ISTQB Posts

The One Mistake You Might Do with Your Laptop in Meetings

The One Mistake You Might Do with Your Laptop in Meetings

Attending meetings is common in any work environment. During any meeting, usually there will be a presentation to be delivered to the audience and a discussion will be held about the topic presented. A person (usually the caller for the meeting or the presenter) will lead the discussion and the audience should provide their feedback and comments. (more…)

How to be a Better Tester

How to be a Better Tester

I decided to write about this topic based on a discussion I have had about how to be a good tester. There are many people who believe that software testing is easy and can be done by anyone. However, teams of developers, analysts, … etc. strive to have good team members. The same should apply to testing team. We really need to have good testers in the team. However, why don’t we run the extra mile and look for better testers to be in our testing team?! Also, Why don’t testers move ahead and look forward to be better testers?! Testers need to answer those questions. Another question is: how can testers become better testers? (more…)

A/B Testing and Webpage Design/Testing Metrics

A/B Testing and Webpage Design/Testing Metrics

In my recent post “A/B Testing for Dummies”, I mentioned about deciding on metrics based on our goals then measuring the impact the change in the design of the webpage brings on those metrics. Srinivas Kadiyala – a colleague in testing field – posted a good comment asking for further explanation on this metrics part. Therefore, we will have a look at webpage design/testing metrics in this post. (more…)

A/B Testing for Dummies

A/B Testing for Dummies

Any webpage can undergo changes. However, the results of changing the webpage can be either good or bad. In other words, the results are either positive or negative. Actually, the challenge when changing a webpage is to find out whether the change is positive or negative. One way to overcome this challenge is through A/B Testing. The question is: What is A/B Testing? (more…)

Apology: A Culture a lot of People Lack!

Apology: A Culture a lot of People Lack!

Mistakes can happen in our daily life. Some of the mistakes we do affect only us. However, other mistakes might affect people around us. This effect can be very severe and last long. Therefore, the issue is not only with the mistake itself but also with what can happen after the mistake. (more…)