Bugs Seen 'Round the World

By Rajesh Mathur I attended the International Conference on IT Management and Engineering Practices (ITMEP2013) in January. Before me there was another speaker who insisted that testing is expensive. When I spoke, I had to say that testing is not expensive, not doing...

CAST 2013 – Full Schedule & Tutorials

We are excited to announce that the full conference schedule is now available and it includes three excellent preconference tutorials. This year’s schedule is filled with practitioners, thought leaders, and experts who will be sharing their lessons learned. Each...

The Skills and Tools a Tester Needs

By Rajesh Mathur Last year, I asked a question on few LinkedIn groups whether testing was a skill. I received many responses and almost all responses focused on the skill aspect of testing. Then couple of weeks back, Pradeep Soundararajan opened a can of worms on...

Skills for Testers: What Are Testers Made Of?

By: Phil Kirkham Definition of SKILL  the ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance dexterity or coordination especially in the execution of learned physical tasks a learned power of doing something competently: a...

SummerQAmp Embarks on Its Second Year

SummerQAmp Embarks on Its Second Year to Create Internships at Leading Technology Companies in Eight U.S. Cities. Led by CampInteractive, CK-12 Foundation, Association for Software Testing, QASymphony, Jobspring, Workbridge and Connect to Tech join forces to educate...