by Paul Mansell | May 6, 2025 | Test Management
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...
by Paul Mansell | Apr 29, 2025 | Test Management
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...
by Paul Mansell | Apr 22, 2025 | Test Management
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...
by Paul Mansell | Jan 21, 2025 | Test Management
Who’s Watching the Watchers? THE QUALITY OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT MADE VISIBLE FollowFollow The Case for Quality as a Strategic Guide It is common for executive-level management to consider technology testing and associated QA as intrinsic components of delivery rather...
by Paul Mansell | Nov 29, 2024 | Test Management
Quality Assurance vs. Testing – Part 4 Quality Control Meets QA Paul Mansell FollowFollow To fully understand Testing as part of Quality Control (QC), we must move beyond seeing it as merely a tool for bug detection. Instead, Testing should be viewed as a critical...
by Paul Mansell | Oct 28, 2024 | Methodology, Quality Assurance, Test Management
Predictability Lost THE IMPOSITION OF A SWAMPY BACKLOG Paul Mansell FollowFollow The Importance of Backlog Management in Agile Agile methodologies promise flexibility and speed. The ‘Backlog’ enables these benefits, serving as a living, prioritised list of tasks,...
