Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of October 7th – October 14th, 2018.

Testing

• 4 Ways to Stay Relevant in Testing – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/stay-relevant-in-testing/
• Are mini-waterfalls to be counted as Agile? –  Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/are-mini-waterfalls-agile/
• Creating a Test Strategy – Huib Schoots – http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2726
• Evaluating and Empowering Testers in Agile Teams – Lalitkumar Bhamare – http://www.talesoftesting.com/blog/evaluating-and-empowering-testers-in-agile-teams
• Finding the work that needs doing in a multi-team testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/finding-work-that-needs-doing-in-multi.html
• First Month As QA Lead In A Startup – 6 Pieces Of Advice – Dawid Dylowicz – https://morethantesting.com/first-month-as-qa-lead-in-a-startup/
• Heuristics for Hiring Specialist Testers – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/10/heuristics-for-hiring-specialist-testers/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of September 30th – October 6th, 2018.

Testing

• 7 Holes You Might Have in Your Testing Strategy – Erik Dietrich – https://blog.gurock.com/7-holes-in-testing-strategy
• Birds love BUGS – Torsen Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2018/10/birds-love-bugs_6.html
• Chartering for Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/chartering-for-exploratory-testing.html
• Dealing with unplanned but urgent work – Allan Kelly – https://www.allankellyassociates.co.uk/blog/
• Deep Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/deep-exploratory-testing.html
• Deep Testing and Test Levels – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/deep-testing-and-test-levels.html
• First Week As QA Lead In A Startup – 5 Steps For 5 Working Days – Dawid Dylowicz – https://morethantesting.com/first-week-as-qa-lead-in-a-startup/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of September 23rd – September 29th, 2018

Testing

• 5 Reasons you are wasting your testing time –  Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/5-reasons-you-are-wasting-your-testing-time/
• 5 Ways Testers Contribute to Software Development – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/testers-software-development/
• Appropriate Test Documentation & Formatting – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2018/09/appropriate-test-documentation-formatting/
• Coaching Objectives – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/agile/coaching-objectives/
• Craft an integration testing plan with quality before quantity – Amy Reichert – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Craft-an-integration-testing-plan-with-quality-before-quantity
• Fail Faster – Brian Ray – https://qualityshepherd.com/2018/09/fail-faster/
• Hack on MDN – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2018/09/hack-on-mdn.html

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of September 16th – September 22nd, 2018

Testing

• 2018/09/17 What is Mutation Testing? – The Growing Tester – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/2018-09-17-what-is-mutation-testing/
• A Stage Performance – Anders Dinsen – https://asym.dk/2018/09/17/a-stage-performance/
• API Testing 101 – Comprehensive Guide for Newbie – Katalon Studio Team – http://www.abodeqa.com/api-testing-introduction-guide/
• Balancing Your Automation Strategy with Manual Testing – Alex McPeak – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/balance-between-manual-and-automation/
• Building Better Relationships Between Developers and QA Engineers – Angela Riggs – http://angelariggs.github.io/blog/building-relationship-developers-qa
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 4 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/demystifying-machine-learning-part-4/
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 5 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/demystifying-machine-learning-part-5/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of September 9th – September 15th, 2018.

Testing

• AI Failure Story: Paying a Heavy Price for Test Strategy Errors – Anna Royzman – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/ai-failure-story-paying-a-heavy-price-for-test-strategy-errors/
• Are You Adding Value, Always? – Kim Engel – https://isitgoodenoughyet.com/2018/09/11/are-you-adding-value-always/
• Attribution for Work Performed in a Mob – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/09/attribution-for-work-performed-in-mob.html
• Challenges of Being the Team’s Sole Tester (Cont.) – Mike Talks – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/challenges-software-tester/
• Define Your Test Strategy Because Agile Does Not Mean Unstructured – Branka Rakic – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/define-test-strategy-agile-not-mean-unstructured/
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 2 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/demystifying-machine-learning-part-2/
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 3 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/demystifying-machine-learning-part-3/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of September 2nd – September 8th, 2018.

Testing

• Behavior-Driven Blasphemy – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2018/09/04/behavior-driven-blasphemy/
• Code Refactoring: Why The Testers Need to Know About It – Kamila A – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/code-refactoring/
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/learning-about-machine-learning-part-1/
• Do you answer your own rhetorical questions? – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/09/answer-rhetorical-questions.html
• Evolve Your Mobile Usability Testing Methods – James Hoshor – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/evolve-your-mobile-usability-testing-methods
• How to sketchnote – the story of Katjasays – Ekaterina Budnikov – https://www.katjasays.com/how-to-sketchnote-the-story-of-katjasays/
• Life after GDPR: Data protection for software tester – Neil Syrett – https://syrett.blog/life-after-gdpr-data-protection-for-software-testers/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of August 26th – September 1st, 2018.

Testing

• 7 Ways Monitoring Can Help You Be a Better Tester – Lina Zubyte – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/7-ways-monitoring-can-help-you-be-better-tester
• A BDD worked example – login page – Stuart Ashman – http://qa-matters.com/2018/08/27/a-bdd-worked-example-login-page/
• Assembly Line vs. Release Pipeline – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2018/08/27/release-pipeline/
• Challenges of Being the Team’s Sole Tester – Mike Talks – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/uncategorized/challenges-lone-software-tester/
• Do You Need a Test Column?…. Let’s Talk. – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/do-you-need-a-test-column-lets-talk/
• Hire a software testing team that fits your startup culture – Gerie Owen – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Hire-a-software-testing-team-that-fits-your-startup-culture
• How to Design a Load Test – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/09/how-to-design-load-test.html

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of August 19th – August 25th, 2018.

Testing

• Click bots for social media and beyond – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/08/click-bots-for-social-media-and-beyond.html
• D, E, F’s of Software Testing – Jyothi Rangaiah – https://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2018/08/d-e-fs-of-software-testing.html
• How To Invest In Testing – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/08/how-to-invest-in-testing.html
• Integrating Testers into Modern Agile – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/integrating-testers-agile/
• Introduction to Performance Testing – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/08/introduction-to-performance-testing.html
• On Reading: A Practical Guide To Testing in Devops – Part 1 – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/reading-testing-in-devops-pt1/
• Put that in your Pipeline and Test it baby – Steve Cross – https://stevencrossblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/21/put-that-in-your-pipeline-and-test-it-baby/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of August 12th – August 18th, 2018.

Testing

• A Salesperson for Testing – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2018/08/a-salesperson-for-testing.html
• Be Indispensable: Cross-Train like a Testing Athlete – Bonnie Bailey – https://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/be-indispensable-cross-train-testing-athlete
• Exploring Gilded Rose – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://medium.com/@maaret.pyhajarvi/exploring-gilded-rose-f06ca76925a2
• How Do I Know My Tests Add Value? – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2018/08/13/how-do-i-know-my-tests-add-value/
• Learning Soak Testing in 5 Minutes – Katalon Studio – http://www.abodeqa.com/learning-soak-testing-in-5-minutes/
• Mobile Testing Part IV: An Introduction to Mobile Security Testing – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/08/mobile-testing-part-iv-introduction-to.html
• Overcome painful dependencies with improved adjacent testability  – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2018/08/overcome-painful-dependencies-with.html

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of August 5th – August 11th, 2018.

Testing

• A Day in the Life of an Agile Tester – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/agile-tester-work-life/
• Cloud testing: the right way to do it – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2018/08/cloud-testing-right-way-to-do-it.html
• Find the Right TDD Approach for Your Testing Situation – Jeff Langr – https://blog.gurock.com/find-right-tdd-approach/
• Hindsight lessons about API testing – Viktor Slavchev – https://mrslavchev.com/2018/08/06/hindsight-lessons-about-api-testing/
• How to get a first job as a software tester? – Sławomir Radzymiński – https://www.awesome-testing.com/2018/08/how-to-get-first-job-as-software-tester.html
• How to measure exploratory tests? – Rafaela Azevedo – https://azevedorafaela.wordpress.com/2018/08/06/how-to-measure-exploratory-tests/
• How to Measure Success in Testing? – Kristīne Corbus – https://testretreat.com/2018/08/05/how-you-measure-success-in-testing/