Quantitative Software Quality Management
In this interesting read, Peter Lupo explains how to use statistics for quality metrics. There's also the second part about metrics of features and releases.
Introducing a QA Process to a new team
Joining a new team and wondering how to kick off testing processes? There are several detailed pieces of advice from the testing community on what to do.
Furthermore, Katja Obring shares a perspective of The Solo Tester's Dilemma: When Enterprise Metrics Don't Fit.
Testing Center of Excellence Clarified
You might have heard of the Testing Center of Excellence framework for introducing testing standards across the organisation. Zhimin Zhan shares his opinion on it in the context of test automation.
In relation to that, Dilruba Malik wrote about Uplifting QA Teams Through Metrics.
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Developing a Software Quality Strategy
This is a good high-level overview by Summer Weisberg of what steps are needed to create a software quality strategy including metrics, methodologies and processes.
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.
Welcome to the 246th issue!
It's hard to believe that DORA metrics have been around for a decade now.
They're considered an industry-standard way of tracking the software delivery throughput and stability.
So it's great to see Google's Highlights from the 10th DORA report — compiled by Nathen Harvey and Derek DeBellis.
What got my attention is that nearly 75% of responders use AI for code writing and 60% for test automation.
However, as we learn, it has negatively impacted both the software delivery throughput and stability.
No wonder that 39% of responders don't fully trust AI-generated code.
So what is there to learn for us?
Let me answer with this megathread on Reddit — Manual testers are ABSOLUTELY needed.
Happy testing! 🙂
Performance Testing Measurements (Fundamentals)
Having good metrics in place is as important as having the performance test itself. Klaudia Dziubek tells us how to achieve them.
And if you need more context, she also shared a valuable article explaining the Basic Aspects of Performance Testing.
Ryan Craven describes the common metrics for measuring test automation coverage, explaining its pros and cons and why it depends on different contexts.
And once you start improving your coverage, beware of the Flakey UI automation.
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What are some ways to make Selenium faster?
Test execution speed is one of the most watched metrics in test automation projects. Someone on Reddit is wondering how you can speed up Selenium tests and the community provided some suggestions.
Furthermore, Kavitha Rajagopal explains: Is Selenium tool relevant in 2022?.
Easy measures to observe our software quality efficiency
Julien Barlet describes the famous DORA metrics and suggests two more focused on defects that helped them track quality improvements.
