NVP Software Solutions will be participating in the following software testing and quality assurance events happening this November 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…)
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Getting Value From Quality Management
Getting Value From Quality Management
Two weeks ago we provided A How to on Quality Management? This week we want to look how you get Value from Quality Management.
We often hear people questioning the value of Quality Management, and rarely hear the same question on the value of Software Testing. Testing has a tangible and more immediate outcome. Quality Management, on the other hand, doesn’t always show its value and activity immediately even though it provides longer term and larger rewards. The key to getting value from Quality Management and Quality Assurance activities is that all findings must be acted upon. If they aren’t, value isn’t achieved and efforts will be wasted. (more…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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.