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How to Develop a Structured Exploratory Testing Strategy

However, the flexibility of exploratory testing comes with the risk of ad hoc, random outcomes with no structure or consistency between testers, test managers, and projects. While testers should not be limited in their exploratory testing efforts, having a disciplined approach is a fantastic tool for gathering feedback, detecting errors, and enhancing UX.

Fused Testing: Manual + Automated Testing from Testlio

Fused testing brings together automated and manual testing as a direct response to the tension between quality, speed and coverage in the software development process. Testlio is the first company to provide the quality engineering talent, industry partnerships, holistic platform and strategic services needed to deliver fused testing.

How to take your QA test cycle from two weeks to two days

Pressure to rigorously test software under strict launch times leaves over 54% of software teams struggling to meet demands for new and updated products. But even as the software development lifecycle shifts to incorporate testing, it’s hard to iterate quickly. Developers need a standard two-week cycle to ship code over the wall for QA teams to run with, but how long do QA teams need to release a final report?

[Webinar] How to Optimize Katalon Test Automation With SeaLights

As projects grow, the build-up of automated tests can extend test cycles and become a bottleneck in software development. Watch our webinar to learn how SeaLight’s Test Optimization can be a powerful tool to help Katalon Studio users shorten test cycles and achieve higher productivity.

Five Things Testers Wish Every CIO and CTO Understood About Testing

In a perfect world CIOs, CTOs, devs and QA teams would be perfectly aligned. Software would always function the way it was intended, security breaches would be a thing of the past and the movie Top Gun 2 would stop being delayed. Unfortunately, the world is imperfect, but there is a silver lining. Today’s CIOs understand the importance of quality, speed and the value of software testing.

The top 5 software testing trends of 2022

2021 was a revolutionary year and the global workforce continued working in a hybrid fashion. For the QA industry, concepts like Robotic Process Automation and AI/ML became more and more advanced. New versions of both Open-Source and Commercial tools continued to flourish, which made DevOps more accessible and test automation more user-friendly. In addition, testers across the globe actively participated in many online events and conferences in order to improve their knowledge.