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How to Make the Most of Your Software Beta Trial: Post Beta Trial Edition

I recently wrote about making the most of a software beta trial. Next, I’ll talk about what to do after the beta is over and the data is in.

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Creating a “Testing is Fun” Mindset and Learning from Bugs

We strive to create quality software and learning from mistakes can help us avoid similar issues.This also helps encourage a 'testing can be fun' mindset.

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4 Steps to Get the Most Out of Your Software Beta Trial

There are many ways to approach a beta trial. By thinking first about what outcomes you want, you can work backward to think about how.

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What I Learned About Myself & My Software Testing Habits from Presenting to New Hires

During Q&A time, I got some good questions about how and why I test that I continued to think about afterward. Here are my answers.

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Exploratory Testing a Long-Running Project? Switch it Up

When I'm testing a long project, I find myself following the same paths to get to the new features and functionality. Here are six ways I switch it up.

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More Ways to Test – 9 Situations to Test the Strength of Your Mobile App

What else is there to test on a phone app when you've tested the functionality? Put it in these nine situations, and see how it responds.

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A Very, Very Lightweight Test Plan

Even on an Agile project, think through your testing at the start can help you be prepared, focused on the right areas, and testing for the right risks.

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3 Ways to Give Directions to Exploratory Testers Who Are Working from Home

I need to focus my testing on the most critical areas of an application. So how do I stay aligned with developers when we can't meet face to face?

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More Ways to Test – Nightmare Headlines

Is your assumption that your app will work perfectly and that all the services it connects to will never go down? It's time to rethink that.

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More Ways to Test – Learning from Fairy Tales

When testing software, you have to be creative. One of the best sources of inspiration is fairy tales — specifically "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".

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More Ways to Test – Bugs Don’t Take Vacations

Only one of these scenarios resulted in the loss of a customer, but it was a reminder of how connected systems are these days, and how many types of interactions (and types of fail

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Five Quick Phone Tests

A list of quick "attacks" that can quickly surface common issues with mobile phontes.

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