Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/23/16 – 10/29/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 8 Reasons why Software Testing is Harder than Development – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/10/8-reasons-why-software-testing-is-harder-than-development/
• A Logic of Testing Thought – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/10/a-logic-of-testing-thought/
• A model of the relationship between Quality, Value, Testing and Risks – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2016/10/26/a-model-of-the-relationship-between-quality-value-testing-and-risks/
• Adventures in Tautology – What Makes a Tester a Tester? – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2016/10/adventures-in-tautology-what-makes.html
• Alpha Testing – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2016/09/alpha-testing-david-tzemach.html
• Are you a bad software test manager? Or do you have one? Here’s help – Jennifer Lent – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/opinion/Are-you-a-bad-software-test-manager-Or-do-you-have-one-Heres-help
• Away from being a gatekeeper – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/10/away-from-being-gatekeeper.html
• Consult the Test Sphere – Beren Van Daele – https://enquiretst.wordpress.com/2016/10/23/consult-the-test-sphere/

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/16/16 – 10/22/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Ways Agile Testing Is Different from Traditional Testing – Nishi Grover Garg – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-ways-agile-testing-different-traditional-testing
• API Testing Definition – Alexey Grinevich – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/api-testing-definition/
• Continuous Testing in DevOps… – Dan Ashby – https://danashby.co.uk/2016/10/19/continuous-testing-in-devops/
• Debating and challenging – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2016/10/debating-and-challenging.html
• Deliver Your Applications with Speed, Quality, and Scale: An Interview with Silvia Siqueira – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/deliver-your-applications-speed-quality-and-scale-interview-silvia-siqueira
• How a highway car wreck can help us improve collaboration – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/10/16/how-a-highway-car-wreck-can-help-us-improve-collaboration/
• Interview with Olof Svedström, QA Chapter Lead at Spotify – Olof Svedström – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2016/10/interview-with-olof-svedstrom-qa.html

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/9/16 – 10/15/16.

Articles & Blogs

• Caring for conference speakers – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/10/caring-for-conference-speakers.html
• Dealing With Test Log Data – Michael Churchman – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/10/dealing-with-test-log-data/
• Details into Mob Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/10/details-into-mob-exploratory-testing.html
• Hackable Projects – Pillar 2: Debuggability – Patrik Höglund – https://testing.googleblog.com/2016/10/hackable-projects-pillar-2-debuggability.html
• Horrible horrible metrics – Matt Parker – http://ec2-52-30-11-228.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com/what-is-quality-really/
• How do you choose which test cases to automate? – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/10/10/how-do-you-choose-which-test-cases-to-automate/
• Overcoming the Challenges of Test Management: An Interview with Mike Wasielczyk – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/overcoming-challenges-test-management-interview-mike-wasielczyk

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/2/16 – 10/8/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Easy steps for Testers to Influence Developers – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/5-easy-steps-for-testers-to-influence-developers/
• 5 Major Problems with Large QA Testing Teams and How to Handle Them – Mahesh C – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/problems-with-large-qa-testing-teams-and-remedies/
• Bad-Tester Stamps, The Why and Lingual Bias – Nathalie Rooseboom de Vries – van Delft – http://funtestic.blogspot.com/2016/10/bad-tester-stamps-why-and-lingual-bias.html
• Code review for Testers – Łukasz Rosłonek – http://testdetective.com/code-reviews-for-testers/
• Finding Happy Choices – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/finding-happy-choices/
• Finding the Balance Between Unit & Functional Tests – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/10/finding-the-balance-between-unit-functional-tests/
• Heresy! Automation Does Not Require Test Cases – Paul Grizzaffi – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/heresy-automation-does-not-require-test-cases

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 9/25/16 – 10/1/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 100+ testing interview questions for beginners to get hired – Thanh Huynh – http://www.asktester.com/testing-interview-questions/
• Accountability for What you Say is Dangerous and That’s Okay – James Bach – http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/1649
• An Anecdote and a (small) Editorial – The man who opened the door to testing for me – Aaron Hodder – http://testerkiwi.blogspot.com/2016/10/an-anecdote-and-small-editorial-man-who.html
• An Interview with Michael Bolton – Read His Advice for Upcoming Testers On How To Be Successful – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/an-interview-with-michael-bolton/
• Clubby bonhomie or communication in QA Engineer world – Oleksii Ihnatiuk – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/09/26/clubby-bonhomie-communication-qa-engineer-world-thoughts-inside-oleksii-ihnatiuk/
• Failure: A Software Tester Perspective – Colin Cherry – https://itesting.com.au/2016/09/28/failure-a-software-tester-perspective/
• Know WHY you are doing this – Simon Schrijver – https://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/know-why-you-are-doing-this/