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The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #37

These are the made up stories of a team working in an Agile environment. Their daily struggles and successes are presented in a comic/parody/satirical way. Click on the image to see it in full size. The team members are: Little, the main character. The team’s tester. Coffee, the team’s Java developer. Mr. Fancy, the team’s … Continue reading The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #37

The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #36

These are the made up stories of a team working in an Agile environment. Their daily struggles and successes are presented in a comic/parody/satirical way. Click on the image to see it in full size. The team members are: Little, the main character. The team’s tester. Coffee, the team’s Java developer. Mr. Fancy, the team’s … Continue reading The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #36

ISTQB® releases Foundation Level Specialist Performance Testing Syllabus (CTFL-PT)

At the ISTQB® General Assembly vote on 9 December 2018, the ISTQB® Foundation Level Specialist Performance Testing Syllabus (CTFL-PT) was released. The new module, which has been developed and successfully piloted by the American Software Testing Quali…

ISTQB® and IREB® to form an Alliance – starting with Aligning Glossaries

The International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB®) and the International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB®) have entered into an alliance to further promote the Software Testing and Requirements Engineering professions together. As a …

ISTQB® releases CTFL Usability Testing Syllabus (CTFL-UT)

At the ISTQB® General Assembly in Berlin on 2 November 2018, the ISTQB® Usability Testing Syllabus (CTFL-UT) was released. The new module which has been developed and successfully piloted by German Testing Board and UXQB since 2016 seamlessly fits in w…

Persistent Positive Thinking

Confetti User Stories

Finding the right balance between “too big” and “too small” isn’t easy sometimes.

ISTQB® releases new Foundation Specialist Syllabus – Automotive Software Tester

The ISTQB® General Assembly has approved the ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Specialist Automotive Software Tester syllabus (CTFL-AuT) for general release. The syllabus is providing essential understanding and knowledge to anyone involved in t…

Lining up in the Ocean

It’s about how fast we can be wrong with our conclusions. I often see that we detect an alledged new issue, not realizing that the same anomaly was already there before. It’s easier and faster to judge without collecting the facts first. Things that ma…

Patched UFOs

When developers state, they didn’t change anything but one line of code, they actually believe that themselves. It’s just that they have a bias towards forgetting all the work they’ve done (plus their colleagues’) before their last coffee break.