7 Ways to Improve Defect Reports

As a software tester, it is easy to get carried away when digging into a new piece of software; the unexplored area of newly developed software calls to us “Test me, test me!”.
If the development has been poor, and several defects are found at once, it is often easy to skip one of the most [...]

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Why Testing Is Essential

First of all; testing saves money. Some project managers seems to think that a separate test team will bring extra cost to the project, and therefore leave it out, but it doesn’t take much thinking to see that a well organised test team which knows what it’s doing can save quite a lot of money [...]

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Testing Resources

I currently work as a software technical tester for one of the biggest insurance companies in Norway.
I’ve been doing that for about 1,5 years now, and I’ve gathered some experience along the way.
When it comes to software testing, I believe most of your experience can only be achieved by
doing the actual testing, but of course there’s some interesting reading available.
Beeing a fan of free stuff, I haven’t bought any books or ordered any online test courses,
but I’ve still managed to come up with a quite powerfull collection of information.
Here’s a delta containing some of the documents I use as inspiration and guide for my testing:

Testing.com
StickyMinds
Certified Tester Foundation Level Syllabus
Testing Techniques @ Testingcraft.com

Developing Me @ http://hjornevik.blogsoft.com

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