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Why writing test cases is like writing code
The divide between testing and developing has long been taken as an absolute by members of both professions. However, closer inspection can help us debunk this idea, to an extent, by revealing...
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ReQtest – Test Management for JIRA
The new ReQtest plug-in extends JIRA’s capabilities with fully-fledged test management features for all your software testing needs. It is extremely easy to use and is backed by a flexible price model...
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Add test management to JIRA with ReQtest
Take JIRA’s capabilities to new frontiers with the fully-integrated, fully-featured test management add-on by ReQtest. It installs in seconds, is easy to use and comes with a flexible pricing model...
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Have you tried our new widgets yet?
Last Friday we rolled out the latest version of ReQtest. Each release gives us the opportunity to include innovations, which we have develop after listening to our users needs and in response to the...
View ArticleA developer walks into a software testers’ party: What’s the least you should...
Great! You’ve been invited to hang out at the software testers’ party, where you might finally have a shot at speaking to that cute tester you’ve been chasing. Alas, you’re a developer and although...
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Big And Agile: 6 Problems Large Organisations Should Watch Out For When Going...
In today’s blog post I focus on the six most common problems that companies face when they decide to implement agile on a larger scale. A lot of the theory presented in this article is based on the...
View ArticleHow Spotify does agile – A look at the Spotify engineering culture
In this blog post, I‘ll present a case study showing the importance of a healthy culture to an agile organisation. The company in question is Spotify, a popular music streaming service headquartered...
View ArticleThe difference between functional and non-functional requirements
Functional and non-functional requirements need to be carefully selected in order to ensure that they make sense in the context of the final outcome of the project and conveyed to all the team members...
View ArticleHow to succeed in IT projects: Benchmarking and learning from other people’s...
Learning to lean into project success There are no hard and fast rules which you can follow to ensure success in any new project you embark on. IT products, in particular, have so many moving pieces...
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What are TDD and ATDD?
In this article, we highlight the similarities and differences between two popular testing methods commonly known as TDD and ATDD. TDD stands for test-driven development, while ATDD stands for...
View ArticleUsing KPIs & Balanced Scorecards to Manage Requirements
In this article, we’ll take a look at how your team can manage requirements using proven management techniques such as KPIs (key performance indicators) and balanced scorecards. Introducing KPIs KPIs...
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ReQtest release 24th of April
Improvements for grid beta users As I have written about previously, we are working hard on the next generation of our View-pages (view requirements, view test cases, etc.). We do this in order to...
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Identifying Stakeholders
A common problem in requirements management for IT systems is that you overlook some stakeholders. Unfortunately, development teams often realize this problem late in the process, which means costly...
View ArticleCollecting Feedback from Beta Users
In an announcement we sent out a few weeks ago, we revealed that our team is hard at work on developing a brand-new grid for ReQtest. Our call for beta users was met with a flurry of excitement, as...
View ArticleAll-new features in ReQtest: New release launched
It’s time to finally uncover the latest ReQtest release. We’ve packed it with new functionalities designed to save your team more time and get you on the same page more easily. Activity streams...
View ArticleA Quick Template for Creating User Personas
User personas are an easy and effective way to condense knowledge about your users into a practical and interactive tool, which will guide you in the development of software solutions that meet their...
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ReQtest team does Warsaw!
It was a fairly diverse bunch of people that descended onto Warsaw last Friday, from a fair few parts of Europe too. Apart from a large Stockholm contingent, there was also aMalmö group, as well as...
View ArticleAccountability in Scrum
Types of accountability For many people, accountability is just another one of those vague moral concepts which you ‘sort of’ know how it works and never give it a second thought. In actual fact,...
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Test design techniques explained #1: Black-box vs White-box Testing
The universe of testing automation can be neatly split into two predominant testing techniques known as black-box and white-box testing. Other test design techniques exist, including gray-box testing,...
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How to succeed at a sprint demo
It feels good to show off the results of your efforts, and it’s equally enjoyable to receive the approval and feedback of a crowd that’s committed to support you. I’ve written about accountability in...
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