Keep ISEB Out Of Testing
The flow incompetent ISEB testers seems to have stemmed now, which is good news. BBC lost a lot of testers, through its bizarre ISEB/Nigerian hiring policy – a stream of unskilled testers, made skilled by a little certificate. ”Yes, you can barely communicate to developers or managers, understand little about the web, work slowly and inefficiently, [...]
Consultancy or Agency?
I have slated ISEB numerous times, and the robotic generation of QA it has resulted in. Our specialism is in taking sound QA principles, and adapting to environments. We have done this for many years, and doubt there are many consultants out there with as much modern test experience in our chosen areas of web/media. We choose Agile as overall approach, but also take parts from other methdologies as seems appropriate. SCRUM, for example, is more given to projects where all project memebers are dedicated and in same location.
TestExpo: The UK’s premier exhibition for software testers
TestExpo: The UK’s premier exhibition for software testers There are precious few free events for testing, so this one is an essential and there are a good few heavyweights attending. I will be there, if only to heckle ISEB presentation!
Agile – Flowery Words?
Thanks to Agile (for all its benefits), testing has been thoroughly invaded by test consultants who use acronymns and terminology to build a shallow analysis or defence strategy. In fact, being adept at this can mean test consultants can remain on projects for a long time, simply pandering to project management who always like the idea of a methodology, as it can appear on face of it, so solve a lot of problems. People are always the problem, not the methodology.
The curse of the ISEB tester
The insipid march of ISEB trained people has meant that reality takes a back seat, and testing as a whole, has dissolved into discussions over methodology rather than treating each company/project as a unique entity. As a test manager, many testers have passed through my hands, and the worst are the ISEB-trained purists – a [...]
Beware of “ISEB Qualified”
The reputation of QA has plummeted in UK in the last few years – and finally realising why. What I have seen as tets manager is a huge influx of testers, that have simply shoehorned into the business by taking the ISEB Testing Foundation Certificate. The joke with this qualification is that you can pass [...]
