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A personal blog addressing software quality across all aspects of software development, testing, design, and people.
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Maintaining Quality
So, as a follow up to my previous article on Designing for Quality, I think it is important to talk about maintaining quality. Yes, we...
Craig Risi
Oct 23, 20205 min read


Designing for Quality
I have spoken many times before in my articles about the importance of design in software quality and hope you shouldn’t merely just be...
Craig Risi
Oct 16, 20206 min read


The softer side of software testing
We think about the skills of a good software tester, we can often focus on their ability to analyse a system, think out the box or their...
Craig Risi
Sep 8, 20206 min read


Making a Success of Mentoring – Effective Training
So, you have worked on ensuring that there are solid mentoring relationships in your workplace. That is only half the challenge though...
Craig Risi
Aug 12, 20204 min read


Making a Success of Mentoring – Building Relationships
One of the most important arsenals in any company is its ability to develop talent within its workforce. Whereas companies place lots of...
Craig Risi
Aug 5, 20205 min read


Diving deeper into security testing
With the world increasingly relying on software and the internet for just about anything, it only makes sense that security receives so...
Craig Risi
Jul 22, 20206 min read


Diving Deeper into Performance Testing
We live in a world which is driven by speed and performance. If applications and websites cannot perform an action almost immediately, we...
Craig Risi
Jul 8, 20209 min read


Diving deeper into database testing – How To Test
In the last article, we looked at the importance of testing specific areas in a database and what you need to test in them. In part 2, I...
Craig Risi
Jun 24, 20205 min read


Diving deeper into database testing – Why and What
No matter your software architecture, the Database is one of the inevitable parts of a Software Application. Data is everything in the...
Craig Risi
Jun 17, 20207 min read


Mocking API Calls
I spoke about API automation last and provided a few things to look into when preparing for API automation. One of the most challenging...
Craig Risi
Jun 3, 20204 min read
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