by Catherine Searle | Feb 16, 2017 | Digital, Frameworks, Mobile, Testing
Having worked in and around the testing industry for over 15 years, I have seen many changes in the World of testing. The importance of the tester over these years has gone through peaks and troughs. Potential business failures such as Y2K and the implementation of...
by Catherine Searle | Jan 26, 2017 | Agile Testing, Testing
Yesterday I attended my first TMF in a number of years and was delighted to be asked to facilitate a session. The forum, organised and hosted by Paul Gerrard (@paul_gerrard)Â and for the first time the Programme was chaired by Mike Jarred (@MikeJarred) had a good turn...
by Catherine Searle | Oct 16, 2016 | governance, Project Management, Testing
The value of QA and Test teams has always been an interesting topic, especially when project timelines are under threat. More often than not the criteria for exit is relaxed in order to display progress and products and services that are ‘good enough’. So...
by Catherine Searle | Sep 6, 2016 | Customer Experience, Digital, Mobile, Testing
The competition for market share for Smartphones continues to gather pace. We are now all too familiar with the Apple product releases in the second half of the year, the new iOS versions at the start of the year and we eagerly await the latest Android platform and...
by Catherine Searle | Sep 5, 2016 | Project Management
It’s one of the classic lines from Only Fools and Horses, the story of hope from adversity and a little bit of luck along the way. When you look at the story line, it is very easy (apart from the Millionaire bit!) to draw similarities as an individual to the...