Quality Assurance 2021 Quality Assurance (defined as Process Improvement) had an interesting evolution in 2021. After the rush in 2020 when a lot of other projects and initiatives got pushed off pending the expected quick end to the pandemic and let in room for QA initiatives, 2021 saw a reversion to the status quo where… Continue reading Quality Assurance 2021
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Automated Testing 2021
Automated Testing 2021 The term “Automated Testing” means different things to different people. Some people go for an all-encompassing definition that includes anything that is not manual. Other people restrict it to a very limited subset of what could theoretically be done. However, by far the most common definition is automation of the Manual User… Continue reading Automated Testing 2021
Manual Testing 2021
Manual Testing 2021 It is always interesting to review the need and usage of manual testing for the year. We hear a lot about automating testing from vendors and management. But there is still a lot of new projects coming along with requirements and designs in flux and no clear idea of how long the… Continue reading Manual Testing 2021
End of Year Rush
End of Year Rush There is often an arbitrary end date set for projects. Sometimes it is driven by the fiscal year or the calendar year. Budgets run out at the end of the fiscal year and sometimes political requirements drive calendar year end dates. Most of our clients impose a code freeze for the… Continue reading End of Year Rush
I’m late for a very important Project
I’m late for a very important Project Monday morning and already we are late for a very important project. The project has been going for several weeks (sometimes months) and you only learned about it last Friday. The schedule is well advanced, software is being installed and configured and the end date is fixed. Sound… Continue reading I’m late for a very important Project
Starting Quality Assurance – Part 9
Starting Quality Assurance – Part 9 Spread the Word This is our last recommendation. You have worked through all the groups in your organization and now everyone is on the Quality path. There are two further recommendations before we drop this topic. Present your experiences and results to other people and groups. There are… Continue reading Starting Quality Assurance – Part 9
Starting Quality Assurance – Part 8
Starting Quality Assurance – Part 8 Next Steps Once you have a self-perpetuating group addressing Quality Ideas, what do you do? You are not finished! There are always groups and areas that have not been considered yet and if you have really run out of new areas then go back to some of the… Continue reading Starting Quality Assurance – Part 8
Starting Quality Assurance – Part 7
Starting Quality Assurance – Part 7 Out of ideas What happens if you are out of ideas of what or how to improve? Not surprisingly this has been considered by some of the pioneers of Quality Assurance. They understood that there was a limit to the number of ideas that one person or a… Continue reading Starting Quality Assurance – Part 7
Starting Quality Assurance – Part 6
Starting Quality Assurance – Part 6 Have we been successful? Last time we gathered some statistics based on the new process once it had settled down. Now we need to compare the new results with the baseline from before the changes were made. If the results have improved, then we keep the change we made.… Continue reading Starting Quality Assurance – Part 6
Starting Quality Assurance – Part 5
Starting Quality Assurance – Part 5 Last time we gathered some baseline statistics. These need to be recorded and retained somewhere. Now we want to make some changes. We may want to pause the measurements while we make the changes since they will not be accurate. Based on some of the statistics we gathered last… Continue reading Starting Quality Assurance – Part 5