
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Mind Mapping 101
Summary In the following post we look at the usage of mind maps for various testing activities such as test design, test planning, session reports, r...
- 20/06/2011
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Testing Slow Flows Fast
We live in a world where instant fulfillment is a keyword when doing business. Everything seems to be going faster and faster in our 'online' world. C...
- 16/06/2011
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Data and the common man
Google's Eric Schmidt caused a hoo-ha recently when he suggested that issues surrounding user privacy are a greater obsession with 'the elites' than t...
- 02/06/2011
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Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae
Take 1 I'm pondering the 2011 EuroSTAR programme as I'm flying high above the snowy Rocky Mountain range. The downloaded program that is - no wirel...
- 25/05/2011
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Pursuing a Quality Programme…
May 10th, the day the EuroSTAR programme is announced. I had cleared my schedule to attend the webinar with the introduction, but - as last year- to b...
- 19/05/2011
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Title based selection: a new technique
"pursuing quality and why you will never catch it" by Dorothoy Graham There should be an asymptote because then "you will never catch it" if my f...
- 12/05/2011
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Hidden Mickeys, Hidden Bugs, Hidden Contexts – by Shmuel Gershon
As I write this text I am at the Magic Kingdom at Disney World. It is a few minutes past the Fireworks now, so we're in the right mood for a testing a...
- 12/05/2011
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In Pursuit of Quality
I started my career in 'the business' and seemed to spend a lot of my time complaining about the quality of software that was delivered to me, eventua...
- 12/05/2011
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21 Great Myths of Popular Testlore
Software testing has its popular testlore version, based on instinct rather than on measurements and experiment results. Some of the myth of this popu...
- 28/04/2011
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Practical Risk-Based Testing by Erik Van Veenendaal
Often the activities prior to test execution are delayed. This means testing has to be done under severe pressure. It would be unthinkable to quit the...
- 26/04/2011
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Testing Time Outs
A Testing Time Out is a short opinion piece from a software testing professional, in which they share their thoughts on what they believe to be the ho...
- 19/04/2011
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Artilce: Smoke Test Your Offshore Provider by Erik Boelen
Nowadays, outsourcing and off shoring is the way to go. More and more companies are turning to off shore third party companies to perform part of thei...
- 04/03/2011
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Testing Time Outs – Watch them here!
By now most of you will have heard about our Testing Time Outs - short videos filmed at EuroSTAR 2010 in Copenhagen with contributions from some of th...
- 04/03/2011
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Testing Time Outs
Sit back, relax and enjoy a cup of coffee as we bring you six Testing Time Outs recorded at EuroSTAR 2010 in Copenhagen. So, what is a Testing Time O...
- 18/02/2011
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Inner Value of Test Cases – Wolfgang Platz
Test coverage - the measure of all things Test managers, like every project manager, are required to justify their budgets by the outcomes achieved. ...
- 01/02/2011
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Learning to Love Data Warehouse Testing by Jackie McDougall
Last year, when I was asked to help a data warehouse testing project in trouble, I had mixed feelings. Whilst I was happy to get a chance to work on...
- 01/02/2011
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ExpoSTAR – The Search for 2011’s Best Expo Giveaway
What would you do for a free exhibition stand at EuroSTAR 2011? Come up with the most innovative and clever expo 'giveaway' and be in with a chance t...
- 25/01/2011
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Lightning Talks night with EuroStar 2010 (a conference after the conference, with beer)
This is a crosspost from Shmuel Gershon's blog at this post(http://testing.gershon.info/201012/eurostar2010-rebel-alliance-night/). Visit the site to ...
- 19/12/2010
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Whole lotta bloggin goin on!
Presentations, Discussion and everything that happened at EuroSTAR 2010 was not just confined to the Bella Center in Copenhagen. Over the course of th...
- 14/12/2010
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Submissions for EuroSTAR 2011
The EuroSTAR 2011 Call for Submissions is now open. The incoming Programme Chair is Geoff Thompson and the theme for EuroSTAR 2011 is 'In Pursuit of ...
- 13/12/2010
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A Tester’s Nightmare…
It is a Friday evening. Last few hours before I start my weekend. I just installed the latest build released to QA [Yes, they still call us QA]. Just ...
- 07/12/2010
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EuroSTAR 2010 Conference – Did you CONFER
When you attend a CONFERence, what do you expect? An impressive list of keynotes, half day tutorials, full day tutorials, sessions, presentations and ...
- 06/12/2010
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Jolt Product Excellence Award Winner is at EuroSTAR 2010
Please join me in congratulating SmartBear for winning the prestigious '20th Annual Jolt Product Excellence Award' in the 'Testing and Debugging Ca...
- 02/12/2010
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Test Framing tutorial, Opening Ceremony and Keynotes
Date: 30th Nov 2010 Time: 09.15 a.m (Copenhagen) Special Mention: Temperature outside the Bella Centre is -6.5 degree Celcius. I rush to the Aud...
- 30/11/2010
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Trailer
- 09/11/2010
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Understood? No, I understood!!!
Just when I was about to shut down the computer, my sister said: Anna Anna, idhi type chei [Hey brother, please type this for me] and handed a one pag...
- 26/10/2010
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my last salute
After weeks of blogging the end is near. I enjoyed the blogging very much and I hoped that anybody has enjoyed my short thoughts about testing. Anyway...
- 15/10/2010
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Thank you BlogSTAR :)
This will be my last post for the BlogSTAR competition. When I registered for the BlogSTAR competition, I thought this should be not very difficult...
- 15/10/2010
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BlogStar contest final post! Thanks for the past weeks full of fun – by Shmuel Gershon
I would like to use this blog post to thank a bunch of people. Thanks to the EuroSTAR folks, for organizing the contest and letting us share our vi...
- 15/10/2010
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Reporting the whole instead of the usual “you missed a spot” – by Shmuel Gershon
The role of testing (or one of them) is to reveal information -- we don't create information (though we create ways to uncover it), we don't make bugs...
- 15/10/2010
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Testing with the End in Mind
In his masterpiece "The 7 habits of Highly Effective People", Stephen R. Covey gives a lot of advice that can readily be applied to testing. Here, ...
- 15/10/2010
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Testing is in our blood
On agile teams, testing is more of a role, than a job description. Testers, programmers and designers know some aspects of each other's work, and can ...
- 15/10/2010
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Contagious Testing
I was really enthusiastic about the theme for this year's conference, as I am passionate about sharing my views and experiences. However, I wasn't sel...
- 14/10/2010
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Magical Testing
Last year Michael Bolton was in India and I attended his course on Rapid Software Testing [http://www.developsense.com/rstm.html]. The two day course ...
- 14/10/2010
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Provactive test management part 2, by Ard Kramer
After my first example of provocative test management, it is time for part 2, how to coach your colleagues to achieve high quality using humor. Provo...
- 14/10/2010
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Discovering Context: Meaning in the Leaning – by Erik Petersen
Look at the picture below, but pretend it is only of the 3 people in the bottom right corner. What would you think they are doing? Presuming they are ...
- 14/10/2010
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Dhanyavad !! :)
Well , I have really enjoyed myself here at and want to say ( i.e. in Hindi) to the organisers , blogging peers here at BlogSTAR , reade...
- 14/10/2010
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Bring out your pencil and paper
- 13/10/2010
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Testing waterfallacy (3 of 3)
In my previous entry in this series, I spoke of collaboration of testers with developers. I will start this post about the part of the company, the em...
- 13/10/2010
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Our inquisitive selves
This was triggered by an excellent post by Ajay. He spoke of the inquisitive nature of children, one thing most of us inhibit as part of adult cultur...
- 13/10/2010
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Exploring and Interacting with Web Services – Demo for EuroStar, by Shmuel Gershon
Hello EuroSTAR blog readers! Like Monty Python says, "and now for something completely different": I've been posting musings about software testing a...
- 13/10/2010
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Just for laughs :) :)
I enjoy the developer - tester mails that float around J and hence putting up a couple of funny write up on the same. You may have received them ...
- 13/10/2010
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Bring out your pencil and paper – Testing crossword answers
ACROSS A logical expression that can be evaluated as true or false is called a _____ ( CONDITION) 4. A test environment is also calle...
- 13/10/2010
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A big Testing Lesson from a Cellphone Bug – by Shmuel Gershon
Hi all! I hope you are enjoying all the guest blogging going on the EuroSTAR blog, I'm certainly having a blast. Today's story is interesting. My...
- 13/10/2010
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‘Testing – Questioning – A child can teach you’ by Ajay Balamurugadas
The last weekend was special to me. Weekend Testing (http://weekendtesting.com/) was back after a break. There were some new faces and I was happy to ...
- 11/10/2010
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‘Why did the tester look both ways while crossing a one way street’ by Ajay Balamurugadas
Being part of online discussions is sometimes interesting. A dull day at work can be easily forgotten by some of the discussions. One such discussion ...
- 08/10/2010
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Software Testing and Ethical Hacking? By Adam Brown
I met up with an old Girlfriend of mine recently for dinner. We see each other regularly, and she mentioned that her parents often ask how I'm doing a...
- 08/10/2010
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Taking the ‘test’ out of in ‘Contest’ – by Shmuel Gershon
Yesterday my company (Intel Corp) held a conference for Software Professionals in Israel. One of the activities, along with the technical lectures, wa...
- 08/10/2010
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Shana Tova – Happy New Year!! from Shmuel Gershon
שנה הלכה שנה באה אני כפי ארימה. שנה טובה לך, אבא, שנה טובה לך, אמא.(link) "For auld lang syn...
- 07/10/2010
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Sailing the 3 of C’s of Software Testing – By Adam Brown
The 3 C's of software testing: "Collaboration Collaboration Collaboration". Software Testing can be a quite lonely and isolated profession at times...
- 07/10/2010
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Counterattack Elves by Ajay Balamurugadas
My colleagues say that I have a bad habit - 'I change the password of test machines which I use'. I consider it to be a good habit and not a bad habit...
- 07/10/2010
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Trias Politica by Ard Kramer
Trias Politica is what a colleague yelled on our work floor. I don't know the occasion but my reaction was Yes that has something to do with testing! ...
- 07/10/2010
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Close the tool and start exploring – Jesper Ottosen
A good colleague of mine said to me the other day: "You know, I would prefer if the testers prepared the testcases in QC, then closed the tool and sta...
- 06/10/2010
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Here I am , this is me and I have put forth some testing tees for u 2 see :)
Hello everybody! This is my first post here at BlogSTAR , hence, thought of keeping it short and sweet I enjoy collecting quotes, one liners...
- 06/10/2010
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Re-Thinking System-Level Testing – Introduction, Paul Gerrard
This is the first in a series of short essays in which I will set out an approach to test design, preparation and execution that involves testers earl...
- 06/10/2010
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Nice to meet you! – by Shmuel Gershon
Hi! I'm Shmuel Gershon, and I'll be sharing here a few blog posts for the BlogStar competition. Together with a lot of other colleagues, we'll be co...
- 06/10/2010
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Are you up to the test?
According to a recent BBC report, internet sales grew at their quickest rate since the recession during July. If forecasters are to be believed, the e...
- 06/10/2010
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What makes software successful?
As the project I'm working on is starting to come together and draw to a close, I find myself thinking about what happens when it goes live and the us...
- 06/10/2010
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Scouting and Testing – Ajay Balamurugadas
Few weeks back, my cousin who is a 'Girl Guide' asked for some help in her school activities. Being a recipient of ' President's Badge' in Scouting, I...
- 05/10/2010
- 4647 Views
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Beer testing by Teemu Vesala
I - unfortunately - have rarely time for weekend testing. It sounds good, but with big family (4 kids and ages between 5 and 13) weekends are too busy...
- 04/10/2010
- 4695 Views
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Hi, please help me!!! by Ajay Balamurugadas
As a tester, I feel it is good to gather information from as many sources as possible. The more information we have about any process or product, it m...
- 04/10/2010
- 4718 Views
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Discovering Context: Accidental Inventions – by Erik Petersen
This blog will focus on discovering context, a key aspect of all software testing. Context is king, and essential to understand what you are testing...
- 02/10/2010
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Oops… I just stole your password
Hmh... wrong password, so I submit it again. And my password is stolen. Why? I'm calling myself evil tester. For many people it sounds negative ter...
- 02/10/2010
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Testing waterfallacy (1 of 3)
In talking with other testers about their experiences on projects that apply iterative methods, I often hear a lot of friction in aligning their work ...
- 01/10/2010
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Beat the blog application again
I am really curious how this system works in different kind of cases. The content management system and blog is using ASP.NET. Unfortunately that fram...
- 01/10/2010
- 4751 Views
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Get your bug fixed
*Sigh* One bug found again from the blog software. This is re-post, because the submit form accepted my previous topic:"Get that #¤%¤ bug fixed" but...
- 01/10/2010
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VISTACON Updates for the EuroSTAR Blog Readers by Ajay Balamurugadas
Third Day at VISTACon 2010 [Vietnam International Software Testing And Automation Conference] Date: 22nd September, 2010. Venue: White Palace Co...
- 26/09/2010
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Win – Win situation
I am sure most of you would have played the tic tac toe game. In case you are unaware, here's what you the game is all about Tic-tac-toe, also spe...
- 24/09/2010
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Discovering Context: the first Titanic failure – by Erik Petersen
After a century, we have apparently discovered the context of the sinking of the Titanic. Rather than simply being an iceberg in the way, it appea...
- 23/09/2010
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Win at All Costs
It has been an exciting 2010 so far at EuroSTAR - We have had a great time dreaming up online competitions like The Test Lab Apprentices, VideoSTAR, T...
- 22/09/2010
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VISTACON Updates for the EuroSTAR Blog Readers by Ajay Balamurugadas
Second Day at VISTACon 2010 [Vietnam International Software Testing And Automation Conference] Date: 21st September, 2010. Venue: White Palace C...
- 22/09/2010
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Software Testing with a concussion by Adam Brown
I recently had a little accident at work, and thought I'd share it with you Last Monday, I very nearly knocked myself out on the way in to work. Th...
- 20/09/2010
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And the winner is……..by Ard Kramer
Even a tester wants to be a winner from time to time. Therefore winning the TeamSTAR price give us, the EclipseIT-team, a great feeling. If there is a...
- 20/09/2010
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VISTACON Updates for the EuroSTAR Blog Readers by Ajay Balamurugadas
First Day at VISTACon 2010 [Vietnam International Software Testing And Automation Conference] Date: 20th September, 2010. Venue: White Palace Co...
- 20/09/2010
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Caught on the back foot by Adam Brown
I was recently caught napping in a meeting. Not literally caught napping, but I was asked a question that I was totally unprepared for. One of the ...
- 17/09/2010
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What’s this ( contd )
In my last post, I had put up a picture - with a question - What's the connection of this picture with Testing? So here in this post are some d...
- 17/09/2010
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Will we finish on time – Jesper Ottosen
Management will ask you, as a test manager again and again. Testing is indeed part informing the stakeholders, part fixing the defects and part evalu...
- 14/09/2010
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‘One eye on Path, One eye on Goal’ by Ajay Balamurugadas
We always seem to have at least one teacher who inspired you when you were young. Even after many years have passed by, we would definitely remember t...
- 14/09/2010
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‘WSSW – When Software Stops Working’ by Ajay Balamurugadas
Today along with my friends, I went to a show where bike riders displayed their skills in stunts. Stunters from various parts of the country impressed...
- 12/09/2010
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Testing waterfallacy (2 of 3)
Make no mistake about the title. The style and attitude of testing that I advocate and demonstrate, is a cooperative one. I strongly believe in a mult...
- 10/09/2010
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The quantity of quality by Ard Kramer
Thinking about definitions is fun because we often make a lot of assumptions. Those assumptions are mostly based on visual impressions . For example: ...
- 09/09/2010
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What’s this ?
What's the connection of this picture with testing ? Pour in your answers !
- 09/09/2010
- 5065 Views
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Re-Thinking System-Level Testing – A Vision – Paul Gerrard
In the first essay in this series, I set out the challenges of system-level testing in environments where requirements documents define the business n...
- 07/09/2010
- 5141 Views
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My Software Testing Story by Adam Brown
I don't think I've met anyone yet who originally set out to become a Software Tester. Most career advisers don't even know that the job exists and a l...
- 07/09/2010
- 5145 Views
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Software Testers in the Wild
We Testers are a strange bunch. I'm convinced that we never fully switch off that part of our brain that likes to find flaws in other people's work, e...
- 01/09/2010
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Trends in Software Testing by Eric Jimmink
Two years ago, EuroSTAR's theme was "The Future". I think that it should be an ongoing mission of all of us, to explore in what ways we can improve ou...
- 31/08/2010
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Retrospective, anyone? by Eric Jimmink
(This was prompted by another blog post.) It has been asked many times. If we may assume that most of our projects are staffed with well-trained profe...
- 31/08/2010
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My first blog: only one time to make a first impression
This reminds me of my first phone call with Dorothy Graham. She called me about a submission for EuroSTAR 2009. She wanted more information about my s...
- 31/08/2010
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Annihilate the trust
Annihilation of trust is good way to build the trust to application. When I start to test new application, my initial attitude is negative. "This ...
- 31/08/2010
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Beat the blog application
No images? Oh no! I love screenshots so I have to give a shot non-graphical way. Should we start to hack them here? There is several ways I'd start to...
- 30/08/2010
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Definition of a feature complete build
I'm currently testing a fairly large, high profile project and as I found myself saying to myself the other day "Jeez, I'm finding a lot of bugs!" Thi...
- 30/08/2010
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More to come
My name is Eric Jimmink. I'm writing this entry to introduce myself, and to give you an idea what to expect from me in the coming weeks. I have abo...
- 30/08/2010
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What’s the latest on ISO/IEC 29119 Software Testing? by Dr. Tafline Murnane
The article below is taken from the August edition of the EuroSTAR newsletter, STAR Tester. It looks at the ISO/IEC 29119 Software Testing Standard an...
- 10/08/2010
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10 Things to Remember About Risk-based Testing by Dr. Erik van Veenendaal
The article below is taken from the August edition of the EuroSTAR newsletter, STAR Tester. It looks at 10 things to remember about Risk-based testing...
- 10/08/2010
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An Interview with Mats Grindal
Below is an excellent interview with prominent Swedish tester Mats Grindal of Enea who has spoken and attended EuroSTAR many time - enjoy! How did ...
- 22/04/2010
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Lean Testing & Early Waste Removal – is it a fantasy? by Ian Howles, Wipro, UK
As you have started to read this I will assume that you are interested in testing and familiar with the "V" model. There are others [iterative, in...
- 06/04/2010
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Recession-ary Testing
As we all know, the world has entered a particularly challenging time with a continuous stream of daily news on the recession, cutbacks and the credit...
- 10/09/2009
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Testing Disasters
As many of you will know, potential software disasters can easily turn into reality and in the vast majority of cases, can be or could have been avoid...
- 10/09/2009
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