Ideals and Realities – PART 1

Ideals and Realities – PART 1 THE ILLUSION OF THE QUALITY MINDSET Paul Mansell FollowFollow So, Just What is the “Quality Mindset”? A Cultural Ideal, Not a Delivery Model The quality mindset is consistently asserted by Agile proponents and described as a cultural...

The Coverage/Quality Trade-Off – Part 2

The Coverage/Quality Trade-Off – Part 2 UNDERSTANDING QUALITY OUTCOMES Paul Mansell FollowFollow What Constitutes Quality Outcomes? Quality outcomes are the real-world impacts of testing — not just what gets tested but what is assured, trusted, and improved as a...

The Coverage/Quality Trade-Off – Part 1

The Coverage/Quality Trade-Off – Part 1 UNDERSTANDING TEST COVERAGE Paul Mansell FollowFollow Test Coverage in a Nutshell Test coverage is a metric used to quantify the proportion of a developed solution’s functional and non-functional surface that testing has...

Blind Spots, Rationality and Balance

Blind Spots, Rationality and Balance TACKLING BEHAVIOURAL BIASES IN IT PORTFOLIO DELIVERY Paul Mansell FollowFollow The modern technology delivery portfolio engenders high-velocity and complex endeavours to meet what are often quite broad and even ambiguous...

Quality Assurance vs. Testing – Part 5

Quality Assurance vs. Testing – Part 5 TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY FRAMEWORK Paul Mansell FollowFollow Challenges in Delivering IT Quality Irrespective of how advanced technology becomes, enterprises and their IT departments face ever-present staple challenges in...