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	Nature vs. Nurture: Building Great Test Teams Slideshow When organizations expand internal test teams, hiring managers sort through piles of résumés hoping for a few gems. But scanning for coveted technical skills and relevant experience often leads to disappointment. With the proliferation of new software and the explosion of mobile devices...	Shaun Bradshaw
	Analyze, Diagnose, and Prevent Test Flakiness Slideshow Test code development is generally approached with more lenient standards and less scrutiny than production code. As a result, rather than providing valuable feedback on software quality, this can lead to tests that produce inconsistent results and false outcomes. Team productivity is...	Dionny Santiago
	(Almost) Everything I Know about Testing I Learned Playing Poker Slideshow When I was in high school, I always enjoyed weekly poker games with my friends. As I began my testing career, I realized many poker skills that I honed years ago are similar to those I need to be a good software tester. In poker, resource allocation (betting with chips) is easier knowing...	Matthew Eakin
	Budgeting, Estimation, Planning, and #NoEstimates: They All Make Sense for Agile Testing Slideshow Many levels of estimation are practiced in agile, including budgeting, high-level estimation, and task planning (detailed estimation). That might seem like an anathema to agile, but it is not. Mike Harris shares a case study that provides an approach that “checks the box” for standard...	Michael Harris
	Defect Metrics for Organization and Project Health Slideshow Are you looking for a simple, meaningful approach to gather and report defect metrics? Want to make your project defects more visible? Wondering how to report defects to management and show value? With an ever increasing demand to show the business value of your testing, David Bialek...	David Bialek
	Can Your Mobile Infrastructure Survive 1 Million Concurrent Users? Slideshow You’re building the next killer mobile app. How do you ensure that your app is both stable and capable of near-instant data updates? Build a backend! But there’s more to building a backend than standing up a SQL server in your datacenter and calling it a day. Since different types of apps...	Melissa Benua and Siva Katir
	10,000 Years in Your Pocket: The Deep History of Your Mobile Device Slideshow We live in amazing times with amazing technology all around us. And mobile technology, delivered in iPhones and Android devices, is possibly the most amazing of all. While we designers, developers, and testers strive to make fantastic mobile apps and products, we often spend our efforts...	James Dempsey
	Innovations in Mobile Testing: Expanding Your Test Plan Slideshow As organizations implement their mobile strategy, testing teams must support new technologies—while still maintaining existing systems. Melissa Tondi describes the major trends and innovations in mobile technology, usage patterns, tools, and test equipment that you should consider when...	Melissa Tondi
	The Internet of Things in Action: Anki’s OVERDRIVE Racing Game Slideshow As products like Fitbit, Skylanders, and Anki’s OVERDRIVE race car game pop up all over, developers and testers need to be prepared for the wave of Internet of Things (IoT) products. Focusing on the mobile interactions of these devices and the tools used at Anki, Jane Fraser shows you how...	Jane Fraser
	How to Find Vulnerabilities and Bugs in Mobile Applications Slideshow As mobile devices, tools, operating systems, and web technologies rapidly evolve, testers must quickly adapt their thinking in this changing domain. Testers often struggle to find important vulnerabilities and bugs in mobile applications due to lack of guidance, experience, and the right...	Raj Subramanian

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