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Jan 18, 2019

Book review: A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps by Katrina Clokie

In this book short preface you will find the following: 1. The book is for non-testers "who want to know more about how testing fits...

Jan 10, 2019

QA Detective Story: Tom Hertz, the first Test PI, and the transaction failure mystery

It was another day to pass. I sat in my dark, windowless office. I glanced at the wall clock, only part of which could be seen among all...

Jan 7, 2019

STR (Software/System Testing Results/Report) - what is it and how to use it

STR = Software/System Testing Results/Report (all versions are in use) Why do we need a STR? STR gives a snapshot of a particular aspect...

Jan 1, 2019

Even in Agile - Important steps for planning and performing tests

A presentation I gave at SIGiST, Israel, at 2018.12.31. I think I will eventually write a blog post about some of the topics, especially...

Dec 22, 2018

Book review: How to Break Software

How to Break Software - a practical guide to testing by James Whittaker James Whittaker is a well-known figure in software testing (at...

Nov 22, 2018

Stats Testing - A new testing field

Many time, when facing issues in production, we check the product stats to help us understand the impact of the issue and possible...

Oct 30, 2018

The public execution of a software tester

I usually write about proper testing issues. This time I decided to write about something that actually happened to me. A few years ago...

Oct 22, 2018

Book review: Lesson Learned in Software Testing

The book Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach was published at the beginning of 2002 (December 31, 2001, to be...

Oct 20, 2018

27 short pieces of advice for software testers

As I publish in Twitter: https://twitter.com/dobar 1. When you are stuck analyzing an issue and need someone's help, after saying the...

Oct 6, 2018

Explain software testing to agile team members

It is not always clear to programmers, product owners, and other stakeholders, what precisely the testing profession is. Many times there...

Oct 2, 2018

The James Bach Challenge

**This is an initiative that I took upon myself and not supported in any way by James Bach** A few years ago I attended a special session...

Sep 26, 2018

Tips for working with offshore outsource testing team

I have been working with an offshore company for more than five years, and I would like to share my story and some of the insights I...

Hello, I'm Doron Bar, software tester since 1998. I Worked for start-ups and global companies in many roles. Today I'm a Test Methodologies Manager in Cognyte, Speaker and the owner of this blog.

Enjoy!

Email: doron.bar@gmail.com