Software Testing

Faces of QualityWorks – Julia Pottinger

Julia Pottinger is a Training and Development Manager at QualityWorks. Her expertise lies in manual, automated, and API testing and training, which have helped companies to enhance the quality of their software through improved test coverage, faster time to market, increased process efficiency, and optimized use of resources. Julia finds joy in sharing her knowledge…
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#DiverseTestersSeries – Faidat

  Faidat graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology. Throughout her career, she has worked in customer service, health insurance, and nonprofit industries, but later found her true passion for tech. Faidat has courageously taken on a path she has never explored before, but is determined to master. Learn more about Faidat:   Tell me…
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#DiverseTestersSeries – Nicole

With a brief background in Communications and years of experience in Special Education, Nicole has made an interesting shift into the world of tech. With her natural curiosity and her knack for problem solving, Nicole is ready to explore the endless possibilities of software development and testing. Here’s more about Nicole:    Tell me a…
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Test Automation Best Practices: Deciding what and when to automate

By Julia Pottinger   Test automation is generally introduced into a project to solve issues such as repetitive manual work, working with large data sets, or getting faster feedback in a CI/CD pipeline. With this buzz around test automation, you may be considering going forth and automating “all the things.” You may have selected the…
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4 Pillars of Web Testing: A Guide for Beginners

By René Thomas   In an age when the entire world is glued to screens big and small, websites are now facing an unprecedented amount of traffic 24/7. Testing these websites to ensure they are able to hit user sweet spots has now become more crucial than ever. But what if you’re a rookie tester…
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Mind Mapping in Testing: Creating Test Reports Using Mind Maps

By Brittany Stewart   In this final article of the series dedicated to Mind Mapping in Testing, I will explain how mind maps can be used as a test summary report and share a few additional tips to get you started. If you haven’t already, it might be helpful to check out my previous articles…
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MindMapping in Testing: How to Create and Share Lean Test Cases

By Brittany Stewart   In my previous article, I covered how to use mind maps to create your test strategy and test plan. I suggest you check that out if you’re new to mind mapping.  Now, I’ll walk you through how I’ve easily created test cases using a mindmap, giving you a step by step…
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Mind Mapping for Testers: How to build your Test Strategy and Test Plan

By Brittany Stewart   In my first article, Mind Mapping for Testers: A Productivity Hack for QA Teams, I shared why mind maps are a great tool for testers to use to improve the efficiency of their testing process. In this article, I’ll take a look at one of the three main applications of Mind…
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Mind Mapping in Testing: A Productivity Hack for Testers

By Brittany Stewart   Data visualization has been proven to help humans understand more complex information and enhance memory. When I started out in testing, one of my biggest challenges was being able to visualize the relevant data. I felt stuck due to information overload. There were just too many documents to read through and…
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QualityWorks Awarded Count Me In Revival Grant to Offer Software Testing Training to Workers Displaced by COVID-19

Stacy Kirk of QualityWorks Consulting in Los Angeles, CA to receive $25K in grant money provided by leading fashion brands Smart & Sexy and Curvy Couture to provide software testing training to professionals displaced by COVI9-19   Los Angeles, CA – August 3, 2020 – Count Me In, the first national not-for-profit founded to help women…
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