Shift Left
Why is Shift Left not occurring?
Recently NVP contributed to a blog on why Shift Left was not occurring. Speaking as someone who has experienced it from a Test Lead position, our concern was the inability to free up resources while still continuing with existing testing. The full article can be found here.
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Staying In – Part n+5
Just finished a short article in the latest Economist called "Why companies struggle with recalcitrant IT". (July 18, 2020 Edition). Several points stood out: The usual list of IT problems that get mentioned in the press. It is recommended that planes be turned off...
Staying In – Part n+4
There has been a change in direction with regard to Quality Assurance and your services are no longer required. The Quality Assurance department has not changed in 18 months (the average half life) therefore we need to reorganize it. Stop me if you have...
Staying In – Part n+3
Infection rates are down. Businesses are opening up. And now there is a backlog of IT projects that were put on hold when things closed down in a hurry. Some continued on at a slower rate while the lockdown occurred, others came to complete halt, and a limited...
Staying In – Part n+2
We are taking a slight detour from the theme of the last several weeks and asking what Quality Assurance means to you? The classic definition, as per some of the pioneers of Quality Assurance (external to Software), is Process Improvement. So you look at your...
Staying In – Part n+1
For those who want to count, this is blog number 8 on "Staying In"! We have been concentrating on what is occurring locally and in Ontario, Canada that currently means opening up. Although it is slow and being done in stages, there is still a change. We thought we...
Staying In – Part n
It was not expected that we would still be writing about "Staying In" after this many weeks. So we decided to rename the blog to number 'n' and then we will go for number 'n+1' etc. For those who studied math, you will recognise the numbering system where 'n' can be...
Staying In – Part 6
What about Quality Assurance after the Lockdown? There have been a lot of questions about what will happen with Quality Assurance once things return to 'normal'. People who believe emphatically in Maslowe are looking at the lower levels of the hierarchy and wondering...
Staying In – Part 5
We have been discussing what is occurring during the present lockdown. We started at the macro level and then concentrated in more detail on IT and some projects that were being launched despite the lockdown. For a couple of weeks we took a break and talked about...
Register this week for the May 2020 TASSQ & KWSQA Events
Register for TASSQ and KWSQA You might want to consider these events to network with other QA people or learn some of the new ideas in QA. NVP Software Solutions will be participating in the following software testing and quality assurance event happening this...
Cultural Organisations
Cultural organisations and events are another group that has been hit by Covid-19. With most events cancelled or delayed, their revenue stream has dried up entirely but not all their expenses. Some expenses were already paid and many contracts were signed and should...