Author: Neil

  • Stress Testing

    Stress Testing

    Think of stress testing in software testing as the confirmation that any sudden increase in transactions per unit time can be accommodated by the program being tested and won’t cause the program to stop working or degrade its operation in any manner. i.e. a short sharp peak. (more…)

  • Quality Management – A How To

     Quality Management – A How To

    Three weeks ago we asked Quality Management – Why Bother?  This week we want to look at How Quality Management is tackled. (more…)

  • Upcoming Software Testing & Quality Assurance Events – October 2016

    NVP Software Solutions will be participating in the following two software testing and quality assurance events happening this October in Ontario, Canada. The events are located in Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and London in the coming two weeks. Check out the relevant websites for more information and to register. This is a great opportunity to connect with other software testing and quality assurance professionals. We hope to see you there! (more…)

  • Volume Testing

    Volume Testing

    Volume testing confirms that any values that may become large over time (such as accumulated counts, logs, and data files) can be accommodated by the program and won’t cause the program to stop working or degrade its operation in any manner.
    Risk if not completed – It may not be possible to operate the complete system with all data in place if the volume of expected records is not checked during testing and verified to work correctly and completely. (more…)

  • QA Management – Why Bother?

    QA Management – Why Bother?

    Two weeks ago we asked if QA Management was a oxymoron. Today we are going to partially answer that question with a  NO!

    In the smallest set of terms; QA Management is there to save a company or organization money and to make a project run more smoothly. (more…)

  • Performance Testing

    Performance Testing is big! Mind-boggling big especially for software testers charged with completing it. And it is not going to get smaller with the Internet-of-Things coming at Warp Speed.

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  • QA Management – An Oxymoron

    An oxymoron is two contradictory terms that have been used in conjunction so is “QA Management” an oxymoron or is it simply contradictory? Is it possible to manage Quality Assurance for Quality Assurance or are we wasting our time trying to manage quality? (more…)

  • Upcoming Software Testing & Quality Assurance Events – September 2016

    NVP Software Solutions will be participating in the following three software testing and quality assurance events happening this September in Ontario, Canada. The events are located in Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and London in the coming two weeks. Check out the relevant websites for more information and to register. This is a great opportunity to connect with other software testing and quality assurance professionals. We hope to see you there! (more…)