The Truth Behind Unlimited Cycles

Everyone agrees that quality is an important part of software development. And a bad user experience is more likely to weaken brand loyalty than ever before. In fact, 73 percent…

4 Simplified Tips for Getting Started with Automated Testing

Thorough testing is crucial to the success of a software product. If your software doesn’t work properly, most people aren’t going to use it… at least not for long. While SQA…

The Top Black Box Testing Techniques

Ready to refresh your knowledge of the top testing techniques? Black box testing refers to a whole treasure trove of software testing techniques that help us achieve excellent test coverage…

How to Get Internal and External QAs Working Together Smoothly

External QA resources aren’t meant to replace internal QAs, but rather serve as a way to expand a team’s capabilities. Last week, Kristi Kaljurand, Testlio’s Senior QA Team Lead, and…

When to Hire Internal QAs and When to Seek External Resources

Quality assurance can be successfully handled in house and out of house. But how do you know which is the right move for your organization, and at what time? Today,…

How to Overcome Challenges with API Testing

API testing is a necessity for many apps today. Web servers, messaging queues, calls between different apps—all of these functions can make up the “logic tier” of testing, where multiple…

QA in the Bay: Balancing Quality and Speed

We had a full house last night at QA in the Bay, our regular meetup for software developers and QA professionals. This meetup featured — in addition to free pizza,…

How to Recruit Exceptional QA Testers

The testing profession has no set college degree, career path or standard for skillsets, so how do you go about finding exceptional QAs? From innovative concepts like agile hiring and…

How to Be an Advocate for Software Quality

QA’s responsibility is to help ship the best product within the time, budget and other constraints defined by the business—not to seek needlessly costly and time-consuming perfection. Not to demand…