The document discusses best and worst practices in software testing according to a mythical testing creature called "The Testing Troll".
Some worst practices presented include relying solely on documentation, focusing only on repetitive regression testing of old tests, viewing automation as a replacement for human testers, and strictly following best practices without consideration of context.
The best practices emphasized thinking beyond requirements and oracles, prioritizing regression tests that reveal new information, using automation as a tool to enhance testing abilities rather than replace testers, providing information about potential risks, and being aware of testing context in different situations. The conclusion is that there are no absolute best practices and testers must be skeptical professionals who consider context.
Automation vs. intelligence - "follow me if you want to live"Viktor Slavchev
Have you ever heard the story that your job is automatable, that all the human testers will be replaced by machines or automated tests and you will lose your job? Or even worse, that machines and artificial intelligence will take over our craft and our life and we will be totally useless. Do you buy these? Are you afraid?
“Come with me, if you want to live” – this was the famous line that many members of the Human resistance in the Terminator franchise used, when offering their help in the war against Skynet.
So, come with me (and John Connor), and join the testing resistance to fight on the side of intellect against the evil machine army. I am willing to challenge the I part in AI on contest by focusing on few key topics:
Can we translate testing into machine language? Polymorphic and mimeomorphic actions – what are these?
Do we really know what are the benefits of human testing? What are human testers irreplaceable for?
Do we really have empirical evidence that computers are capable of doing professional testing? Do we have evidence of “intelligence” at all?
Last year at RTC ‘17 I was asked – “Is AI the answer to all test automation problems?”. My answer is “No, it’s not!”. And this talk is my explanation why.
Break to build - the mindset of the modern day testerViktor Slavchev
I spent last couple of years performing, talking, writing and listening about software testing.
But what is software testing? I am told my job is to “break software”. But why break it, it looks good?! I like the programmers, they are my friends. And, as Michael Bolton says, “We don’t break software, it was already broken when we got it”.
I sure don’t break software for living, but I do something way better and much more satisfying - I break clichés about software testing.
So, my job as your guide in your journey in testing will be to break some clichés from the past in order to build the mindset of the modern tester.
Elisabeth Hendrickson’s book, Explore It!, contains this definition: “Tested = Checked + Explored”. When I read it, I was fascinated. “What does that mean?”, I asked myself, “what does it /really/ mean?”
This talk described the journey I undertook to understand it, and other definitions of testing that I found along the way, and then to come up with a new definition that filled the gaps I saw in the others, without losing the aspects of them that I felt were valid and useful.
Essentially, I formalised what testing is for me. And, now that I have my definition, I can ask myself in any given situation whether my actions are consistent with the way I believe I want to behave.
Automation vs. intelligence - "follow me if you want to live"Viktor Slavchev
Have you ever heard the story that your job is automatable, that all the human testers will be replaced by machines or automated tests and you will lose your job? Or even worse, that machines and artificial intelligence will take over our craft and our life and we will be totally useless. Do you buy these? Are you afraid?
“Come with me, if you want to live” – this was the famous line that many members of the Human resistance in the Terminator franchise used, when offering their help in the war against Skynet.
So, come with me (and John Connor), and join the testing resistance to fight on the side of intellect against the evil machine army. I am willing to challenge the I part in AI on contest by focusing on few key topics:
Can we translate testing into machine language? Polymorphic and mimeomorphic actions – what are these?
Do we really know what are the benefits of human testing? What are human testers irreplaceable for?
Do we really have empirical evidence that computers are capable of doing professional testing? Do we have evidence of “intelligence” at all?
Last year at RTC ‘17 I was asked – “Is AI the answer to all test automation problems?”. My answer is “No, it’s not!”. And this talk is my explanation why.
Break to build - the mindset of the modern day testerViktor Slavchev
I spent last couple of years performing, talking, writing and listening about software testing.
But what is software testing? I am told my job is to “break software”. But why break it, it looks good?! I like the programmers, they are my friends. And, as Michael Bolton says, “We don’t break software, it was already broken when we got it”.
I sure don’t break software for living, but I do something way better and much more satisfying - I break clichés about software testing.
So, my job as your guide in your journey in testing will be to break some clichés from the past in order to build the mindset of the modern tester.
Elisabeth Hendrickson’s book, Explore It!, contains this definition: “Tested = Checked + Explored”. When I read it, I was fascinated. “What does that mean?”, I asked myself, “what does it /really/ mean?”
This talk described the journey I undertook to understand it, and other definitions of testing that I found along the way, and then to come up with a new definition that filled the gaps I saw in the others, without losing the aspects of them that I felt were valid and useful.
Essentially, I formalised what testing is for me. And, now that I have my definition, I can ask myself in any given situation whether my actions are consistent with the way I believe I want to behave.
When considering how automation can be useful in testing, many people think only about identifying difference from some expected behaviour, for example with unit tests.
Much of my testing is about exploration, about learning, about finding things that might matter that we haven't already thought about. In this talk, I'll discuss how I use automation to help me to do that. In particular I'll demo some ways in which I ask questions of the product and use automation to find expedient ways to get answers.
Testing All the Way Down, and Other DirectionsJames Thomas
Slides from my talk at CEWT #3, http://qahiccupps.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/testing-all-way-down-and-other.html
The idea that testing is or can be a recursive activity - or even fractal - has some currency. In that view, a test or experiment generates some data, which suggests new experiments, which generate some data, which suggest new experiments and so on. The kinds of activities being done at each stage will be self-similar and testing is used as a kind of microscope to focus in on some aspect of the system under test. Testing all the way down.
In this talk, I'll instead view testing as a number of different instruments that can be used in an arbitrary number of dimensions. Further, I'll suggest that testing can be applied not only to a system, but to descriptions of that system, to models of that system, to abstractions of that system, to a system which is testing that system, and to a system which is testing the system which is testing that system. And so on. It's testing all the way round.
I'll finish by proposing a definition of testing that I think might capture this wide applicability.
Presented at https://www.onlinetestconf.com/program-spring-otc-2020/
Sometimes you’re asked to start testing in a context that is not ideal: you’ve only just joined the project, the test environment is broken, the product is migrating to a new stack, the developer has left, no-one seems quite sure what’s being done or why, and there is not much time.
Knowing where to begin and what to focus on can be difficult and so in this talk I’ll describe how I try to meet that challenge.
I’ll share a definition of testing which helps me to navigate uncertainty across contexts and decide on a starting point. I’ll catalogue tools that I use regularly such as conversation, modelling, and drawing; the rule of three, heuristics, and background knowledge; mission-setting, hypothesis generation, and comparison. I’ll show how they’ve helped me in my testing, and how I iterate over different approaches regularly to focus my testing.
The takeaways from this talk will be a distillation of hard-won, hands-on experience that has given me
* an expansive, iterative view of testing
* a comprehensive catalogue of testing tools
* the confidence to start testing anything from anywhere
I consider whether we as testers can be too closed-minded in our attitudes, whether there are schools of thought or approaches that, even if we care deeply about context, we are very unlikely even to consider and perhaps that we sometimes favour our reputation over giving ourselves the chance to do the best job that we can.
From CEWT#2, http://cewtblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/cewt-2-abstracts.html
Agile Testers: Becoming a key asset for your teamgojkoadzic
Slides for a presentation titled "Agile Testers: Becoming a Key Asset for your team" given at the Next Generation Testing Executive Briefing on 19 May 2010 in London
A Context-Driven Approach to Automation in TestingBugRaptors
: "To help ourselves test better, Context-Driven testers use tools. But, there is no such thing as Automation”
While reading the James Bach's blog, I found an interesting view about “Automation” in testing from Michael Bolton and James Bach.
Things Could Get Worse: Ideas About Regression TestingTechWell
Michael Bolton, DevelopSense
Tester, consultant, and trainer Michael Bolton is the coauthor (with James Bach) of Rapid Software Testing, a course that presents a methodology and mindset for testing software expertly in uncertain conditions and under extreme time pressure. Michael is a leader in the context-driven software testing movement with twenty years of experience testing, developing, managing, and writing about software. Currently, he leads DevelopSense, a Toronto-based consultancy.
Agile Testing Days 2014 Keynote - Helping Testers Add Value on Agile ProjectsAlan Richardson
Every Agile project is different, we know this, we don’t do things ‘by the book’ on Agile projects. We learn, we interact, we change, we write the book we go along. Throughout all of this, testing needs to remain viable, and it needs to add value. Remaining viable in this kind of environment can be hard.
Fortunately, we can learn to add value. In this keynote, Alan will describe some of the approaches and models he has used to help testing remain viable. Helping testers analyze the ‘system of development’ so the test approach can target process risks. Helping testers harness their own unique skills and approaches. The attitudes that the testing process often needs to have driving it, and the skill sets that teams need to ensure are applied to their testing.
At a simple level, this is just Systems Thinking and Modeling. In practice this can prove highly subversive and deliberately provocative. Because we’re not talking about ‘fitting in’, we’re talking about survival.
The slides for the Oredev 2014 talk "confessions of an accidental Security Tester" - describing the various approaches and bad habits that I use, which allow me to stumble on to security problems.
Usability testing is the easiest, cheapest way to know how users are interacting with your website or app. Users can view an existing site to see where it can improve or get a sneak peek at something in progress and discover where it is falling short. Usability testing can be performed on mobile devices, applications, remotely, or on the sidewalk in front of your office. In short, usability testing is extremely flexible. During this talk we will share our experiences with usability testing and arm you with techniques that you can take away and try on your own. We'll also discuss the pop-up lab we hosted on usability testing in October 2014 and how the concept might benefit your organization. Usability testing is a tool you should have in your toolbox.
Presenters: @MelindaMiller & @CateKompare
Observer Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/webcon15rubric
The Art of Questioning to improve Software Testing, Agile and AutomatingAlan Richardson
The presentation was delivered at the National Software Testing Conference on 17th May. It draws on lessons learned from various forms of fast, brief and systemic psychotherapy. With a few simple points:
* Why? is a question that targets beliefs
* How, What, Where, When, Who - all target structure and process
* We all have models of the world and our questions reflect that model
* Answers we give, reflect our model
* Responses to answers give information on how well the models of the question asker, and answering person, match up
* Testing can be modeled as a questioning process
* Improving our ability to ask questions improves our ability to test, manage, and change behaviour.
When considering how automation can be useful in testing, many people think only about identifying difference from some expected behaviour, for example with unit tests.
Much of my testing is about exploration, about learning, about finding things that might matter that we haven't already thought about. In this talk, I'll discuss how I use automation to help me to do that. In particular I'll demo some ways in which I ask questions of the product and use automation to find expedient ways to get answers.
Testing All the Way Down, and Other DirectionsJames Thomas
Slides from my talk at CEWT #3, http://qahiccupps.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/testing-all-way-down-and-other.html
The idea that testing is or can be a recursive activity - or even fractal - has some currency. In that view, a test or experiment generates some data, which suggests new experiments, which generate some data, which suggest new experiments and so on. The kinds of activities being done at each stage will be self-similar and testing is used as a kind of microscope to focus in on some aspect of the system under test. Testing all the way down.
In this talk, I'll instead view testing as a number of different instruments that can be used in an arbitrary number of dimensions. Further, I'll suggest that testing can be applied not only to a system, but to descriptions of that system, to models of that system, to abstractions of that system, to a system which is testing that system, and to a system which is testing the system which is testing that system. And so on. It's testing all the way round.
I'll finish by proposing a definition of testing that I think might capture this wide applicability.
Presented at https://www.onlinetestconf.com/program-spring-otc-2020/
Sometimes you’re asked to start testing in a context that is not ideal: you’ve only just joined the project, the test environment is broken, the product is migrating to a new stack, the developer has left, no-one seems quite sure what’s being done or why, and there is not much time.
Knowing where to begin and what to focus on can be difficult and so in this talk I’ll describe how I try to meet that challenge.
I’ll share a definition of testing which helps me to navigate uncertainty across contexts and decide on a starting point. I’ll catalogue tools that I use regularly such as conversation, modelling, and drawing; the rule of three, heuristics, and background knowledge; mission-setting, hypothesis generation, and comparison. I’ll show how they’ve helped me in my testing, and how I iterate over different approaches regularly to focus my testing.
The takeaways from this talk will be a distillation of hard-won, hands-on experience that has given me
* an expansive, iterative view of testing
* a comprehensive catalogue of testing tools
* the confidence to start testing anything from anywhere
I consider whether we as testers can be too closed-minded in our attitudes, whether there are schools of thought or approaches that, even if we care deeply about context, we are very unlikely even to consider and perhaps that we sometimes favour our reputation over giving ourselves the chance to do the best job that we can.
From CEWT#2, http://cewtblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/cewt-2-abstracts.html
Agile Testers: Becoming a key asset for your teamgojkoadzic
Slides for a presentation titled "Agile Testers: Becoming a Key Asset for your team" given at the Next Generation Testing Executive Briefing on 19 May 2010 in London
A Context-Driven Approach to Automation in TestingBugRaptors
: "To help ourselves test better, Context-Driven testers use tools. But, there is no such thing as Automation”
While reading the James Bach's blog, I found an interesting view about “Automation” in testing from Michael Bolton and James Bach.
Things Could Get Worse: Ideas About Regression TestingTechWell
Michael Bolton, DevelopSense
Tester, consultant, and trainer Michael Bolton is the coauthor (with James Bach) of Rapid Software Testing, a course that presents a methodology and mindset for testing software expertly in uncertain conditions and under extreme time pressure. Michael is a leader in the context-driven software testing movement with twenty years of experience testing, developing, managing, and writing about software. Currently, he leads DevelopSense, a Toronto-based consultancy.
Agile Testing Days 2014 Keynote - Helping Testers Add Value on Agile ProjectsAlan Richardson
Every Agile project is different, we know this, we don’t do things ‘by the book’ on Agile projects. We learn, we interact, we change, we write the book we go along. Throughout all of this, testing needs to remain viable, and it needs to add value. Remaining viable in this kind of environment can be hard.
Fortunately, we can learn to add value. In this keynote, Alan will describe some of the approaches and models he has used to help testing remain viable. Helping testers analyze the ‘system of development’ so the test approach can target process risks. Helping testers harness their own unique skills and approaches. The attitudes that the testing process often needs to have driving it, and the skill sets that teams need to ensure are applied to their testing.
At a simple level, this is just Systems Thinking and Modeling. In practice this can prove highly subversive and deliberately provocative. Because we’re not talking about ‘fitting in’, we’re talking about survival.
The slides for the Oredev 2014 talk "confessions of an accidental Security Tester" - describing the various approaches and bad habits that I use, which allow me to stumble on to security problems.
Usability testing is the easiest, cheapest way to know how users are interacting with your website or app. Users can view an existing site to see where it can improve or get a sneak peek at something in progress and discover where it is falling short. Usability testing can be performed on mobile devices, applications, remotely, or on the sidewalk in front of your office. In short, usability testing is extremely flexible. During this talk we will share our experiences with usability testing and arm you with techniques that you can take away and try on your own. We'll also discuss the pop-up lab we hosted on usability testing in October 2014 and how the concept might benefit your organization. Usability testing is a tool you should have in your toolbox.
Presenters: @MelindaMiller & @CateKompare
Observer Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/webcon15rubric
The Art of Questioning to improve Software Testing, Agile and AutomatingAlan Richardson
The presentation was delivered at the National Software Testing Conference on 17th May. It draws on lessons learned from various forms of fast, brief and systemic psychotherapy. With a few simple points:
* Why? is a question that targets beliefs
* How, What, Where, When, Who - all target structure and process
* We all have models of the world and our questions reflect that model
* Answers we give, reflect our model
* Responses to answers give information on how well the models of the question asker, and answering person, match up
* Testing can be modeled as a questioning process
* Improving our ability to ask questions improves our ability to test, manage, and change behaviour.
Basic overview of software test types, methodologies.
Explaining and reasons to test and common pitfalls with various testing methodologies.
Example scenarios for the viewer to think about test strategies.
Tips to avoid having to write tests in the first place.
Content created and presented by Nico Heidtke at the "Die Programmierer" meetup organized by Binary-Gears in Darmstadt, Germany at 02.07.2019.
A Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software TestingTechWell
You're under tight time pressure and have barely enough information to proceed with testing. How do you test quickly and inexpensively, yet still produce informative, credible, and accountable results? Rapid Software Testing, adopted by context-driven testers worldwide, offers a field-proven answer to this all-too-common dilemma. In this one-day sampler of the approach, Michael Bolton introduces you to the skills and practice of Rapid Software Testing through stories, discussions, and "minds-on" exercises that simulate important aspects of real testing problems. The rapid approach isn't just testing with speed or a sense of urgency; it's mission-focused testing that eliminates unnecessary work, assures that the most important things get done, and constantly asks how testers can help speed up the successful completion of the project. Join Michael to learn how Rapid Testing focuses on both the mind set and skill set of the individual tester, using tight loops of exploration and critical thinking skills to help continuously re-optimize testing to match clients' needs and expectations.
Exploratory testing is an approach to testing that emphasizes the freedom and responsibility of testers to continually optimize the value of their work. It is the process of three mutually supportive activities done in parallel: learning, test design, and test execution. With skill and practice, exploratory testers typically uncover an order of magnitude more problems than when the same amount of effort is spent on procedurally scripted testing. All testers conduct exploratory testing in one way or another, but few know how to do it systematically to obtain the greatest benefits. Even fewer can articulate the process. Jon Bach looks at specific heuristics and techniques of exploratory testing that will help you get the most from this highly productive approach. Jon focuses on the skills and dynamics of exploratory testing, and how it can be combined with scripted approaches.
Have you ever tested an application without finding ANY bugs? Have you ever worked on a project that was completely free of bugs? I suspect that your answers to these questions are the same as mine; never ever! Let’s face it, as testers our professional world, like the physical world around us, is full of bugs. Software bugs, just like the species after which they are named, are a fact of life. In their quests for quality, the goal of most organizations is to deploy clean, bug free releases into production, and so they employ test methodologies that are designed to find as many bugs as possible during testing.
But, as we all know, it is impossible to find every possible bug, especially when limited time and resources are limited. When bugs are missed and slip into production, the cost to the organization can range from embarrassment and negative publicity to millions of dollars in lost sales. In many industries such as medical devices or pharmaceuticals, missed bugs may even lead to loss of life. Missed bugs are, and will continue to be, a critical issue in software testing.
And so in most organizations, each time a bug, as tiny and insignificant as it may be, crawls into production, mayhem of magnanimous proportions ensues. And sometimes, the focus on finding out why it happened takes priority over the fix. In the name of continuous improvement, we begin the root cause analysis. Root cause analysis can take many forms. In some organizations, it is used effectively to make process improvements. In other organizations, it amounts to a witch hunt, the sole purpose of which is to assign blame.
I worked in an organization where the art of the witch hunt and assignment of blame was developed to the level of a science. All bugs escaping into user acceptance testing or production were immediately analyzed to determine root cause, i.e., code, requirements, missed test case, etc. If the root cause was determined to be a tester miss, this was also noted in the test management tool. Metrics were developed to track missed bugs and testers were effectively pulverized for missing bugs. Test leads dreaded the root cause analysis process and testers worked in fear of missing bugs.
As a test lead in this environment, I really wanted to help my test teams and reduce our bug misses. I started to think about how we missed bugs. The more I thought about it, I realized that the “how” is probably more important than the “why”. And I began the journey into How Did I Miss That Bug?
A Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software TestingTechWell
You're under tight time pressure and have barely enough information to proceed with testing. How do you test quickly and inexpensively, yet still produce informative, credible, and accountable results? Rapid Software Testing, adopted by context-driven testers worldwide, offers a field-proven answer to this all-too-common dilemma. In this one-day sampler of the approach, Paul Holland introduces you to the skills and practice of Rapid Software Testing through stories, discussions, and "minds-on" exercises that simulate important aspects of real testing problems. The rapid approach isn't just testing with speed or a sense of urgency; it's mission-focused testing that eliminates unnecessary work, assures that the most important things get done, and constantly asks how testers can help speed up the successful completion of the project. Join Paul to learn how rapid testing focuses on both the mind set and skill set of the individual tester who uses tight loops of exploration and critical thinking skills to help continuously re-optimize testing to match clients' needs and expectations.
Slides from a 5/10/2017 talk at the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center (@theCenter) about a lean research mindset, the mechanics of learning from users, and the structure of a research prototype test session.
Testing for agile teams . What's the difference between this and other testing ? What are the goals for such testing ?
Is agile testing needed at all ? Why ?
You will find some answers inside and mist likely will be directed to the right way.
What is testing?
“An empirical, technical investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product under test.”
- Cem Kaner
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Climate Science Flows: Enabling Petabyte-Scale Climate Analysis with the Eart...Globus
The Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) is a global network of data servers that archives and distributes the planet’s largest collection of Earth system model output for thousands of climate and environmental scientists worldwide. Many of these petabyte-scale data archives are located in proximity to large high-performance computing (HPC) or cloud computing resources, but the primary workflow for data users consists of transferring data, and applying computations on a different system. As a part of the ESGF 2.0 US project (funded by the United States Department of Energy Office of Science), we developed pre-defined data workflows, which can be run on-demand, capable of applying many data reduction and data analysis to the large ESGF data archives, transferring only the resultant analysis (ex. visualizations, smaller data files). In this talk, we will showcase a few of these workflows, highlighting how Globus Flows can be used for petabyte-scale climate analysis.
How to Position Your Globus Data Portal for Success Ten Good PracticesGlobus
Science gateways allow science and engineering communities to access shared data, software, computing services, and instruments. Science gateways have gained a lot of traction in the last twenty years, as evidenced by projects such as the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) and the Center of Excellence on Science Gateways (SGX3) in the US, The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) and its platforms in Australia, and the projects around Virtual Research Environments in Europe. A few mature frameworks have evolved with their different strengths and foci and have been taken up by a larger community such as the Globus Data Portal, Hubzero, Tapis, and Galaxy. However, even when gateways are built on successful frameworks, they continue to face the challenges of ongoing maintenance costs and how to meet the ever-expanding needs of the community they serve with enhanced features. It is not uncommon that gateways with compelling use cases are nonetheless unable to get past the prototype phase and become a full production service, or if they do, they don't survive more than a couple of years. While there is no guaranteed pathway to success, it seems likely that for any gateway there is a need for a strong community and/or solid funding streams to create and sustain its success. With over twenty years of examples to draw from, this presentation goes into detail for ten factors common to successful and enduring gateways that effectively serve as best practices for any new or developing gateway.
Strategies for Successful Data Migration Tools.pptxvarshanayak241
Data migration is a complex but essential task for organizations aiming to modernize their IT infrastructure and leverage new technologies. By understanding common challenges and implementing these strategies, businesses can achieve a successful migration with minimal disruption. Data Migration Tool like Ask On Data play a pivotal role in this journey, offering features that streamline the process, ensure data integrity, and maintain security. With the right approach and tools, organizations can turn the challenge of data migration into an opportunity for growth and innovation.
Your Digital Assistant.
Making complex approach simple. Straightforward process saves time. No more waiting to connect with people that matter to you. Safety first is not a cliché - Securely protect information in cloud storage to prevent any third party from accessing data.
Would you rather make your visitors feel burdened by making them wait? Or choose VizMan for a stress-free experience? VizMan is an automated visitor management system that works for any industries not limited to factories, societies, government institutes, and warehouses. A new age contactless way of logging information of visitors, employees, packages, and vehicles. VizMan is a digital logbook so it deters unnecessary use of paper or space since there is no requirement of bundles of registers that is left to collect dust in a corner of a room. Visitor’s essential details, helps in scheduling meetings for visitors and employees, and assists in supervising the attendance of the employees. With VizMan, visitors don’t need to wait for hours in long queues. VizMan handles visitors with the value they deserve because we know time is important to you.
Feasible Features
One Subscription, Four Modules – Admin, Employee, Receptionist, and Gatekeeper ensures confidentiality and prevents data from being manipulated
User Friendly – can be easily used on Android, iOS, and Web Interface
Multiple Accessibility – Log in through any device from any place at any time
One app for all industries – a Visitor Management System that works for any organisation.
Stress-free Sign-up
Visitor is registered and checked-in by the Receptionist
Host gets a notification, where they opt to Approve the meeting
Host notifies the Receptionist of the end of the meeting
Visitor is checked-out by the Receptionist
Host enters notes and remarks of the meeting
Customizable Components
Scheduling Meetings – Host can invite visitors for meetings and also approve, reject and reschedule meetings
Single/Bulk invites – Invitations can be sent individually to a visitor or collectively to many visitors
VIP Visitors – Additional security of data for VIP visitors to avoid misuse of information
Courier Management – Keeps a check on deliveries like commodities being delivered in and out of establishments
Alerts & Notifications – Get notified on SMS, email, and application
Parking Management – Manage availability of parking space
Individual log-in – Every user has their own log-in id
Visitor/Meeting Analytics – Evaluate notes and remarks of the meeting stored in the system
Visitor Management System is a secure and user friendly database manager that records, filters, tracks the visitors to your organization.
"Secure Your Premises with VizMan (VMS) – Get It Now"
Exploring Innovations in Data Repository Solutions - Insights from the U.S. G...Globus
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has made substantial investments in meeting evolving scientific, technical, and policy driven demands on storing, managing, and delivering data. As these demands continue to grow in complexity and scale, the USGS must continue to explore innovative solutions to improve its management, curation, sharing, delivering, and preservation approaches for large-scale research data. Supporting these needs, the USGS has partnered with the University of Chicago-Globus to research and develop advanced repository components and workflows leveraging its current investment in Globus. The primary outcome of this partnership includes the development of a prototype enterprise repository, driven by USGS Data Release requirements, through exploration and implementation of the entire suite of the Globus platform offerings, including Globus Flow, Globus Auth, Globus Transfer, and Globus Search. This presentation will provide insights into this research partnership, introduce the unique requirements and challenges being addressed and provide relevant project progress.
Quarkus Hidden and Forbidden ExtensionsMax Andersen
Quarkus has a vast extension ecosystem and is known for its subsonic and subatomic feature set. Some of these features are not as well known, and some extensions are less talked about, but that does not make them less interesting - quite the opposite.
Come join this talk to see some tips and tricks for using Quarkus and some of the lesser known features, extensions and development techniques.
OpenFOAM solver for Helmholtz equation, helmholtzFoam / helmholtzBubbleFoamtakuyayamamoto1800
In this slide, we show the simulation example and the way to compile this solver.
In this solver, the Helmholtz equation can be solved by helmholtzFoam. Also, the Helmholtz equation with uniformly dispersed bubbles can be simulated by helmholtzBubbleFoam.
First Steps with Globus Compute Multi-User EndpointsGlobus
In this presentation we will share our experiences around getting started with the Globus Compute multi-user endpoint. Working with the Pharmacology group at the University of Auckland, we have previously written an application using Globus Compute that can offload computationally expensive steps in the researcher's workflows, which they wish to manage from their familiar Windows environments, onto the NeSI (New Zealand eScience Infrastructure) cluster. Some of the challenges we have encountered were that each researcher had to set up and manage their own single-user globus compute endpoint and that the workloads had varying resource requirements (CPUs, memory and wall time) between different runs. We hope that the multi-user endpoint will help to address these challenges and share an update on our progress here.
How Recreation Management Software Can Streamline Your Operations.pptxwottaspaceseo
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Worst practices in software testing by the Testing troll
1. Viktor Slavchev &
The Testing troll
Siteground
The “worst” practices of software testing
2. About me
• Senior QA @ Siteground Hosting
• Wooden philosopher at Pragmatic
(part time)
• Blogger @ mrslavchev.com(long
time ago in a galaxy far far away)
• True believer that testing is a
human centric activity
3. • A mythical testing creature
• Graduated the technical
university of Trolandia
• Certified as SHGMCNGTT -
Super Hyper Giga Mega
Certified Ninja Guru Testing
troll
• Book author
About The testing troll
4. And the book:
• Absolute bestseller
• Sold more copies than “50
shades of gray” in Trolandia
• “Absolutely mind-blowing”
New York Times
• “The troll is strong with this
one”
Darth Vader
11. Example 1: Reference oracle
• External application
• Other platform
• Correctness presumed
12. Example 2: Self-verifying data as an
oracle
Desired response: Credit card #:
000: Approved 4470330769941000
010: Partially Approved 4658512425423010
110: Insufficient Funds 4488282659650110
13. Example 3: Constraints oracle
Example: VAT number
BG123456789
• Length
• Country index
• Spaces
Source:The Oracle Problem and the Teaching of Software
Testing
14. Best practice#2 - Do regression
testing by executing your old tests
Regression testing != repetitive testing
16. Worst practice #2:
Regression checks and focus on tests
that reveal new information
Regress - verb
• to move backward; go back.
• to revert to an earlier or less advanced
state or form
17. Regression bug:
• Bug causing regress in
quality
Regression testing:
• Testing to expose
regression bugs
19. Best practice#3 - Automationion testing is
the best, “manual” testing sucks
20. Quote from J. Kohl - Tap into mobile
application testing
Ideas that will produce
bug-free software:
• C++ STL
• OOP
• Agile
• TDD
• Test automation
21. Quote from J. Kohl - Tap into mobile
application testing
“Each of these were also used to tell me
that testers would no longer be
needed on software projects. So far, I
am fifteen years in and I haven’t seen
anything bug free yet.”
26. But automation sucks when dealing
with:
• Exploration
• Unanticipated risks
• Qualitative evaluation
• Open ended questions
• Solving human
problems
Source:Things Could Get Worse-
Michael Bolton
28. Best practice#4 - Assure quality
Quality is not a resource
Quality != testing
29. Worst practice #4:
Provide information about risks
• Risk based testing -
focus testing to explore
potential risks
30. “Nightmare newspaper headings”
• You missed a critical
bug in production
• It caused your
company a huge
financial loss
• What would it be?
31. • Pre-mortem - imagining a failure and
working backwards in order to
determine the possible risks.
Benefits:
• Evaluation of risks
• Business perspective
• Prioritization
33. Worst practice #5:
Be always alert and aware of your
context
• What would be your
approach in 3 different
contexts?
34. Context #1: Weather app
• You’re an outsourced
testing expert
• Working for a start-up
• Low on budget
• Behind schedule
35. Context #2: Medical software
• High precision is a must
• Human lives might
depend on it
• Regulatory compliance
of testing
36. Context #3: Court case
• Bug caused an injury
• You are independant
expert
• On a case for negligence
in testing
37. Questions:
• How exhaustive will be
your testing in each
context?
• Will bug-hunting be your
highest priority?
• Will you have the same
strategy of testing?
38. Conclusion
• No best practices!
• “We are not into the
belief business” J.Bach
• In order to be a good
tester, you have to be a
professional sceptic
39. Thank you very much!
… And don’t forget to Rock ‘n Troll
40. Image credits:
Too lazy to post them all.
Image credits go to the almighty internet, I don’t own
any of the images included in this presentation, except
the ones created by me, linked to my blog.
