Tag: Testing Tips
24 – “Great quality is about “operationalising”, beyond testing”
SmartQA Digest
Welcome to SmartQA Digest, that outlines aspects of successful large scale application deployment. Zulfikar outlines how a mindset to ‘system operationalisation’ is key delivering large IT systems successfully. The article outlines three failures of poor operationalisation. Would you agree that a massive failure is really the domino effect of small faults? Enjoy the poster!
3 failures of poor system operationalisation
August 9, 2019
SummarySuccessful large system deployment failures is not merely due to poor testing of software. It is about poor operationalisation of software. This article outlines three
SmartBites
||VIEWS FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS||#23 – “10 Thoughts & Creative Thinking”
SmartQA Digest
It takes right brain thinking to go beyond the left
August 19, 2019
Right brained creative thinking comes in handy to go beyond the left, to enable us to vary the paths, discover new paths and improving outcomes.
SmartBites
||VIEWS FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS||#22 – “Leapfrogging #2”
SmartQA Digest
Welcome to second-part of the special edition of SmartQA Digest on ‘Leapfrogging’. Tathagat talks about “Systematic Inventive Thinking” & “Network Leadership” in SmartBites. The featured article looks at testing as a left brain activity and the poster resonates with this. Next week we will shift sides to the right brain!
Left brain thinking to building great code
August 19, 2019
A logical ‘left brain’ thinking is essential to good testing. Testing is not just an act, but an intellectual examination of what may be incorrect
SmartBites
||VIEWS FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS||#21 – “Leapfrogging #1”
SmartQA Digest
Welcome to a two-part special edition of SmartQA Digest on ‘Leapfrogging‘. The SmartBites by Tathagat features an interesting idea “The Super Organism Mindset”. The featured article looks at what it takes to express well to do high performance QA. Enjoy the poster of “Go beyond”, to leapfrog! Thank you for reading, please do forward to anyone who you think values brilliant quality.
To express well, choose the right medium
August 19, 2019
The medium that we choose to express our thoughts that emanate from our language-driven thinking is key to expressing well. Good expression is key to
SmartBites
||VIEWS FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS||#20 : “Skilling for future”
SmartQA Digest
Welcome to a Special Edition of SmartQA Digest on ‘SKILLS’. The SmartBites has the wisdom of Desikan, Raja and Anuj on “Skilling for future”. The featured article takes an interesting look at the role of language to high performance QA. Enjoy the poster inspired by reaching out to the stars. Thank you for reading, please do forward to anyone who you think values brilliant quality.
Three communication approaches to brilliant clarity
August 19, 2019
Clarity is often a reflection of the mind and great clarity implies an uncluttered mind. The style & structure of sentence matters to the way
SmartBites
||VIEWS FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS||#19 : “The winds of change”
SmartQA Digest
Welcome to a Special Edition of SmartQA Digest on ‘CHANGE’. The SmartBites has the wisdom of Jawahar, Sudhir & Vivek on changing to the new age of QA. The featured article takes an interesting look at the role of language to high performance QA. Enjoy the poster inspired by falling leaves of autumn.Thank you for reading, please do forward to anyone who you think values brilliant quality.
High-performance thinking using the power of language
August 19, 2019
This is the first article in the series of twelve articles “XII Perspectives to High-Performance QA”, outlining interesting & counter-intuitive perspectives to high-performance QA aligned
SmartBites
||VIEWS FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS||#18 – “Accessibility #2”
SmartQA Digest
Welcome to another edition of SmartQA Digest, the Second of TWO part theme on “Accessibility”. Listen to Anuradha Biswas’s video on “the HOW of accessibility”. The featured article is also on “HOW to validate accessibility”.
We have enhanced the SmartQA Digest with brilliant galleries of all the SmartBites, Posters, Articles. See the NEW “smartbits” gallery. Check these out at the end of SmartQA Digest page.
Role of Abilities, Checklists & Tests for Accessibility
June 26, 2019
Evaluating accessibility by using only able-bodied people(testers) or by enabling accessibility only via use of checklists are not useful. The simplest tests to ensure a complex application is well covered via ‘only testing using the keyboard’, ‘relying on the spoken word to navigate’, ‘using high contrast mode of display’ & ‘disabling certain options in the browser’ (for web apps). This article is the curated from four interesting articles.
SmartBites
||VIEWS FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS||#17 – “Accessibility #1”
SmartQA Digest
Welcome to another edition of SmartQA Digest, the First of TWO part theme on “Accessibility”. Listen to Anuradha Biswas’s passionate exposition on accessibility. The featured article is a curation of SIX interesting articles on this theme. Hope you like the poster on ‘Accessibility’ !
We have enhanced the SmartQA Digest with brilliant galleries of all the SmartBites, Posters, Articles. See the NEW “smartbits” gallery. Check these out at the end of SmartQADigest page.
Interesting articles on Accessibility
June 21, 2019
This article is a collection of interesting aspects on accessibility curated form a set of SIX articles covering “What is accessibility”, “Six steps to create accessible designs”, “Ethical design”, “Dos and don’ts on designing for accessibility”, “Ten tips for making website accessible” and “How to create interfaces that benefit all”.
SmartBites
||VIEWS FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS||#16 – “Being Agile #2”
SmartQA Digest
Welcome to another edition of SmartQA Digest, the second of TWO part theme on “Being Agile”. Listen to Tathagat Varma’s beautiful exposition of philosophy, mindset, culture, automation… Inspired by Matryoshka doll is the featured article “15 Facets to Problem Solving”. Hope you like the poster on ‘Agility’ !
We have enhanced the SmartQA Digest with brilliant galleries of all the SmartBites, Posters, Articles. See the NEW “smartbits” gallery. Check these out at the end of SmartQA Digest page.
15 Facets to Problem Solving
June 14, 2019
We use many terms like philosophy, mindset, framework, models, process, practice, techniques etc in SW dev/test. This article attempts to simplify and put together a nice image of how they all fit in, to enable clear thinking for brilliant problem solving.
