by Neil | Nov 16, 2020 | Organisations, QA, Quality Assurance Consulting, Software Testing
Is there any difference between software and manufacturing? Last week we participated in a preparation session for an upcoming webinar. The person we will be presenting with is involved Quality Management for Products while I was representing Software. It was quite...
by Neil | Oct 27, 2020 | Organisations, QA, Quality Assurance Consulting, Software Testing
Was it a Hack or Poor Testing? Recently we went to a restaurant for a quick dessert (pick up only at the current time). Usually this restaurant is quite fast and we have our order and are out within a few minutes. This time, to minimize the number of people in the...
by Neil | Oct 19, 2020 | Organisations, QA, Quality Assurance Consulting, Software Testing
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...
by Neil | Sep 28, 2020 | Organisations, QA, Quality Assurance Consulting, Software Testing
Recently I was asked to provide a short history of a local Quality Assurance organization. Starting with the previous organization, I went through the 25-year history in about 5 minutes. The one major overriding change in those 25 years was the advent of the internet...
by Neil | Sep 14, 2020 | Organisations, QA, Quality Assurance Consulting, Software Testing
One of the problems QA people have is deciding how much proof is enough. Proof is expensive and time-consuming to generate. Even with the current test tools taking screen images and storing them, you may have to annotate the proofs and combine them with other items...