The indication of a successful meeting is everyone aware of the next steps and expectations. This is why taking and sharing meeting notes is very important. Whether you are an organizer or are assigned to take notes during a meeting, the expectation is to share them with the stakeholders.

Whether you are a developer, QA, or a business stakeholder, you should know what a good user story looks like … What is a user story? The user story is a term vastly used where the company claims to be using agile methodology. …

The below framework can be used as a guideline to define user stories. A good user story should describe the problem that we are trying to resolve rather than offer a solution to the problem It should focus on the outcome rather than the output To create empathy, the user…

Why you need a Definition of Done(DoD)? — According to the Scrum Guide: The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver Increments of potentially releasable functionality that adhere to the Scrum Team’s current definition of “Done”. Development Teams deliver an Increment of product functionality every Sprint. …

Found an issue during a sprint! Put it in the backlog Sound familiar? Above is a common response when a bug has been found during the sprint. Following the approach to dump everything in backlog results in an overwhelming backlog that’s difficult to contain. What is a defect? According to Wikipedia: “A software bug…

How much test automation is required at different levels of SDLC? The testing strategy describes the software development testing approach. It captures the technique of how we test the product and achieve the testing goals throughout the SDLC. …

In the book, Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory distilled Agile testing principles as below. Provide continuous feedback: Agile testing provides continuous feedback about how a product meets the business needs and distribute test results. …

Agile manifesto and its correlation with testing 1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Agile testers are involved in the requirements, design, and development of the project and have constant interaction with the entire team ( including developers, fellow testers, business analysts, scrum master, and product owners). They are co-owners of the user stories, and their input helps build quality into the product instead…

All you need to know before starting Mobile app testing Both the test strategy and test planning needs to ensure that the app available to the end-users is of the highest quality. With almost more than 4 million mobile apps available for download the highly-competitive supply and demand mean as…