How To Design An Effective Test Automation Framework

In the software testing domain, clients and the business community have gained maturity to understand the benefits of implementing a test automation framework. Test automation framework plays a vital role in the success or failure of any software automation project. So, what exactly is a test automation framework? What are the best practices to be followed to create a test automation framework? Let’s explore

New Software Testing Standards – ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119

The software industry is all about standards, we have ISO standards, IEEE standards etc. Adding to the list, we now have a new ISO standard exclusively for software testing, which is the ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119. As per IEEE standards association, these new software testing standards can be used within a software development life cycle (SDLC) or in any organization involved in software development and testing.

Importance of SQA and Test Factory Model in Software Testing

In a typical software organization, there are numerous software testing and quality assurance activities that are to be accomplished as per project timelines. It is a big challenge for the project management teams to keep a track of all these activities and ensure timely completion. In such situations, the role of software quality assurance (SQA) proves to be very useful. SQA is gaining significant popularity in the

Simple Techniques to Tune Bonitasoft Application Performance

Application performance is an important parameter that determines the success or failure of any software application / product. This post highlights few simple techniques to tune application performance of Bonita, which would be helpful to the  Bonitasoft community. It also provides guidance on resolving issues that arise, while implementing Bonita solutions. A recent implementation of Bonitasoft 6.3.1 has been quoted as an example, which would allow the Bonitasoft

How to Perform Workflow Testing for BPM Applications

Businesses worldwide are automating their processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs. The primary objective behind Business Process Automation (BPA) is to generalize processes in order to improve process efficiency and streamline workflow. BPA plays a key role in improving process efficiency by allowing organizations to improve their service levels by integrating various services and connectors. BPA is now an increasingly popular concept as

Has Quality Assurance Matured As a Function?

In my earlier blog post, we have analyzed in-depth about software testing trends in 2014. In this post, I would like to highlight few important aspects of Quality Assurance as a function. I will highlight some of the positive and negative attributes of QA. We will also look at some important stats and also discuss possible solutions to enhance QA functionality. I would like