My First 8 Months at Arrk Group By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 3 mins read In my interview for Arrk, I was asked what I wanted to get out of this job. If I remember rightly my response was something like: “I’d like to learn all about the computer systems that are increasingly pervading every…
Arrk’s Radical Transition Towards Test Automation By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read “We have to move towards automated testing really, really quick!” In the early days of our adoption of automated testing, this was the clarion call that rang within Arrk that got us starting a program in earnest. This story explains how…
Using DevOps to Solve your Delivery Challenges By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 6 mins read DevOps has evolved into a global movement, yet it is a term that still generates confusion. Many organisations are aware of their need to enable more efficient delivery. Everyone recognises the existing points of failure, but when it comes to…
Software Testing with Tokina in 2049 By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 8 mins read This is a fictional account of a day in a tester’s life in 2049. As much as I have relied on some research material (see list at the end), this blog is a figment of my imagination intended to entertain more…
The Tester and the Project Discovery Workshop By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read Project discovery workshops, most reading this article will be familiar with the term and what generally takes place during them and therefore why they are so critically important to the success (or failure) of a software development project. The way…
How technical should a software tester be? By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read A question that rages within a tester’s mind often is whether her creative and exploratory skills alone are enough for manual testing (or ‘Sapience testing’ as James Bach calls it, giving the profession some respectability) or should she venture into…
The Software Tester Evolution | From Waterfall To Agile By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 8 mins read “Be the change you want to see in the world” Mahatma Gandhi These words mean much to us and they have unconsciously driven us to work towards a successful transition from the waterfall to the agile testing world.…
Pairing – why do we need it? By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read Jaikishen Sharma, aged 32 is a budding software tester working for an IT startup, with a penchant for experimentation. He innovates not only at work but also in life. He started out working as Business Analyst but being an explorer…
Accessibility testing is a type of testing designed to determine whether individuals with disabilities are able to use an application, which could be software, hardware, or some other type of product or service. Similar to usability testing, in that the product or service is tested to ensure it is easy for its intended audience to…
Eliminating Waste in Software Development By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 6 mins read The increasing acceptance and implementation of Lean principles by software companies is becoming a phenomenon. Whether these principles are introduced as values, guidelines or via the book, it can make a significant impact to individuals, teams and organisations. We are hearing (as…
