23 hours agoGoing Lean on Your Testing ApproachWhen teams are looking to transform, optimize, or cut costs in testing, where do they first look? More often than not, they follow the advice given by outside consultancies: “You haven’t got enough test automation”, “your peers have achieved xx% tests executed through automation”. There are a number of problems…DevOps7 min readDevOps7 min read
Mar 9Mobile Test Automation — 5 Mistakes to AvoidWelcome to Part 3/5 in our “Scalable Mobile Test Automation” series. So far, we’ve seen how testing strategies must adapt to meet the rapid rise of mobile adoption, and why the mixed success of automated testing so far calls for a new approach to test automation creation. …Mobile App Development3 min readMobile App Development3 min read
Mar 1Just How Complex is Mobile Testing?Welcome to Part 2/5 in our “Scalable Mobile Test Automation” series. Part 1 set out the seismic rise in mobile use, arguing that testing strategies must prioritise mobile test automation alongside testing for desktop and laptop users. This article considers why prioritising mobile testing might be a daunting prospect to…Mobile App Development4 min readMobile App Development4 min read
Feb 28Test Data Strategy Success: Data RegulationIn 2023, test data remains one of the biggest blockers to fast and effective software delivery. Outdated test data management (TDM) practices don’t only reduce development speed and overall agility; they also risk legislative non-compliance, undermine test coverage, and prevent automation adoption. Unless test data is paid its due attention…DevOps5 min readDevOps5 min read
Feb 27Mobile: A growing gap in your test automation strategy?As traffic fast shifts to mobile devices, you can’t wait for users to discover gaps in your testing coverage and strategy. This calls for a new approach to test automation creation, learning lessons from test automation history and fulfilling key principles for scalable mobile testing. This five-part article series considers…Mobile Testing4 min readMobile Testing4 min read
Feb 15Test data compliance: How to rewrite your organization’s DNA“We mustn’t use live data for testing”. This is the reason why most organizations start to look at superficial solutions to certain challenges that are ingrained in their DNA. …DevOps7 min readDevOps7 min read
Jan 31How Model-Based Testing Fulfils The promise of AI TestingThere is no longer any doubt in the industry that test automation is beneficial to development; in fact, more than half of development teams have seen better quality and fewer defects when automating their tests [1]. However, the path to successful test automation is less clear for many teams. Given…Artificial Intelligence6 min readArtificial Intelligence6 min read
Jan 24Curiosity and EVERFI publish their finalist entry to the North American Software Testing AwardsThe project, shortlisted for the “Best Use of Technology in a Project”, reduced the time needed to create and run automated tests from weeks to minutes. Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, July 20, 2022 — , specialists in automated test generation, and Curiosity SoftwareEVERFI, a leading social impact education innovator, today…Testing3 min readTesting3 min read
Jan 11Continuous Development: Building the thing right, to build the right thingTest Automation is vital to any organisation wanting to adopt Agile or DevOps, or simply wanting to deliver IT change faster. If you pose the question to a stakeholder, “what do you hope to achieve from your testing?”, the common answer you receive is to assure quality. …Development8 min readDevelopment8 min read
Nov 22, 2022Time to migrate from your legacy test data (TDM) tools? Here’s how.If you’re reading this, you’re probably already painfully familiar with the complaints that Curiosity hear from organisations seeking alternatives to legacy test data management (TDM) tooling. They include: Feeling locked in by unsustainable licensing and concerns about upcoming renewal costs. Feeling let down by technical support and that a vendor…Tdm7 min readTdm7 min read
