Questions to Ask Before Releasing Software – Neotys Testing Roundup

1. 6 Questions to Ask Before Releasing Software

By the time your software is ready for release, I’m sure it’s the last thing you want to look at, let alone mess with. Software development projects are no easy undertaking and reviewing all of your work while the release date looms closer can seem like an unnecessary burden. However, in order to improve and optimize your product, you’ll need to develop a solid release process.

According to author Jake Bartlett, “A good release management process can make or break your product and save your team and customers a lot of headaches.”

In Bartlett’s article, he goes on to list several best practices development teams should consider as the product release day approaches. Check it out here!

2. How an Ideal Day Should Be for a Tester and a Test Lead (with Problems and Solutions)

Routines are underrated. Sometimes it’s incredibly refreshing to walk into the office every day with a predetermined, historically successful game plan. Of course, routines, like rules, are made to be broken. Unexpected obstacles are more than likely to arise and as a tester, you’ll need to know which measures to take in order to overcome said obstacles.

Software Testing Help author Priya R. is determined, in this post, to provide testers and test leads with a number of realistic challenges they may face along with helpful solutions. Priya also provides notes that will help testing teams define a work plan first thing in the morning that can aid in the identification of unforeseen issues. Read on in the full post here.

3. 10 Critical Activities to Test Security of Mobile Applications

If you’re oblivious to the security flaws associated with smartphone applications, you’ve been living under a rock. Mobile application security risks are serious business and compromising your customers’ data or personal information can be catastrophic.

“It’s only a full-fledged security testing enabled environment that will save the apps (and the companies) from otherwise leaking a big load of personal data from the mobiles.”

This Gallop article first discusses what is needed to ensure mobile security, then it dives into an overview of the mobile security testing process. It concludes with a list of 10 critical activities testing teams should perform to make mobile apps truly secure. Click here to explore the post in its entirety.

4. Can we stop saying we break software?

“I cringe every time I talk to a tester and they equate testing to breaking software.”
– Brendan Connolly

The premise of Connolly’s post couldn’t be more straightforward. Arguing that this mentality is diminutive, destructive and doesn’t fit anymore, Connolly presents several arguments against it while proclaiming testers’ ultimate love for software.

He makes an interesting point and is even joined by Michael Bolton in the comment section, who notes, “We don’t break the software. The software is what it is when we get it. We learn about the software; we experiment with the software; we reveal where the software is already broken.”

What’s your take on the issue? Read Connolly’s article here and join the conversation!