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Insights on software quality, test automation, performance engineering, application security, and the practice of QA from the Checkpoint Technologies team.
My 11-year-old grandson, Dylan, recently competed in the 2025 AAU Junior Olympic Games in Houston, TX in the 80m hurdles. Naturally, being the proud granddad I am, I attended to vigorously cheer D on.…
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Building a Stronger Test Team Series: Key Personality Traits of a Well-Balanced Test Team I recently read a great article presenting the common theory that a high-performing team is comprised of a wel…
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In today's fast-paced digital landscape, mobile applications have become an integral part of every business. From retail and finance to healthcare and entertainment, mobile apps are transforming the w…
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How Checkpoint Technologies Can Optimize Your Organization's Mobile App Testing Strategy Introduction With the rise of mobile applications and their increasing dominance in the digital landscape, ensu…
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Welcome to Checkpoint Technologies, the leading provider of cutting-edge software testing solutions. In today's fast-paced digital world, organizations across industries are continuously striving to d…
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In today's fast-paced digital landscape, organizations face numerous challenges when it comes to software quality assurance (QA) and assessments . With increasing customer demands, evolving technologi…
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When you have a serious discussion on using Risk Analysis, you've got to be sure to cover the generic risks that influence impact (aka criticality), probability (aka likelihood, or BOTH! During my key…
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Was excited to present my session at Tampa QA Meetup on a topic I'm very passionate about - using games to improve QA, leadership, and testing skills. Here are several of the incredible, proven benefi…
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Check out the next episode of our Software Testing Happy Hour that we filmed onsite at InflectraCon a few weeks ago! In this episode, we feature Adam Sandman, CEO of Inflectra, as Bob Crews, Adam Sand…
Read moreDecrease testing time! Increase requirements coverage! Improve your QA process! These are but a few of the promises of test automation. So why are so many organizations struggling, and often failing, …
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Join us as we discuss the challenges of test automation with Bob Crews and Matt Kubal!
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Join us as we REBOOT our Checkpoint Tech Happy Hour! We will be discussing the latest trends, challenges, tips and tricks in the QA & Software Testing space while sipping on an assortment of featured …
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The Wright brothers, John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Larry Page & Sergey Brin, Ben & Jerry. Partnerships are critical but more importantly they create change. Keysight, the innovator of Eggplant, and Ch…
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Agile methodologies bring big advantages to software development teams! As described in an earlier blog . using Agile helps development teams improve their project management, transparency, and qualit…
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Agile project management methodologies bring a lot of benefits to Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) teams, as we covered in our previous blog . No SDLC method is 100% accurate, but Agile is helpf…
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Agile project management is essentially a methodology created from a culmination of decades of software development life cycle (SDLC) practices into a more iterative and incremental way of developing …
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OpenText has switched things up again to make the names of their ADM (Application Delivery Management) solutions more intuitive. Always a good thing! First things first - the new naming conventions ar…
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Following up my “wildly popular” LoadRunner update, I’m back for round 2! UFT has also been revamped with new, more intuitive names for the different flavors of UFT. New naming conventions: UFT One (o…
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Introduction There is nothing like trying to explore an unknown city without a map. In every city we know we’ll find buildings, roads, bridges, and on and on. In the same way, when it comes to perform…
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PART 1: (PART 2 IS SHOWN BELOW) Maps Are Invaluable Have you ever tried to drive in an unfamiliar city without a map? It’s next to impossible. Sometimes it feels like you’re never going to get to your…
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It’s impossible to test all possible criterion and scenarios when performing validation. Mathematically, it’s overwhelming! Because of our focus to reach this unobtainable goal a common error is the c…
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The following is a blog based on a previous the Quality in a Quick video episode “Creating a Testing Center of Excellence”. One of the most common requests our organization receives is to assess organ…
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Over the years I’ve learned that when starting performance testing on a new, unfamiliar application, it is invaluable to create a working test as soon as possible. BAKE A LITTLE CAKE! Let me illustrat…
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Blog Tom Horsfield, April 19, 2019 INTRODUCTION Have you ever wondered why some websites load quickly and others don’t? Have I got a tool to introduce to you! WebPageTest.org is one of several free si…
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The following is a blog based on the Quality in a Quick video episode “Don’t Overlook Improving Your Regression Testing” which aired on YouTube on February 12 th , 2018. Watch the video here . Regress…
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The following is a blog based on the Quality in a Quick video episode “What is Quality?” which aired on YouTube on January 8 th , 2018. Watch the video here . A person’s definition of “quality” is inf…
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The following is a blog based on the Quality in a Quick video episode “ Verification vs Validation ” which aired on YouTube on January 15 th , 2018. Implementing structured verification processes is o…
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As a Software Quality consulting company, we have the opportunity to discuss what is being done to build quality into development with many organizations. One of the latest discussions has been buildi…
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During this holiday season, we’d like to thank all of our customers and partners for allowing us to assist you with your Software Quality initiatives. We are honored you continue to choose us as your …
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The OpenText “Web Services” Virtual User Generator protocol can be cryptic to the uninitiated, however, two ways to add content to this kind of script can become more understandable using the analogy …
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In “The Role of Testing in Fixing” blog post, the pattern below was introduced. Our Subaru had been starting poorly, the battery tested bad, was replaced, and we never lost the use of the car. BAD → T…
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Okay, so you’ve created a working software system, but then some functions aren’t working properly in production. How is testing useful when it comes to fixing things that are already made? Here’s a p…
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“Why do we need to test anyway?!” This is how many people feel in the business of creating software. One MAJOR reason is test helps us avoid problems in production! I submit that whether complex or si…
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The following is a blog based upon the Quality in a Quick video episode “Learning Important Risk Terminology” which aired on YouTube on 6/25/2018 One of my favorite topics, without a doubt, is risk an…
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The following is a blog based upon the Quality in a Quick video episode “Risk Analysis and Risk Scoring” which aired on YouTube on 1/22/18. One of the most common questions I’m asked by organization’s…
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The following is a blog based upon the Quality in a Quick video episode “Learn to Test What Needs to Be Tested Using Heuristics!” which aired on YouTube on 6/4/2018 Before I dive into today’s topic, I…
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We recently dealt with a particular application where the ability to upload various-sized images was considered mission-critical. We were not given response time goals. The only requirement here was t…
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Welcome to the third episode of the Software Testing Happy Hour! This episode we sample scotch ales from around the world while discussing the importance of DevOps and the steps it takes to get there.
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Today, we're going to discuss regression testing, which is a topic that it is so common that people feel as though there's not much more they can learn about it and, yet, it's interesting because when…
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In my career, I have had the excellent fortune of providing consulting and expertise to well over 260 organizations. One of the most common questions I get asked is if there was any one particular thi…
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Welcome to the second episode of the Software Testing Happy Hour! This episode we sample local Tampa brewery, Coppertail, while discussing the top four frustrations of software engineers, our favorite…
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Join us for our weekly video series, Quality In a Quick, where we will be discussing all sorts of topics surrounding Quality Assurance and Software Testing in short segments. Episodes so far include: …
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Welcome to the very first episode of the Software Testing Happy Hour! In this series, we will discuss current trends and news in the software testing industry, recent or upcoming releases, recommendat…
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It seems like these days you can’t go a single day without hearing something about the DevOps movement. Like most things in tech though, people like to create new words or phrases for everything, whic…
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At this point, I would ask someone to drop a beat, but I know how old I am and how ridiculous that sounds. Speaking of ridiculousness, UFT 14.02 has dropped like a bomb full of trinkets of gratitude. …
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Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection” - Mark Twain Let me just start by saying it’s becoming increasingly more apparent year after year how beneficial it is for organizations to ad…
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The Three Ways DevOps is more than just automating the deployment pipeline. In the words of John Allspaw, DevOps is about, "Ops who think like devs. Devs who think like ops." Elaborating on that thoug…
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My August 28th blog post discussed applying Agile project management principles and a Scrum framework within a JIRA Core customized Project to manage the selection, configuration and go-live launch of…
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Over the years, a set of four performance metric categories have become very valuable to me. Without the categories of 1) Workload, 2) Work, 3) Throughput, and 4) Experience, all the metrics that are …
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Mergers can be difficult. For example, look at the Bank of America’s acquisition of Countrywide in 2008 for $2.5 billion. Now with a loss standing at $47 billion and counting because of the housing cr…
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As many of you know and perhaps know all too well, there can be many challenges when transitioning from a traditional or hybrid SDLC to Scrum or any other Agile methodology for that matter. Today I wa…
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Have you ever wondered, “What in the world is that Performance Tester thinking?” Let us enter the inner sanctum of the mysterious yet important world of a Performance Test Engineer’s perspective. To d…
Read moreMy July 18th blog post discussed two add-on Confluence calendar applications and an approach that would integrate a Teamup web calendar with a Confluence page. Also mentioned was the best practice of …
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Are you hankering to find a business application where stakeholders can realize significant tangible business benefits through the use of JIRA and Confluence? Begin by having a look around the workpla…
Read moreAs Atlassian Solution Experts , we love the Marketplace. It’s filled with lots of fantastic add-ons to enhance your Atlassian products or more importantly, bridge those gaps between your Atlassian pro…
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If you are a UFT user you know there are a few ways to add objects to your object repository. In case you aren’t, the object repository is where UFT stores the test objects used to build automated tes…
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Can we talk? I don’t know about you, but I hate not having a clue when it comes to IT matters. After all I’m an IT professional for crying out loud. The reality, though, is that IT is way too diverse …
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JIRA Administrators often times are asked to recommend a calendaring solution that will integrate with Confluence. The Atlassian Marketplace provides a variety of add-on calendar solutions, such as Wo…
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UFT uses Datatables, spreadsheets native to the application, to store test values used for data-driving automated tests. Data-driving really means, creating a variety of test cases by supplying differ…
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Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? If we’ve learned anything from the “Three Little Pigs” it’s that there’s a time to plan and a time to play and bacon is delicious. That being said and bacon still bei…
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Many professionals make use of Google Sheets spreadsheets to track project information. Thanks to the ability to share a Google sheet with anyone that has a Google account, team members can easily col…
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I think it was Abraham Lincoln who said, “Mobile phones are the wave of the future” and that’s not the only thing he was right about. We are living in the age of mobility and if you’re not on the go y…
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This webinar will feature a discussion of key mobile industry trends and offer six effective testing strategies and solutions for enterprise mobility teams. Mobile Labs , a leading provider of enterpr…
Read moreCheckpoint Technologies and Vivit Worldwide wanted to keep you up-to-date about some important questions that have been frequently asked by our user community members. Why is Microfocus Spinning and M…
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Everyone knows the easiest way to complete a task is to get someone else to do it. This has been the way of the world since the beginning of time. Automation is no different with the exception that in…
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We care about quality. Quality cars. Quality buildings. Quality software. But what qualities do we care about? I’m glad you asked. There’s this guy I’d like you to meet. That is, of course, if you hav…
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Designing and implementing a robust automation framework should be the goal of any test automation effort. The days of each engineer doing their own thing, using their own techniques and methodologies…
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What's new in 12.53.16 OpenText Software Delivery Management (ALM Octane) 12.53.16 introduces the following new features and enhancements. General updates History - View when items were changed, and w…
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In my former life as a software developer, leaders and colleagues would ask if I had tested my code. My reply would be, “Test is a four-letter word.” Clearly, my perspective of testing was based on th…
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Next week at QUEST, I’m going to discuss many best practices to follow when performance testing . Today I’m going to talk about the importance of Performance Requirements. “ What performance requireme…
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Software creation is an involved process that requires the skills of a number of individuals in order to be successful. Quality assurance testers have traditionally been given the short end of the sti…
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Nowadays, the risk of a data breach or security breach is higher than ever before! Especially for companies that posses some sort of critical information assets. Information assets such as customer da…
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Demos: Cross Browser Support MQTT Settings Test Combination Generator Documents: Compare Microfocus Functional Testing Software Products and Editions Upgrading+to+UFT+v14+Pricing+and+Licensing+FAQs+-+…
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Did you know that a car is manufactured pretty much 1 per second? This kind of productivity and efficiency is purely possible due to the automation using robots. There are several reasons why robots b…
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This article is a guest post submitted by Zephyr to Checkpoint Technologies. Zephyr is a Checkpoint Technologies partner offering real-time solutions designed to transform how development and QA teams…
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It was the weirdest bug that I had ever come across. I was the Lead Tester on a mobile project for a major paint company. One of the Testers on my team came to me complaining about a developer who was…
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As I think back on the last couple years it seems the rate at which new trends are rising to prominence and forcing change in the world of software development and QA is accelerating. If your organiza…
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Imagine being blindfolded and transported to a location somewhere, anywhere in the world. The blindfold is removed and, having no idea where you are, you're told to make your way back to your hometown…
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Designing and implementing a robust automation framework should be the goal of any test automation effort. The days of each engineer doing their own thing, using their own techniques and methodologies…
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It was a matter of time, but don’t look now, your old LoadRunner just got an upgrade. LoadRrunner 12.53 was just released over the weekend. After reading the release notes, she is a beauty under the h…
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