Software Test Optimization

REVIEW: " Debunking Five Common Automated Testing Myths BY   ELYSIA LOC K  of DevOps Practice " Summary: Although " automated testing is imperative for DevOps maturity and success", many things hold us back from achieving success with automation, and among these (mis) beliefs and issues are: 1. " We Don’t Have the Time to Slow Down and Add Automation" - many organizations have proven the investment in smart automation pays dividends over time. A few general examples... 2.  " Automated Testing Is Too Difficult and Frankly, Just Not Worth It " -  start with high value low hanging fruit and make a solid foundation for growth. 3.   "We Have to Hire a Specialized Person" -    I will take the counterpoint here and disagree.  I believe that although most people in your org likely can learn and start to automate, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT part of your automation strategy, DO NOT RE-INVENT THE WHEEL .    If you do not have a pe...

REVIEW: 3 Test Design Principles... by Melissa Benua This concise review of priorities and test strategy for continuous integration testing is highly recommended. Quick summary: 1. Reliability "If a test is only 99% reliable (one false report in every 100 test executions), and you run it 200 times a day, then your team will be investigating false-positive failures at least twice daily. "... 2. Importance ..."In a continuous integration system, the most precious resource you have to spend is engineers' time. Engineers have grown to expect results quickly, and they are unwilling to wait for something they perceive as wasting time. So ensure that you're getting relevant results back as quickly as possible."... 3. Specificity ..."But if you only have a budget of five minutes for an entire integration test pass, for example, and every integration test case takes 10 milliseconds, then you have time to run only 30,000 test cases. And if you ...

Do you need datasets to run against your vision AI software projects? Color detection: Google-512 dataset used with robotic interactions and 11 colors. USC SIPI Image dataset   supports research in image processing, image analysis, and machine vision.   IMDB Wiki dataset for face detection. CIFAR-10x dataset for image classification.

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Recruiting software testers into my previous organizations, I have always taken pride in identifying those with excellent test skills whether it be automation, customer validation, test planning, or any other skill required in a well-rounded test organization.  And believing I had a decent handle on those characters who may be suited for other technical positions but didn't have the drive and spine for my test org.  In my view, testers need to see things as broken and have a sense for when they see weakness there could be bigger problems ahead.  The water in that glass is 49.6% full and evaporating quickly! In contrast, software developers are notorious for believing all is good and no need to test in my code.  "If it compiles, ship it." That glass is at least 60% full! Clearly, the intersection of these viewpoints are brought together and everyone is asked to bring DATA for reality. Many jobs take a certain mindset and personality while on the job.  BUT ...

Manual Testing  article review from Forbes: Keep Calm And Continue Testing: Nine Reasons Manual Testing Will Always Be In Demand POST WRITTEN BY Ruslan Desyatnikov Software Test Optimization Review: 25 years ago, aka pre-Y2K, a majority of testing was manual and automated testing was to me was in its infancy.  Yes, automated testing has been around since the 70s , but it was not the norm.  Today automation should be the norm and should be a majority of your test cases and test resources, but as this article states manual testing is still needed and should be at a minimum 10-20% of your test COVERAGE.  Validation or acceptance testing, as well as verification of the highest value and risk functional coverage, should have manual coverage.

COVID-19 is clearly the most important test of the day and containing it is everyone's top priority.  Ok testers, in a language you can understand: IF ((you have had exposure to a COVID-19 positive person) OR (you have a temperature) OR (you have lower respiratory congestion)) THEN {       You should be tested for COVID-19       While awaiting a Negative Test        {                 Quarantine        } } Continue smartly! And in an abbreviated data-driven format: Exposure     Temp    LowRespCongest    Test/Quarantine Y                    *                  *                            Y *                    ...