What is Quality to a Sales Guy? It’s Not All About the Leads, Stupid!
We talk a lot about the importance of quality products. But what does the word ”quality“ really mean? Is it a subjective or objective trait? And how can anyone strive to achieve high quality without...
View ArticleWhat is Quality – Continuous Improvement
We talk a lot about the importance of quality products. But what does the word ”quality“ really mean? Is it a subjective or objective trait? And how can anyone strive to achieve high quality without...
View ArticleThe History of Quality Assurance
When talking about software quality assurance, it is beneficial to talk about the history of quality assurance and how we have come to use certain methodologies, such as Agile and Waterfall, because,...
View ArticleSetting Up Your Test Management Workstation in QAComplete
A challenging part of software development is being able to manage your teams goals and data in an organized manner. Test management is the process of managing all your tests for any given project....
View ArticleWhat is quality – 4 Demonstrable Measures?
We talk a lot about the importance of quality products. But what does the word ”quality“ really mean? Is it a subjective or objective trait? And how can anyone strive to achieve high quality without...
View ArticleHow APIs Will Soon Affect Your Healthcare
“Nurse, can you please give me the syringe. Can you please $HANDLE the patient while I make this incision. Can you please $_POST me the sutures. Ahh! I meant $_GET me the sutures! We’re losing him!”...
View ArticleFree Web Performance Testing for the Masses
Today is an exciting day here at SmartBear! After many months of preparation and hard work from our teams across the globe, we are finally launching the first in a line of high-functioning free tools...
View ArticleHow Quality Impacts Your Bottom Line
In this guest post, Jamie Turner, CEO of 60SecondMarketer.com, talks about a number of businesses that have focused their attention on quality and provides metrics to show how beneficial this decision...
View ArticleAn Ode to the Re-Inventors of the Wheel
While preparing to write this post, I was planning to whine again. I’ve been picking up speed, you know, complaining about as much as I can: bad testing practices, excessive automation and crumbing...
View ArticleIs Bad Software Our Generation’s Biggest Stressor?
Software that doesn’t work is annoying. In fact, I’m starting to think it just may be the biggest stressor of the average worker in our era. No longer do we have to endure biting flies as we work the...
View ArticleA Maverick Approach to Internships
After publishing my recent post about providing software testing programs in college, I heard directly from several people and have seen multiple Twitter debates pop up about this very polarizing...
View ArticleDoes Code.org Have the Right Message?
The beginning of 2013 saw an amazing amount of buzz around Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to growing computer programming education. Let me start off by stating that, personally, I think the overall...
View ArticleWhat Can We Learn from Diana Nyad’s Support Team?
“I’m more of a human spirit story than a sports story.” ~Diana Nyad during her interview with CBS this morning. Diana Nyad’s unbelievable, arduous, and triumphant 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida at...
View ArticleUncovering the Best Fantasy Football Service Provider [Infographic]
Earlier today we published some of the data from a series of benchmark tests that we ran against five popular fantasy football providers. All of our data was gathered between July 21 and August 31 –...
View ArticleCould Better Testing Practices Have Prevented the Healthcare.gov Defects?
Whether you love the Affordable Healthcare Act or think it’s a sign of the Apocalypse, there’s one thing that’s certain – the Healthcare.gov website didn’t work as well as Washington would have hoped....
View ArticleThe New Definition of Web Performance Monitoring, Part 2
This blog post is the second in a three-part series that explores Web Performance Monitoring (WPM) from three directions: What is WPM exactly Why WPM is important to a wide variety of business...
View ArticleA Software Tester’s Perspective | Martin Hynie
When you’re on a plane, do you ever think about the software that is needed to fly and maintain an aircraft effectively? Software testers do. The importance of testing software, especially when it...
View ArticleEssential Web Performance Metrics — A Primer, Part 1
Slow response time has been the most common complaint of site users since the inception of the web. Just when we thought broadband and quad core processors would solve all our problems, mobile devices...
View ArticleRemoving Insecurity: The IETF Hums 5 Times
The IETF, which defines and promotes Internet standards, is taking a stand against the activities of the NSA by agreeing to improve the security of Internet protocols. Unless you’ve been marooned on a...
View ArticleProduct Quality and Work Culture
Your company’s success is based on your employees’ attitudes and commitment to the organization. Believe it or not, it’s something many companies struggle to get right. If you work or have worked in an...
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