Firstly I would like to introduce you to our special new section – which we hope to repeat on an annual basis – 20 Leading Testing Providers. In this special section we have gathered together twenty of the top providers of products, tools and services to the testing industry in a handy alphabetical reference section. [...]

It’s Christmas time… And top of Angelina Samaroo’s wish list? That Christmas comes early for every project! At the start of every project we would be invited to a walkthrough of the new project. At this meeting, the product specialist team will explain what the new product will be, why it is required, what the [...]

This issue Mike Holcombe is in the living lab– a place where users can become designers… The idea of a living lab has become fashionable in some quarters. It is a place where users or potential users can interact with software designers, ICT service providers and managers to explore new ideas and new solutions. It [...]

 It’s Christmas time and Dave Whalen is at the buffet… I love buffets! I can pick what I want in the combinations I want. Sometimes, those combinations only make sense to me. Today’s plate will most likely be completely different than last week’s plate. Next week’s will probably be different from this week’s. Oh some [...]

Queensland, Australia-based Asperger Syndrome and autism advocate Garry Burge says that software testers on the autism spectrum have a lot to offer… Adults on the Autism spectrum are specialist people; this is because they can focus on tasks which others may find too repetitive or boring and this makes them ideal for the software testing [...]

Angelina Samaroo smells a whiff of freedom in the air and makes the case for freedom for testers to do their job. As the world clamours for its view of freedom, we too have a need for freedom. For many of us, that need is simple. We just want to get on and carry out [...]

In his first column for TEST, Mike Holcombe, Professor of Computer Science at Sheffield University, founder and director of epiGenesys Ltd and chair of the Creative and Digital Industries Sector Board of Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, suggests that the testing process should be considered from the start of any software project.

Dune buggies and Agile? Dave Whalen says whatever you do, don’t look under the bonnet! When I was a wee lad – somewhere in my early twenties – I decided that I wanted a dune buggy. I did live near the beach in Miami after all. I really just wanted a cool car to pick [...]

Well, you are an interesting lot. When I took on the TEST editor’s chair, I carried no preconceptions except an awareness of the high editorial standards to which Matt Bailey had led you to become accustomed. Further than that, in editing this issue, I find not only are you an interesting lot but also your [...]

What responsibilities, asks Angelina Samaroo, do testers have for ethics in the systems they test?