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Eurostar Online Ticket Benefits
What are the EuroSTAR Online Ticket Benefits? Get ready to empower your testing at Europe's biggest testing event. EuroSTAR Online is more than ...
- 29/06/2020
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- Posted by Fiona Nic Dhonnacha
How to become a top testing expert
How to become a top testing expert At some point this question will come to all of us in the industry: how do I become a top tester? My answer is...
- 24/06/2020
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- Posted by Fiona Nic Dhonnacha
Introducing our Community Sketchnote Reporter
Each year at the EuroSTAR Conference, we welcome members of the community as 'reporters' who share their experience with the community on EuroSTAR Hud...
- 10/09/2019
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- Posted by Suzanne
14 Hidden Gems in Prague
Join us for this year's EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference, 11-14 Nov in the Czech Republic. While you're here, dive into Prague’s treasure chest ...
- 26/08/2019
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- Posted by Fiona Nic Dhonnacha
Bring Your Team To EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference
Spark Ideas, Share Solutions and Solve Problems at the Most Energetic Gathering of Software Testers in Europe The EuroSTAR Software Testi...
- 22/08/2019
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- Posted by Fiona Nic Dhonnacha
8 Things You Need To Know About EuroSTAR Testing Conference Sessions
Keynotes? Track Talks? Lightning Strikes? Get to Know All the Different Conference Sessions! Every year the EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference ...
- 19/08/2019
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- Posted by Fiona Nic Dhonnacha
Enter the 2019 RisingSTAR Award
The RisingSTAR Award, supported by EuroSTAR Conferences, James Lyndsay and Bart Knaack, was created to stimulate innovation and encourage new ideas in...
- 01/08/2019
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- Posted by Suzanne
Expo Hero Winners
The EuroSTAR Conference experience is second to none. For over 25 years, EuroSTAR has provided a welcoming space for the largest European gathering of...
- 24/06/2019
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- Posted by Suzanne
EuroSTAR Conference Sessions To Attend – For Managers
In this blog, the 2019 committee have recommended EuroSTAR sessions for an managers. Learn from the experts, discover how you can improve both your te...
- 05/06/2019
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- Posted by Mark
Spotlight on Prague: Paternoster Elevators
There are many things to see if Prague where we will be for our 27th EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference and we have created a handy Top Things to do...
- 29/04/2019
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- Posted by Suzanne
6 Benefits of Exhibiting at a Conference
Does your company offer a service or product that is critical to delivering a decision advantage? The opportunity to meet with and showcase your servi...
- 29/01/2019
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- Posted by Nicola
Blockchain Framework wins inaugural RisingSTAR Award
The RisingSTAR Award, supported by EuroSTAR Conferences, James Lyndsay and Bart Knaack, was created to stimulate innovation and encourage new ideas in...
- 03/12/2018
- 3478 Views
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- Posted by Nicola
Declan and Isa’s Sessions + more – Review
Day one of the conference went incredibly well, and it was about workshops continuation, keynote talk, different track sessions, expo area, trying out...
- 14/11/2018
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- Posted by Nicola
Monday – Day 1 at EuroSTAR – Reporter Update
Arriving in the beautiful city of Den Haag, decked in wonderful autumn colours, I have been filled with excitement to experience EuroSTAR 2018. Home t...
- 14/11/2018
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- Posted by Nicola
4th Annual Accenture Award at EuroSTAR 2018
This year's conference awards night will be held in De Broodfabriek or The Bread Factory. The Annual Accenture Award is to recognize testing inno...
- 18/10/2018
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- Posted by Nicola
EuroSTAR Real Customer Case Study Winner 2018
The real customer case study was desgined to bring the Expo venders closer to the action with a simplified route to the conference programme as oppose...
- 05/10/2018
- 3153 Views
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- Posted by Mark
The Life of a Software Tester (Summary)
We all see the ready made package - the software, the app, the site, all of it. But have you ever scratched your head and wondered how was this all ma...
- 22/06/2018
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- Posted by Nicola
How To Get The Most Out of Exhibiting at EuroSTAR?
EuroSTAR is Europe’s largest and most attended software testing conference, so naturally there will be a lot happening! Like anything, it's what you...
- 14/02/2018
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- Posted by Mark
How to Maximise Lead Generation at EuroSTAR.
Whether you are exhibiting to network, to recruit, for sales or to engage with other exhibitors - developing meaningful connections is a must. Compani...
- 01/02/2018
- 6276 Views
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- Posted by Mark
The Linnea Nordström Fund
In November 2017 EuroSTAR Conferences celebrated our 25th Conference in Copenhagen. This was a monumental occasion dates all the way back to October i...
- 30/01/2018
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- Posted by Mark
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
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
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
- 22988 Views
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- Posted by Daragh
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
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
- 22888 Views
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- Posted by Daragh
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
- 22834 Views
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- Posted by Daragh
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
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
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
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
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
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
- 10425 Views
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- Posted by Daragh
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
- 3891 Views
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- Posted by Daragh
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
- 4613 Views
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- Posted by Daragh
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
- 5827 Views
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- Posted by Emma
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
- 8654 Views
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- Posted by Emma
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
- 7839 Views
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- Posted by Emma
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
- 5666 Views
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- Posted by Daragh
10 Tips to EuroSTAR Conference Exhibition Success
The EuroSTAR Huddle blog is the home for all software testing articles produced for EuroSTAR by the software testing community. Moving forward the Eur...
- 21/09/2015
- 5421 Views
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- Posted by Lorraine
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
Influence Diagrams vs 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
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
- 21040 Views
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- Posted by Emma
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
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
- 15184 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8018 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8008 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
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
- 8893 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
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
- 7669 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8555 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8102 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8644 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7314 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7668 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7268 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7425 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
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
- 7414 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7184 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7251 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
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
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
- 7539 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7390 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7325 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7387 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7347 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7223 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7376 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7232 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7351 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7288 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7294 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 12034 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8406 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
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
- 7661 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
…. 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
- 7148 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7365 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 9958 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8284 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8144 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
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
- 7558 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7452 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
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
- 7141 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7092 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7570 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7078 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7864 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7243 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7211 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7167 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7143 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7463 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7131 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7206 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7239 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7681 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8222 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7077 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 11913 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7257 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7133 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7252 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7230 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7209 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7190 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7319 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8667 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8081 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8190 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8269 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7213 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7384 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7430 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7369 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7220 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7971 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7486 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7712 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7395 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7944 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7455 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7309 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7301 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7209 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7209 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7701 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7347 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7353 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8934 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7192 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7344 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7649 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7271 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7297 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8249 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7180 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7195 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 9011 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7236 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7115 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8252 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7137 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7436 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7029 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7139 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7228 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7314 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
Testing Time Outs with Markus and Paul
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
- 7324 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7454 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7176 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7152 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7385 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7573 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7208 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7204 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7171 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 10089 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7204 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 10207 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7175 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7157 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
Trailer
- 09/11/2010
- 7211 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7218 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7258 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7216 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7548 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7205 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7446 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7215 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7326 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7281 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7163 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7538 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7371 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
Bring out your pencil and paper
- 13/10/2010
- 7716 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7233 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7396 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7177 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7223 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7709 Views
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7357 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
‘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
- 7161 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
‘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
- 7358 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7869 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7174 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7248 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7189 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7298 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7317 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7411 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 9252 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7323 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7244 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 6471 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7199 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7184 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7275 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7340 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8993 Views
- one comment
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7304 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7395 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7375 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7394 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7904 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8089 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8164 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7993 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7942 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8028 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8144 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7966 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8003 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 7971 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8023 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
‘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
- 8440 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
‘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
- 7997 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8041 Views
- no comments
- Posted by EuroSTAR
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
- 8030 Views
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What’s this ?
What's the connection of this picture with testing ? Pour in your answers !
- 09/09/2010
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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
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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
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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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