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SEP Selected as a Nominee for TechPoint’s Innovation Mira Award

TechPoint has announced the nominees for its 25th annual Mira Awards, highlighting the most innovative companies, universities, and organizations in Indiana’s tech sector. The awards celebrate achievements across various categories, including the Innovation Partner of the Year. Nominees in this…
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Task 2, Part Two. Who does Agile Testing?

One day, at my team’s standup meeting, I declared that everyone on the team was a tester. Then I drew this picture: Tester is the base class and Developer is the child class. A specialization of a tester. I don’t know if it was the picture I drew. But the devs and tester on that […]
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Task 6: Map out what your exploratory testing looks like

I wrote a blog post giving an introduction to the 30 days of testing challenge that I am doing.  When I first read this task my first reaction was. I don’t do exploratory testing. But after thinking about it a little bit I concluded that I do it without thinking. I do it all-the-time. Here […]
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Task 4: Read the Agile Manifesto and reflect on the implications of your role

I wrote a blog post giving an introduction to the 30 days of testing challenge that I am doing. Today I complete Task 4: Read the Agile Manifesto and reflect on the implications of your role. The Agile Manifesto has been around since 2001. It is a set of values that 17 thought leaders in […]
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Task 3: Find a Video about Agile Testing and Watch it

I wrote a blog post giving an introduction to the 30 days of testing challenge that I am doing. Today I watched “Testing Strategy: New Model, Better Outcome” by David Laribee. Takeaways I had no idea there were so many models of testing Tests are inventory. One of the eight wastes of Lean is too much […]
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Task 2: What is Agile Testing?

I wrote a blog post giving an introduction to the 30 days of testing challenge that I am doing. Task 2 of the challenge is to write down what I think Agile Testing is. As I was thinking about this one night, I decided to jot down my thoughts. Introspective The term Agile Testing confuses […]
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30 Days of Testing

Last month I learned about an agile testing challenge by the Ministry of Testing. The rules are simple: Complete 31 tasks in 30 days. Share your progress with the hashtag #30daysoftesting on any social media site. Here is the list of tasks the Ministry of Testing published: I first thought “Wow this is great, is […]
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Storylines: A Tale of Two Products

So, you say you want to build a product? Awesome. How do you get started? In the Days of Yore Day 1 Some people used to (and sometimes, still do) get dozens of people in a room and author this 200 page document that has a bulleted list of statements of what the software should […]
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Android, Robotium and Spoon: A Practical Guide for Testing on Android Devices

Developing for Android is a lot of fun. It has actually become a niche for me here at SEP. Android has changed quite a bit over the past 3 years since I first started hacking on it – action bars, more screen sizes, and probably the biggest addition…fragments. But one thing certainly has not changed. […]
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What’s in your Utility Belt?

When developing software, we engineers have to use a variety of tools to deliver the right product to our clients. As Batman has practically everything in his utility belt, let’s see what I keep up my sleeve as staples of software engineering. The Soft Skills These are the skills I use for software engineering and […]
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