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  • Baptism By Fire: The Lurky Beast That Is Technical Debt

    “You’re free to think what you like, but sovereign self-confidence need not lead to objective results.” – Yang Wen-Li You Know What It Means, But Do You Know What It Is? When I first heard the term technical debt, in the context of the conversation it made sense. In my head, there was technical work Read more

  • The Almighty Test Case Pt.7

    We’re getting there, the end is in sight! Today, we should be able to clear the final two sections, Labelling and Examples, of what constitutes one of my Test Scripts and that should allow us to do a full wrap up next week. It’s been quite a journey all the way from the top Test Read more

  • The Almighty Test Case Pt.6

    Test Method Let’s reverse two posts to where we touched on Test Method for our example: Firstly, you may have noticed that it’s steps, like a bug. Only there should be no bugs, so until you find one you’re regressing the Test Case. For some of the more complex Test Methods, you will pretty much Read more

  • The Almighty Test Case Pt.3

    “I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of apocalypse.” – Riley Finn This week, let’s dive into one of the key test suites that lives at the core of any QA effort: Performance and Stability. Performance and Stability If you’re new to QA, you might be wondering: what exactly lives in this suite? Read more

  • Is It Trustworthy? Pt.5

    Welcome Back To Our Unit Trust Discussion! We have our system, we have our data, and we have our automation. The Untrusted, Credible, Reliable, and Trusted (UCRT) system is now ready to shine! This week, we’re taking the next step: visualising the data for the shareholders. The QA Dashboard We have two main ways of Read more

  • Is It Trustworthy? Pt.4

    Welcome Back To Our Unit Trust Discussion! OK! Over the last few weeks I outlined and fleshed out the basics of my Unit Trust system, a system that is intended to help visualise risk. Then last week we got just a little mathematical, nothing crazy but when considering all of the units and various factors, Read more

  • Is It Trustworthy? Pt.3

    Welcome Back To Our Unit Trust Discussion! Last week, we started getting into the nitty gritty of my Unit Trust (UCRT) system and how converting certain aspects of a bug into a numerical system will allow for better application health visualisation. We explored bug Scores (based on an exponentially weighted Impact), Factors (like Severity, Status Read more