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Guest post: testing tools principles

Posted by: Blaine Webb, Posted on: 13 March 2015 - Categories: Central Architecture

...testing tools are the most effective. Open tools also avoid vendor lock-in and are cheaper than proprietary alternatives. The Government IT Strategy and Technology Code of Practice [https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/making-software/open-source.html] says open...

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The big 4 quality assurance mistakes

Posted by: Neil Fletcher, Posted on: 29 January 2015 - Categories: Central Architecture

...time and won’t work, e.g. a multi-supplier programme of work will likely have very different needs to a small single supplier project. (Think centralised online issue management tools, vs Post-Its...

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Proposing the GDS Agile Testing Manifesto

Posted by: Neil Fletcher, Posted on: 8 January 2015 - Categories: Central Architecture

When talking to clients about what agile means, I refer to values outlined in the often-cited Agile Manifesto. The manifesto uses paired statements as a basis for describing the core...

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Top 10 tips to exploratory testing

Posted by: Neil Fletcher, Posted on: 28 November 2014 - Categories: Central Architecture
(l-r) Aldridge Fisher and Neil Fletcher at GDS

...work for their users. Exploratory testing is often misunderstood as an approach but there a number of pointers you can follow to ensure you’re on the right track. Here are...

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