Overcoming Real-World Testing Scenarios, Inspired by the Popular Award-Winning Movie The Maze Runner

Did you know that the storytelling technique is known to be one of the most effective teaching strategies?

According to an experiment conducted by Stanford University, a story is 13 times more memorable than a statistic. 

This blog explores the automation tool Playwright through the eyes of The Maze Runner, taking you on a journey within its dystopian world. It will examine the characters' challenges within the maze, drawing a parallel to Playwright and how it benefits test automation. By doing so, the blog will highlight Playwright's resourcefulness, which mirrors the narrative within The Maze Runner.

Higher or Lower? Tactics for Mastering Software Testing Estimations

Continuing my series on career growth and learning experiences, here’s another blog about another challenge I’ve faced in my career: planning and estimating testing efforts.

Maybe not in the early days, but certainly as your career in testing progresses, one thing you will be asked to do on a regular basis is estimate a testing effort. Now, this could be for a phase of testing (e.g. a UAT), or for an entire project testing effort.

Expert Tips on Reducing Documentation 

As a test manager, for many years, my life has revolved around paper... requirements, documents and reports. I even had the poster!

I must admit I found comfort in my templates and checklists but then came agile! In an agile world, the focus is on delivering working software quickly and efficiently.  Agile methodologies encourage collaboration and communication between team members, including End Users, Testers, Developers and Product Owners. One of the key principles of agile is to value working software over comprehensive documentation. 

Static Analysis Tools: True or False

Not everything that you believe is true. You'll be surprised about the things that you think you know and that you think are true but are, in fact...false.

1: Tins of baked beans

I bet you think that tins of baked beans contain baked beans. To be honest, I wouldn't blame you if you did.  I mean, it's there on the label. There are rules about what you can and can't put on the food labels. However, the truth is that tins of baked beans don't contain baked beans. The beans in cans of baked beans have been stewed, not baked. (Source.)

How to Implement the 7PS Framework for Maximum Efficiency

If you are looking to find a way to capture the essence of what your testing within an agile project should look like, the 7P's of business approach can work really well. Not only can this approach help you to define the essence of your testing without being overly prescriptive, it has the added benefit that it can be used to involve all stakeholders, either in single or multiple sessions.

Embracing the Gray Areas of Testing

We are pleased to have one of our blog writers Renée Mineart, returning with a new blog item ‘Testing is not always Black and White’. It’s a follow-up blog from last month’s piece Black Box Testing Techniques by Jane Kelly which we would recommend reading before proceeding.

The differences between Black Box and White Box testing are not always (…please forgive the pun!) as black and white as the title might suggest. That is to say, even though they are not the same, it’s not a case of one or the other. 

Introduction to Black Box Testing

Today, we welcome back Jane Kelly with a new blog.

Welcome to the world of Black Box testing! It remains one of my firm favourites because it’s a method of software testing that looks at the functions of an application. It doesn’t delve into the murky and technical depths of the internal working and structure, nor does it dive into detailed workings within the design or code. So, let’s talk about black box testing techniques and how they can be applied to create test cases