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  • 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 time.

    1. Is the process taking too long? Look for parts of the process that are delayed (waiting for inputs or resources) or repeated and resolve the issue.
    2. Is the process being repeated with the same inputs because of failures? Complete a root cause analysis of why the inputs are wrong and fix the upstream process.
    3. Is there a long delay in the middle while external resources are assembled or contacted? Determine if better coordination with external departments would help or consider training internal resources to do the task.
    4. Are computer resources maxing out during the process? Enlist an expert in performance to determine the exact cause of the resources maxing out.  Which tasks are taking all the resources?  Do we need more CPU/Memory or do we need to fix something in the program that may be searching too many records(for example).

    Once the changes above have been implemented and have had a chance to take effect, re-enable the statistics gathering with the same set of measurements being recorded.

    Next blog: Have we been successful?

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  • Workforce Development

    Workforce Development

     

    If you want to update the skills of your workforce and move them to the front edge of knowledge, consider our upskilling and training program. NVP has partnered with a worldwide Quality Assurance training provider to bring this to your organization.

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    The Lifecycle contains the following 6 components:

    1. Strategic Planning
    2. Skill Assessments
    3. Learning Design
    4. Learning Delivery
    5. Certification
    6. Sustaining Competency

    The Learning Paths include:

    1. Agile Tester
    2. SOA Web Services Tester
    3. Functional Test Engineer
    4. Manual Testers to Test Automation
    5. Project Leads to Project Manager
    6. Design Professional

    Learning Programs:

    1. Quality and Process Improvement
    2. Project, Program & Portfolio Management
    3. IT Service Management
    4. Business Process Improvement
    5. Agile Methods
    6. Agile Engineering & Testing
    7. Innovation & Design Thinking

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  • Register for the June 2021 TASSQ and KWSQA Events

    Register for TASSQ and KWSQA today

     

    You might want to consider these events to network with other QA people or learn some of the new ideas in QA.

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    NVP Software Solutions will be participating in the following software testing and quality assurance event happening this June in Ontario, Canada. Due to Covid-19 restrictions the events are online and are available to all. 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!

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    June 29, 2021 6:00 p.m. EDT – Online – Event is being offered for free.

    BEST PRACTICES FOR TESTING MATURE ECOMMERCE APPS

    Speaker:  Kundan Joshi, Register here

    June 23, 2021  11:55 a.m.   Online

    Panel Discussion: How Do Things Work Where You Work?

    Speakers: Panel

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  • Starting Quality Assurance – Part 4

    Starting Quality Assurance – Part 4

    As promised last week we will talk about statistics in this blog. In the last blog, we talked about completing a deeper dive into a process that was identified as causing problems. Before we make any changes we have to gather some statistics to form a baseline. This can be a little difficult since it may not be obvious what we should be counting. However, here are some suggestions based on the process analysis.

    1. Is the process taking too long? Measure the length of time it takes (pick some obvious end point like when the process is started and when it is finished).
    2. Is the process being repeated with the same inputs because of failures? Count the number of repeats with the same data.
    3. Is there a long delay in the middle while external resources are assembled or contacted? Measure the wait time and make sure to remove it from total time the process takes.
    4. Are computer resources maxing out during the process? Enable a performance monitor and save the results.

    Some of these will be guesses and some may need to be measured at a lower level to get more granular figures. But the idea is to identify items that are possible candidates for improvement.

    Next blog: Act on the statistics.

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  • Register for the May 2021 TASSQ and KWSQA Events

    Register for TASSQ and KWSQA today

     

    You might want to consider these events to network with other QA people or learn some of the new ideas in QA.

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    NVP Software Solutions will be participating in the following software testing and quality assurance event happening this May in Ontario, Canada. Due to Covid-19 restrictions the events are online and are available to all. 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!

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    May 25, 2021 6:00 p.m. EDT – Online – Event is being offered for free.

    APPLYING AI TO STATIC CODE ANALYSIS AND UNIT TESTING

    Speaker: Igor Kirilenko, Parasoft VP of Development Register here

    May 26, 2021  11:55 a.m.   Online

    Baking Quality In: How Testers Can Help Drive Continuous Improvement 

    Speaker: Ali Hill

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  • Quality Assurance in 2021 – Starting – Part 2

    Starting Quality Assurance – Part 2

    Last week we mentioned looking for places where items are going wrong once we had our initial picture.  This is still in the beginning stages and is not meant to prove anything.  We have not started to gather any statistics since we really do not know what might be worth measuring.  So our step is simply to divide up the diagram into discrete pieces and ask people to vote for the 1st 2nd, 3rd choices for the pieces of the process causing the most trouble.  We will assign 5 points to the a first place vote, 3 to a second and 1 to a third.  Total up the points and determine where the worst offending problems exist.  You probably already know the answers but it does not hurt to get confirmation from other people.  It also makes it easier to make changes if everyone is voting for, and agreeing where the worst problems exist.

    Next week; Process Analysis and Statistics.

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  • Quality Assurance in 2021 – Starting

     

    Starting Quality Assurance

     

     

    We recently were asked for 5 top ideas to launch Quality Assurance in an organization.  They were looking for a practical process without too much theory.

    As a suggestion, we recommended that you start by sketching your process in a diagram.  This is quite literally a hand drawn sketch with only the main processes shown and no details.

    If you have a product, put down the major steps it goes through.  If you are doing Software Development, sketch the major project steps.  This is only intended as a guide to what occurs.

    Once we have this documented, it will be much easier to determine the next step (which is where things are going wrong).


     

     

     

     
     
     
     

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  • Quality Assurance in 2021 – Part 5

     

    What happens after a organization “Buys Quality”?

     

     

    We attended a seminar on Digital Strategy last Thursday and the amount of overlap was quite surprising.  They encounter the same questions and concerns that we do.  The same roadblocks appear and the same issues arise.

    Some of the questions include:

    1. What is the benefit?
    2. How soon will we see tangible benefits?
    3. How long will this continue?
    4. When will it be done?

    Concerns:

    1. Impact on other groups.
    2. Cost.
    3. Length of time to effect the change.

    Roadblocks:

    1. Lack of Management Support.
    2. No buy-in from other departments.

    Issues:

    1. This is not what we expected.
    2. We need something NOW.
    3. Change in direction.

     

    The above are just a few of the items that come up.

    If any of these come up in your organization, give us a call.

     

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