How Does Scrum Help in a Shift Left Strategy?
How important are agile methodologies for Shift Left Testing? What are the benefits of Scrum in this path? Find out everything in this article by Gabriel Ledesma. By Gabriel Ledesma Is it possible to achieve the goals of Shift Left Testing with traditional methodologies in…
Quality Sense Conf, an Event that Opens Up New Opportunities
How is Quality Sense Conf related to the podcast of the same name? Why is it relevant to generate instances of exchange? What is the importance of having a diversity of speakers? Find out the answers in this article. Also, find out who our sponsors…
How Scrum Helps in Times of Uncertainty
An unprecedented pandemic, a horrifying war, and an upheaval in the job market due to the fall in investment. How does Scrum fit into all of this? Scrum gives us a framework on which to stand in the IT industry in such uncertain times. All…
Scrum, a Paradigm Shift for Software Testing
From waterfall to agile methodologies. What are the differences between Scrum and other frameworks? How does it represent a paradigm shift in software testing and quality? Find it out in this article written by Gabriel Ledesma, Leadership Coach at Abstracta and co-founder of the agile…
Holistic Testing: New Course on Agility at Abstracta
Would you like to have a deeper knowledge of agile testing and all its possibilities? Don’t miss this in-depth interview on the subject with Arcadio Abad, who will be teaching the course “Holistic Testing: strategies for agile teams” in October 2022, created by Janet Gregory…
Can There Be Testers in Scrum?
Scrum is an invaluable framework for integrating quality into product development and creating agile teams. How do testers fit into all this? Let’s dig deeper into this article by Federico Toledo, featuring Gabriel Ledesma. By Federico Toledo There is no doubt that Scrum is one…
4 Reasons Why Agile Testing Is Key to Developing High-Quality Software Products
Agile methodologies are crucial to building up-to- date, high quality software products. This approach bridges the gap between testers and developers, reducing the feedback loop between them, and leading to faster product delivery. Developing software is a complex process that involves various distinct practices such…
Q&A with Lisa Crispin: Behavior-Driven Development and Continuous Delivery
In our recent webinar, you asked… Lisa answered! This month, we had the opportunity to have Lisa Crispin present her and George Dinwiddie’s ideas about BDD and CD; mainly how BDD can shorten feedback loops, how CD impacts BDD and things your team can try….
Shift-Left Testing in the Enterprise and the Case for Open Source
Why continuous testing and open source are a perfect match I recently visited the offices of CA Technologies (one of Abstracta’s partners) in Santa Clara, where I had the chance to discuss shift-left testing, continuous testing, and why and how to turn to open source…
3 Essentials for Releasing Software at Speed Without Losing Quality
How to reduce time to market while maintaining quality? How long does it take at your company, from the time someone in sales or marketing comes up with an idea, to the time that it’s making money and adding value to your users? Let’s say…
The #1 Reason Why Agile Transformations Fail
Before turning your back on Agile, read this I’ve often heard that Agile transformation implies a paradigm shift, but what is a paradigm and why does it imply such a change? Anyone who has successfully made the shift can tell you that it’s not just…
TestingUY 2019 Recap: Bigger, Better, and All About Agile
What we took away from the Uruguayan testing conference we proudly sponsor each year This May, Montevideo hosted what felt like a party for testing in Latin America. In this sixth edition of TestingUy, the two day event gathered some 600 people from many parts of…
Are Agile Testers Still a Thing?
With the coupling and loss of specific roles in software development teams, how can testers remain relevant? Testing in Agile Methodologies With the implementation of Agile methodologies and the coupling of roles in software development, the tester has been lost in several moments since integrated…
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