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How Agile Principles Help in a Remote Working Atmosphere – By Tanya Kumari
“The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.” This quote from the Agile Manifesto’s Principles is one of the reasons as to why most of the companies working in agile ways become more productive and effective. Teams that work...
Reaping the True Value of Exploratory Testing – By Rajini Padmanaban
Exploratory testing (ET) as a valuable technique to gauge the quality of a product under development has existed for a long time and has become invaluable in the quality journey of several products, large and small, over the years. Despite its long history, its...
Episode 19: Terri Avnaim – A Woman Who Leads Brave Conversations Women Who Change Tech
In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Terri Avnaim, a Woman Who Leads Brave Conversations. Terri is the chief customer and marketing officer for Sauce Labs, and she loves creating marketing plans that are authentic to the brand and meaningful to...
7 Essential Quality Attributes for Your Test Automation Framework – By Iryna Suprun
A common problem in software is that developers and designers tend to concentrate on pure functionality and neglect quality attributes. These attributes are the famous “-abilities”: usability, reliability, portability, and so on. This statement is valid for test...
Thank you to our Premier Sponsor Sauce Labs!
We are excited to have Sauce Labs as our Women Who Test sponsor for STAREAST Virtual+! Join us Thursday, May 14 (1-5pm) and Friday, May 15 (1-4pm). The program will cover testing topics and will support women’s personal and career journeys and include content like:...
Building Levels of Testing in Software Development – By Jennifer Robison
If you've been a developer for any length of time, you will start to realize that we all bear scars from the struggles we've encountered. Some start to fade as time goes on. But there are those that will be red and gnarly for the ages. These start to define how we...
Episode 18: Jenna Charlton – A Woman Who Is a Champion for Accessibility and Inclusion
In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Jenna Charlton, a Woman Who is a Champion for Accessibility and Inclusion. Jenna has been a tester for nearly a decade and is currently a Consultant at Coveros where she helps people do their jobs better....
To Be a Better Tester, Ask the Right Questions
Critical thinking is a core trait a software tester needs to succeed. Testing involves objectively analyzing facts to arrive at decisions; since we’re responsible for the quality of the product under test, this is an imperative skill for testers to build. However,...
Episode 17: Davar Ardalan – A Woman Who Vows to Improve Cultural Intelligence
In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Davar Ardalan, a Woman Who Vows to Improve Cultural Intelligence. Davar is the Founder and Storyteller in Chief of IVOW, an early-stage startup specializing in AI-driven cultural content, aiming to make...
You Have Power to Break the Stereotype
I am a minority within a minority: I am a female, I am an Asian, and I am a QA. When I started my career in quality assurance, it did not take me long to realize there is a stereotype I was unaware of, which was that most developers are male and most QAs are female....
Episode 16: Cindy Peterson – A Woman Who Transforms Organizations
In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Cindy Peterson, a Woman Who Transforms Organizations. Cindy is a partner at Peerless Partners, and her passion is helping companies solve complex challenges at the confluence of operational effectiveness,...
Navigating Your Career As a Woman in Tech: A Slack Takeover with Janna Loeffler
Thought leaders throughout the software community are taking over the TechWell Hub for a day to introduce themselves, answer questions, and engage in conversations. Janna Loeffler is a QE manager for Ultimate Software and has more than 15 years of quality engineering...
An Introduction to Web Optimization Testing
When testing websites, most software testers—including me—used to check the functionality and the UI of the page. But there are more factors that test engineers need to check. First, we need to look at what is optimized on the webpage. There are many definitions of...
Integrating Security and Testing Practices – By Sylvia Killinen
QA is often called upon to deflect some percentage of bugs, which means it’s our obligation to test for as many different bugs as we can. Most of us find it uncontroversial to pursue a wide variety of test cases, spanning from the expected to the unexpected, and...
Testing in Production
Talia Nassi, a software engineer in test, discusses why testing in production is such a controversial topic. She talks about why people fear the process and how a change with intention would increase confidence in your team. Talia also shares how the Women Who Test...
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