Dream Big. Hustle Harder.

Resilience…Hope…Passion…Ambition…Discipline…Purpose…Morality…Integrity…Family…Love…Trust…Faith. These aren’t just words… They define people. They define values. They define us. They give us courage… We realize fear is not an option. We challenge ourselves. We choose to win, because we make our own miracles. Our imagination is our biggest weapon. Our creativity, our biggest innovation. Our will, our ultimate power. We learn from our mistakes. We triumph. We … Read more

Hello World Mongodb | Basics of Installing and running the db

Just tried the mongodb and its all really interesting. Here are Basics of Installing and running the db on windows: 1. Download http://www.mongodb.org/downloads and extract. (In my case folder is d:\mongodb) 2. Create a db folder where the data will be stored. (c:\data\db) 3. Run Command prompt as administrator. 4. In command prompt run: d:\mongodb\bin\mongod.exe –dbpath c:\data\db (Note – here … Read more

Achieving Time boxing in Testing with Risk Assessment/Analysis

Test Execution is one activity which is most difficult to estimate.  Most of the time it happens that if testing team find big chunk of bugs in the software then frequent releases/builds are given to testing team due to which testers face time crunch in test execution. This might results into the skipping of *critical* bugs during testing if high priority areas are not well tested.

To avoid these situations, Time-boxing should be achieved. In Software Testing, Time-boxing can be achieved by doing Risk Analysis.

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Ignoring the information provided by Test Teams | Management Mistakes

True Story of Braidy:

Braidy once got oppurtunity to work as a tester in a software company. As usual the company lacked testing culture.
The bugs reported by QA/testing team were not always reviewed and all the bugs were not always fixed. Most of the times, the focus was on fixing the blocker and major issues only. Despite the fact that Braidy and his team was working hard, the information provided by testing was always ignored. Their managers hardly believe what testers uncovered.  They used to say “Let Client report the bug then we will fix this..”. Management team always had predetermined  plans/dates for software delivery. Braidy was not happy with all this.

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Role of a Tester..

Delivery manager/Project Manager to tester: “Is the product ready to deliver?” Few thoughts on the above question: – Does PM/Delivery manager forget his role in project? Does he forgets tester’s role in the project? why he is asking this to tester? – Does this mean he should work on his decision making skills? Why he cannot … Read more

Why one should go for ISTQB Software Testing Certifications?

Why one should go for ISTQB – – One gets motivated and gain confidence – Companies can convince their clients by saying that – We have nn number of certified employees & we can deliver a quality product. – It can help you in getting job, because some job descriptions are like – Preferred with ISTQB Certification. You … Read more

ISTQB and AST – Which one should you go for?

The debate on Testing certifications is still going on.. Below are some differences and my experiences on ISTQB Foundations certification and AST’s BBST Foundations course:

 

ISTQB Foundations AST’s BBST Foundations
Focus Indirectly forces candidates to mug up/memorize the book Directly forces the students to think, learn, understand and apply.There is no other option left for students.

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Some noteworthy points from book The Wisdom of…

Some noteworthy points from book The Wisdom of Crowds: Groups do not need to be dominated by exceptionally intelligent people in order to be smart. ~ the wisdom of crowds. Even if most of the people within a group are not especially well-informed or rational,it can still reach a collectively wise decision. Instead of insisting … Read more