Project Management Tips

If you’ve ever watched Donald Trump’s TV show, The Apprentice, you’d know that each week a team is given a task to complete. A project manager is chosen to lead the team, get the task done, and, ideally, beat the competition. Project managers are responsible for the success or failure of their team. There are… Read more »

What Should be in Your Test Plan?

A test plan is a road map that you create before you start testing. It includes all the high-level detail necessary to define the test effort that will be executed. It should receive review and sign-off by project management. It is a good idea to use a template so that nothing is forgotten. The test… Read more »

How Quality Assurance Can Increase Your ROI

Think back to your school days. There were two kinds of students. Some studied weeks before a test and made sure they knew and understood the material so that test time worked out well for them and they got their A grade. Then there were those who spent the night before the test trying to… Read more »

Quality Assurance Versus Quality Control

What’s the difference between quality assurance and quality control? While both terms imply an activity that improves the quality of a product, and the overall goal of both is to create an error-free product, the specific goal of each activity is quite different. In most development environments, when a product is made, certain consistent processes… Read more »