Best Testing Practices for Agile Teams: The Automation Pyramid
How to apply test automation efficiently and effectively with the automation pyramid Test automation and agile software development go hand in hand, but automating is often easier said than done. Most developers recognize the benefits of test automation: it speeds up testing, lowers costs, increases…
They Say Automation Increases Test Coverage, but What Is Test Coverage Exactly?
What you need to know about test coverage Recently, I posted a blog about the ROI of test automation and its benefits. I mentioned that it increases test coverage, but do we really know what is test coverage? In this post, I’ll go into more…
7 Tips for Testing When You Don’t Have The Software Requirements Specification
How to build a software requirements specification while you test a system All of us in the testing world have had to execute testing when you don’t have the software requirements at least once, right? If not, you’re lucky! Without the software requirements specification (SRS),…
5 Things We Learned from TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015
A recap of the best moments from TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 We can’t help but reflect upon all of the amazing things that happened last week at TechCrunch Disrupt aka, the “Startup World Series.” We are excited to see what happens in the future to all…
How To Plan Test Case Automation with Development
A strategy to implement automated checks without losing sight of manual testing The goal of this post is to show a possible way you can plan test case automation with development in order to automate tests (have automatic checks) as soon as possible, without losing…
Performance Testing in Production
Can you run performance tests in production? Imagine that we have to run a test that we’ve already designed with a good load scenario, test cases, test data, all automated and prepared in the load simulation tool that we want to use, BUT we don’t…
Introduction to Taurus: An Alternative to JMeter
JMeter struggles? Taurus to the rescue! For those of you who know JMeter (the most popular open source tool for testing performance), your first thought was probably not “What a user-friendly software program! It’s so clear what this script does!” Taurus is here to fix that…
The True ROI of Test Automation
Is test automation just a huge expense or an investment? Is there a positive ROI of test automation? Generally, it’s said that automated testing can extend the coverage and scope of testing, reduce costs, mitigate risk, put the focus on manual testing where it’s really necessary, find…
9 Reasons to Pick Uruguay as your Nearshore Service Provider
Looking for a nearshore service provider? Look no further than Uruguay! Urugwhey, Urugwhyy, Uruguay? However you think it’s pronounced, this little country is the best destination for your nearshore IT outsourcing needs. Located just south of Brazil and east of Argentina along the Atlantic coast of…
Software Performance Testing Fallacies Part 2
Software Performance Testing Fallacies Continued Continuing with the previous post about software performance testing fallacies, we will take another look at common ways in which many of us are mistaken about performance testing. We will discuss some that are very common in testing, technology, and…
Software Performance Testing Fallacies Part 1
Don’t fall for these common performance testing fallacies It’s always interesting to find out the many ways in which we can be wrong. Here we want to point out the various software performance testing fallacies that we have seen that have led to the use of poor methods, which end…
Workload or Load Scenario in Performance Testing
In load tests we simulate the workload that an application will have in production, counting the concurrent users accessing the application, the tests cases that will be executed, and the frequency of executions by users, among other things. The concept of workload or load scenario…
Top 10 Factors Impacting Application Performance
What to look for when analyzing system performance “80 percent of datacenter managers said their datacenter downtime costs exceed $50,000 per hour.” –USA Today 2014 survey of 200 data centers Here’s our list of the top 10 factors impacting application performance. They may cause problems…
Cloud Performance Challenges
Hurdles to overcome with cloud computing and performance The other day I came across this paper and today I want to highlight some of the main aspects of cloud performance challenges. First of all, we all know how important cloud computing is for today’s demanding business requirements. Performance considerations…
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