#Test Management

[yethiconsulting]

Best Practices for Test Management in a Continuous Integration/Delivery (CI/CD) Environment

Introduction

Start by explaining the role of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) in modern software development. Emphasize that effective test management is crucial to maintaining quality in fast-paced, automated pipelines.

Early and Continuous Testing

Implement testing at every stage of the CI/CD pipeline, starting from the earliest phases. Unit, integration, and functional tests should be run continuously to catch defects early.

Automation Integration

Test automation is vital for CI/CD environments. Ensure that all repetitive tests, such as regression tests, are automated. Use tools like Selenium, Jenkins, and Travis CI to integrate automated tests into the pipeline.

Effective Test Case Management

Organize test cases in a way that they can be easily maintained and executed in CI/CD pipelines. Regularly review and update test cases to ensure they are relevant and up-to-date.

Use of Test Management Tools

Leverage test management tools like TestRail or Zephyr that integrate with CI/CD platforms. This ensures seamless tracking, reporting, and scheduling of tests within the automated process.

Monitoring and Reporting

Set up real-time monitoring and reporting for continuous feedback on test results. This helps in quickly identifying issues and improving collaboration between developers and QA teams.

Conclusion

Summarize by stating that efficient test management in a CI/CD environment enhances the speed and reliability of software delivery while maintaining high-quality standards.

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Maximizing Efficiency in Test Management: The Case for Choosing Titan Over Custom Solutions 

You recognize that streamlining and automating your testing processes will enhance quality while reducing costs. As you consider the idea of creating a tailored solution that would perfectly fit your current process, it’s important to also understand why this might not be the best approach.

And here are some reasons why you shouldn’t do it.

Rapid Deployment

The sooner that testing processes are automated the sooner your company can enjoy the benefits of improved quality and productivity. The average time to build a test lifecycle management solution can vary widely depending on several factors, including the scope of the project, the complexity of requirements, the size and experience of the development team, and the technologies used. A comprehensive, fully-featured test lifecycle management solution could take 12 to 18 months or more to develop. In addition to rapid deployment within days or weeks, there are other significant benefits for obtaining a solution like Titan.

Costs

Developing a custom solution is a bit like exploring a cave — you don’t know where the end is until you get there. Decisions about which technology to develop on, where the infrastructure is hosted, how security is implemented, and how the application will communicate with other applications is just the start.

Using a COTS solution like Titan, you have all the cost information you need up front.

Ongoing support and Training

Once your application is developed, who will provide ongoing support? Is this someone’s part-time job? A full-time job? What happens if the person leaves, or the technology used becomes obsolete? You don’t have to worry about these headaches with a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution like Titan. Titan is staffed with knowledgeable support personnel. The technology is developed and supported with the long term in mind.

Customization

Customization is likely the number one consideration when deciding to go the in-house development route. But Titan has predicted that need. Out-of-the-box, Titan provides an extensive list of features, like custom workflow, which allows the team to tailor the application to their unique process. Enterprise Edition of Titan also features a set of APIs that allow it to communicate with other applications within your company.

Features

Test approvals, scheduling, technician allocation, and equipment and material reservation represent just a subset of full end-to-end test life cycle management. Reporting with view and mark-up capability; preventive maintenance; inventory management — these are a few out of the box features that the team may not have considered when designing a test management system. They come standard in Titan.(Read More…)

[corkinavoid]

DPxDC Hit The Gas

[Written to 'Renegade (We Never Run)' from Arcane]

Technically speaking, Mr. Masters, Gotham's new aspiring crime lord, did provide them with a getaway car. It's just that, in Tim's honest, objective opinion, said car sucks major ass.

First of all, it's white, which is, well, not the best color for disappearing into the night. Then, it's old — not vintage old, thank fuck, but definitely made before 2005 — and long overdue for a makeover. Tim doesn't see a single part of it that doesn't have a scratch or a dent on it, and are those bullet holes on the passenger door?

Eh, whatever, this is a staged escape anyway. Tim doesn't need it to be successful, he only needs an alibi. Someone — their driver, in this case — to later tell Masters that Alvin Draper did everything he could to keep the package safe. So he can stay in the man's moderately good graces even after they get caught by Batman tonight.

Tim makes it to the car first, throws the back door open and slides inside in one motion, slamming it behind him. Jason, the drama queen, jumps in through the open window and into the front passenger seat.

"Hit the gas, they are on our heels!" He yells at the driver, struggling to turn himself over and put his ass in the seat. Serves him right, opening the door and getting in the normal way would have taken literally two seconds.

The car jolts into movement without a moment of hesitation — so at least the driver has a good reaction time — but Tim still hears a dull sound of a betarang hitting the rear end of it. Nice throw, Cass!

It's only then that he cares to actually look around and realize a few things. A few, arguably, very important things. Like the fact that their driver is a redhead girl who looks barely sixteen. Or that there are two kids, looking no older than ten, in the back seat beside him.

He blinks and stares. The kids — both boys, one of them white as milk with a dark mop of hair and the other one black, wearing glasses and a red beanie — pay no mind to either him, Jason in the front seat, or the speed the car is going at. In fact, they pay no attention to the outside world as a whole, hunched over an outdated PSP. They are playing it together, one of the kids in charge of action buttons and the other one controlling the D-pad, so Tim can understand the need to focus: it takes some impressive teamwork to sucessfully go through the game like that. And they are using some complicated combos while at it, wow.

Wait, no, this is such a wrong time to marvel at videogame skills! They are kids, in a car, in a getaway car, in the middle of a car chase with the fucking Batman!

They take a sharp turn, and Tim grabs onto the handle in order to not bump into the door.

"Oh, you didn't tell me we're racing with the Batmobile," the redhead girl says, but it sounds surprisingly nice and polite, like she's merely asking about the weather.

"Yeah, well, we didn't expect that kind of trouble either," Jason snaps back, scrunching his nose, but the girl just laughs softly.

"No, don't worry. It's no trouble," she assures almost gently, and then reaches one hand behind the seat without looking, tapping the black boy on the knee, "Tucker, sweetheart, switch with me?"

Hold on, what?..

"But Ja-a-azz," the white boy whines.

"We've just got to the boss fight," Tucker pouts, but the redhead just taps his knee more insistently.

"And I'm sure you'll get to it again after we make it out," she says, still perfectly polite and collected. Tim glances out the window. Either this girl has nerves of steel or there's something very wrong with both her and the kids; they are going at least 95 mph, and she keeps only one hand on the wheel like it's nothing.

"Ugh, fine," the kid rolls his eyes and nudges his friend in the shoulder, passing him the console, "Save it, I'll get the cord."

"What cord?" Tim asks because he thought this was a simple undercover mission, but now he gets a sneaking suspicion there's a lot more to it than it looked.

Tucker, with one hand under the driver's seat and searching for something blindly, turns to glare at him.

"The control-cord," he answers like the dumb one here is Tim, "How else do you think- A-ha!" His face lights up as he emerges victorious from under the seat, holding... Yeah, a cord, okay. Which he plugs into the PSP that the other boy hands him without prompting.

"Maybe fasten your seat belts, this is about to get interesting," Jazz offers, but doesn't do so herself. Neither of the kids do it either, and Jason just snorts dismissively.

"You're saying it wasn't 'interesting' before?" There's definitely some teasing in his voice. Tim looks down to the package in his lap, a metal box holding some unknown but evidently very important content.

He fastens his seat belt just in time. The car jerks and speeds up — they are definitely past 110 now. And Jazz is not holding the wheel.

It only takes a moment for Tim to connect the dots and look to the PSP in Tucker's hands. Sure enough, instead of a game, his screen is now a perfect replica of the car's windshield in real time, and his fingers are firmly placed on controls. Like he's done it hundreds of times.

They are racing the Batmobile, and a ten-year-old is driving. This mission is fucking wild.

"Brakes, brakes, BRAKES!" Jason yells from the front, and Tim only gets a moment to notice the quickly approaching back of a truck in front of them and realize they are going to crash before their car just goes through it with no resistance. He even looks in the back window to make sure he didn't hallucinate the truck, but no, it's still there and still real.

Did they... Phase through it?..

"What the fuck," he mutters under his breath.

"Language, there are kids in the car," Jazz chides him with a huff of laughter, and then there's a click.

"What the f- fudge," Jason repeats the question, albeit much louder and way more alarmed than Tim before.

When he turns back around, the redhead is holding a grenade launcher. It doesn't look like a model Tim is familiar with, but it's for some reason painted white, just like their car. Is that some kind of Masters' thing?

Wait, that's a grenade launcher.

Jazz ties her hair in the back in less than two seconds and then reaches up to the roof of the car, pressing a button to open the sunroof.

"Wait, you can't shoot a vigilante, they'll-" Tim yells over the wind, but Jazz just smiles at him and stands up on the driver's seat, peeking out and taking position. Tim throws a panicked look at Jason — they sure didn't plan for anything like this. The car chase was supposed to be over in less than a few minutes, none of them thought that Masters, a fairly new figure in the Gotham underground, would have a kind of vehicle that can phase through things and drive at- at 150 mph through the city roads! Not to mention some strange fucking kids and a teenage with grenades!

"She won't kill anyone," a voice comes from Tim's side, and when he turns his head, he finds the other kid, the one he doesn't know the name of, looking at him, his eyes calm and unblinking. And slightly glowing, okay, and here he was, thinking this clusterfuck of a ride can't get any weirder.

"How do you know?" Tim snaps because there's only so much he can deal with at once in the span of five minutes. The kid shrugs.

"It's Jazz. She has morals," he says, like the word disgusts him, and Tucker huffs a laugh.

"You have them, too. Vlad and Dan killed people before, though," he argues, his eyes still glued to the screen of the PSP.

"Not in Gotham," his friend adds, seemingly just for the sake of having the last word in the argument.

Whatever Tim wants to say back gets cut off by a sound of a gunshot. He turns to the back window again, his heart stuck in his throat, but it looks like the white kid was right: the roaring Batmobile is still on their heels. Whatever the redhead tried to do, she missed.

"Danny, on three!" Jazz yells from above, and the kid springs to action like he's been waiting for this moment his whole life.

"One!"

Tucker moves out of the way as Danny climbs over him and towards Tim, unceremoniously shoves the precious metal box away and all but falls into Tim's lap despite his loud yet wordless sounds of protest.

"Two!"

The boy yanks the latch and throws the door open, leaning down while still sprawled over Tim's knees, and Tim grabs the back of his shirt out of reflex. It doesn't matter that the whole thing is a disaster, he's not letting a ten-year-old fall out of the car on his watch.

"Three!"

There's a loud pop somewhere behind them, and the car suddenly turns and drifts sideways, the sound of skidding tires grating on Tim's ears. Yet, he still feels Danny move and sees him reach and touch the ground. There's a short moment of panic — at this kind of speed, the pavement will shave the skin off the boy's hands in seconds — but then there's a shimmer of white bursting from Danny's palms.

When Tim looks up, the road behind them is covered in ice, the smooth surface of it shining in the yellow light of streetlamps. And, a bit further, there's a thick layer of smoke that should definitely hide them from the view of pursuers.

Smoke grenades. And ice powers. That explains the glowing eyes, Danny must be a meta.

The car shifts again, changing directions, and Tim, almost like in slow-mo, sees the metal box that they've gone to such great lengths to steal, slide towards the open door and tip over the edge.

He is still holding Danny's shirt, and the boy is still hanging halfway out of the car.

The seat belt is pressing tightly into his chest.

The box falls out, and Tim shuts his eyes close. Fuck it, he can fail the mission, it's not the end of the world, Jason can still try and weasel his way into Masters' close circle, and Bruce would understand if Tim explains why quickly enough, it's okay, no big deal-

"Gotcha!" Danny yells cheerfully as the car makes a sharp turn and comes to a halt all of a sudden.

Tim opens his eyes.

Danny, a wide, wicked grin on his face, is holding the box in his hands.

"You're a little shit," Tim breathes out, and the boy laughs, wiggling on Tim's lap and trying to get back inside the car.

"Born and raised," he answers with such a shit-eating expression on his face that Tim doesn't even bother holding back his urge for petty revenge. He releases his death grip on the back of Danny's shirt and gleefully watches the brat lose his balance and faceplant the ground.

The 'quick' undercover mission is sure getting an extension, but somehow, he can't bring himself to feel bad about the fact.

[automationqa]

Navigating the realm of Manual Test Management: Where precision meets efficiency! 🧐🔍

Explore the art of hands-on testing and ensure the quality of your software with meticulous detail. 🚀💻

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Field Validation Table as a Test Design Technique

💡 The pursuit of quality is paramount across all industries. Whether it's an organization striving to deliver a quality product or customers expecting excellence in their purchases. The way to achieve success is by maintaining and enhancing product quality, and Testing is an essential tool for this.

Let's consider a crucial test design technique called Field Validation Table, which empowers testers to design optimal test cases that maximize test coverage across various applications. This technique enables you to capture test cases effectively with minimal documentation.

Field Validation Table (FVT) is a powerful test design technique specifically designed for validating fields within an application. Regardless of the application's nature, thorough field validation is essential to uncover defects that may go unnoticed.

🔍 Testers often focus on commonly used combinations while validating fields, inadvertently overlooking potential flaws. FVT fills this gap, ensuring no defects escape detection in any area.

To implement FVT effectively, two crucial Tables must be created:

1. A Table encompassing various data types and their valid and invalid inputs. It serves as a reference during the testing process.

2. An application-specific Table tailored to the fields within the application. It facilitates comprehensive field validation, clearly highlighting the presence of defects and the relevant test data.

Implementing FVT brings forth several benefits that enhance productivity and streamline testing efforts:

✔ It empowers us to work more efficiently, saving time and effort.

✔ Automation becomes more accessible, leading to improved test coverage.

✔ By implementing FVT early in the project, you can avoid or minimize the risk of defect leakage.

✔ FVT is easy to comprehend, benefiting both manual and automation testers.

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[leafyeyes417]

Danny sat on a rooftop feeling confused. It was currently 3 days later than he last remembered. That was 3 DAYS with no memory of anything. He didn’t even know what city he was in. The only thing he is sure of is that it wasn’t mind control. His experience with Freakshow let him know that.

Along with this feeling more similar to the time his mom shoved high proof cleaning alcohol that was ectofied in his face during an excited rant. The fumes alone had him missing a few hours. Luckily Jazz was there and kept his blackout drunk self entertained.

So the question was, where the hell was he and what did he do?! Also, what caused him to blackout? Last he remembered he was in Metropolis and he got nearly hit in the head with a green glowing stone that he only vaguely could tell was somehow not ectoradium. After that? Nothing.

Aka: Kryptonite is highly compressed ectoplasm and causes Danny to get black out drunk just by being in its vicinity.

P.S. I also would love to see what chaos you think Danny would get up to lol

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Danny and Ellie had majorly screwed up. Now here they were in the hydro-electric car Danny had designed for applying to Wayne industries/whoever would give a fifteen year old a fat paycheck, sitting in the middle of Gotham, at night, surrounded by glaring bats.

Crap.

Time to bullshit his way out of this.

He looked at Red Robin and sheepishly grinned, "...hi dad."

Ellie, the little gremlin, didn't even hesitate before adding, "We are so grounded. I told you we shouldn't have messed with the broken time machine but nooo."

The bats were either taken about or cackling and Danny to this chance to put the petal to the metal and get out of there

Tim is now obsessed with finding his future kids.

[ruporas]

vw sketches (id in alt)

[gouinisme]

uhm. jarchivist

[lovely-hikari-cosplay]

Hi y’all 👋🏾

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Here’s a SUPER SHORT animation test for Lockette’s Basix (Magic Winx) which is a companion piece/update to this post

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I really wanted to post my process along side this in a single post but Tumblr said no 🙅🏾‍♀️ So I’ll make a separate post for it later today!

[yethiconsulting]

A Complete Guide to Choosing the Right QA Service Provider

Choosing the right QA service provider is crucial for delivering high-quality software that meets user expectations and business goals. A strong QA partner ensures your applications are bug-free, secure, and ready for market launch. In this guide, we explore key factors to consider when making this important decision.

First, assess the provider’s expertise and industry experience. A team well-versed in different testing types—manual, automation, performance, and security—adds significant value. Look for a proven track record backed by case studies and client testimonials.

Next, evaluate their communication style and project management approach. A good QA consulting services should be transparent, proactive, and flexible to adapt to your project needs. Consider their use of modern tools, frameworks, and methodologies like Agile or DevOps integration.

Scalability and cost-effectiveness are also critical. Ensure they can adjust resources according to your project size without compromising on quality. Finally, security and compliance practices must not be overlooked, especially for industries like finance and healthcare.

By carefully examining these aspects, businesses can build a strong partnership with a QA service provider that drives product excellence and long-term success.

[genericpuff]

I find something that annoys me is how people misunderstand why Persephone is considered the goddess of spring.

It’s because Demeter makes it spring when she returns. Not because Persephone has some awesome sick flower powers and she makes it all pretty before returning to her 10000/10 husband.

Agreed! But also, if I can offer up my own food for thought / interpretation: Demeter didn't necessarily create 'winter' as we traditionally perceive it, rather she created famine.

In that same sense, Demeter isn't even necessarily "making it Spring" when Persephone returns - she makes the land fertile again, allowing mortals to harvest their crops and thrive. Thus creating the "seasons" of harvest and drought.

Like many of the myths we've preserved and still read today, The Hymn to Demeter was a story created to explain natural phenomena that we didn't yet know how to explain. In Demeter's case, the story of her separation from her daughter explained the cycle of nature - why the clouds would no longer rain, why the ground would dry and crack, why the soil would become brittle, and why the crops would lose their will to live. It wasn't necessarily because she brought about 'winter', it was simply that she stopped performing her own duties, which were specifically dedicated to the harvest, especially that of wheat and grains (both of which are INCREDIBLY important foods that played their own massive role in the evolution of the human race - they weren't only essential to keeping both humans and livestock fed with their carb-heavy components, but could also be used to make fabrics and tools.)

Just as people prayed to Poseidon for safe travels across still waters, so too would people pray to Demeter for a bountiful harvest. Whenever there were droughts, you could understand it as the period when Persephone would return to the Underworld; or you could even blame it on yourself, or even your own fellow mortals, if you felt that perhaps Demeter had been disrespected in some way so as to bring about a drought as punishment.

This is why The Hymn to Demeter also functions as a foundational story for the founding of The Eleusinian Mysteries - a cult that worshipped Demeter, and other deities attributed to the harvest (ex. Dionysus) whose initiates were sworn to secrecy, never to speak aloud what practices were happening within the cult. And they did a damn good job of it too, because to this day we still don't fully know what went down in those cults. They're mysteries, after all :')

Demeter wasn't the only god who was attributed to the harvest and the weather patterns that would cause drought, but she's certainly one of the most popularly discussed, undoubtedly due to the fact that her story is one of the oldest and most well-preserved, and she was attributed to some of the most essential crops of that era.

But as it would happen to many myths over the centuries, the exact cultural contexts and intentions behind her original story have become either lost, or re-interpreted so many times that we can't even fully trust that Homer's version is "accurate", at least not without any way to retrieve those original oral stories that predated both him and other famous poets whose work we still study and analyze today.

But hey, that's just my own interpretation! One out of the thousands that have existed and the thousands that will undoubtedly go on to exist. I'm sure my own interpretation of it isn't perfect or foolproof, but I hope it offers up some fun food for thought!

[12thwonderindia]

Inventory Management– Never Run Out of Consumable Material Again with Titan!

In addition to its full end-to-end test management capability, Titan also features a robust Inventory module. Now you can manage all the consumable items that are critical to your test processes! Avoid situations when important testing can’t move forward because you’ve run out of fuel, batteries, sensors, or some other required material. The Inventory module that comes built-in with Titan can help manage inventory before a shortage is encountered.

The Inventory module can help with the following:

Store Critical Information: Within the Titan Inventory module, you can store your current on-hand inventory level as well as order level quantity, vendor information, and item location. Organize your material by creating custom groups within Titan; this can facilitate how you count or store material. This information makes re-ordering materials a snap when you reach specified on-hand levels.

Reserve Material during Planning: Reserving material from within a Test Request or Work Order is a powerful feature within Titan. Engineers and technicians can identify the consumable items required for their testing and reserve those items while creating or editing a Test Request. By including the consumables within the Test Request, the inventory on-hand count is reduced, ensuring additional material will be ordered when a minimum on-hand quantity is reached. Users can then review inventory counts to see how much material has been reserved, which test requests and work orders have reserved material, and decide if more material should be ordered. Having this capability integrated into Titan makes inventory a non-issue.

Your Items Matter: Your organization may already be using an inventory management system, but often the material used in testing is ignored as it is not considered “direct” material (direct material are the parts that are used on the items you manufacture). Instead of buying another system or modifying an existing system to accommodate your testing material, the management of inventory is included in the Titan license — no need for additional funding!

In addition to the valuable features above, Titan can also help with the following:

Track Individual Items: Do you manage valuable or sensitive material that must be tracked individually, by serial number or some other method? The Titan Inventory module can monitor usage of these critical items at an individual level.

Utilize Bar Codes: With Titan, users have the flexibility to generate new barcodes or seamlessly integrate existing ones, facilitating effortless location and management of parts and inventory.

Stock Taking: Titan is equipped with the capability to autonomously track and update inventory levels for all parts at intervals set by the user, ensuring continuous and accurate stock management.

Reports: Critical inventory levels are flagged to ensure appropriate order levels are maintained; all part of the robust reporting capability that Titan already features.(Read More…)

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bizzies

[xiaq]

Nothing like a Strep test to keep you humble.