Interesting articles that go beyond the confines of typical testing, to think expansively and smarter.
These span across mindset and habits, thinking and problem solving approaches etc.
#67
Exactly a year ago, I published the article “3 Ideas to Staying Agile – “Compass, Cadence, Ownership” that outlined handling change from individual, business and software dev practice.
Challenges in testing big-data applications
( In this SmartBits, Arun Krishnan outlines “Challenges in testing big-data applications“. The video is at the end of this blog) “I understand that big data is characterized
What is big data/analytics?
Analytics is a buzzword these days. But quite honestly, we have been doing analytics for a long time. If you think about it, the animals flight or fight response is analytics.
#66
As we mature we see more opposites. Find more bugs or prevent by being sensitive? Automate more or use human smartness to do less? Continuous frequent checks or smart minimal tests? Things that seem contrary, creating a tension of choice. It is really not a tussle, it is a perfect state of balance.
Yin & Yang in Testing
Intelligent testing is a brilliant set of opposites. Is it finding more bugs or enabling brilliant code from start? Is it about frequent and continuous evaluation or being sensitive and pre-empting issues? Is it an act of doing or a state of mind? In this article I relate intelligent testing to Yin & Yang, where the tension of opposites keeps one in the perfect state of balance enabling one to deliver the very best.
#65
High Performance QA is about enabling the path to brilliant code, of doing less and accomplishing more.