Three Ways To Measure Unit Testing Effectiveness
Unit testing is the foundation of the test pyramid. Eduardo Fischer suggests three ways of assessing how effective your unit tests are using metrics and tools.
The Most Important KPI for a Software QA Engineer (You Might Not Like It...)
Here's an interesting, 8-minute video by Nick Gilbert discussing why quality metrics are not easy to define and which ones you should and shouldn't use.
Why test coverage targets backfire
Michael Küsters uses insightful examples to show why relying solely on test coverage metrics might not tell us the full story about the quality of our product.
Why test coverage targets backfire
Some believe that 100% coverage is what they should strive to achieve. Michael Küsters explains the pitfalls of this approach and coverage metrics in general.
An Introductory Guide to Web Performance Testing
Marie Cruz wrote a detailed guide on web performance testing, including examples of metrics to measure and helpful tools to use.
What is my SLO and how do I test It?
Service Level Objectives are important metrics of service performance. Sarah Zipkin wrote a great, detailed guide to measuring them using k6.
When the build is green, the product is of sufficient quality to release
Mirek Długosz warns about the risk of relying on a single metric to decide on release readiness and advises on how to improve this process.
Additionally, José Carréra wrote a great article about: Are You Seeing RED? Restoring Reliability To Test Results.
What are the good KPI for QA Engineers in Agile Software Development?
Looking for quality metrics and KPIs? Someone asked about it on Reddit and people responded with a lot of examples. Interestingly, most of them around what not to measure.
Additionally, Robert Cui wrote about Value-Driven Software Performance Testing and suggests some metrics, too.
Architecture testing for performance — how to guarantee a highly efficient system?
Bartosz Łuczak and Joanna Zembaczyńska explain in much detail the best practices for testing for performance, based on the project they've implemented.
Additionally, Cedric Damian shared a solid overview of the Metrics in Performance testing.
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