Johan Hoberg's Blog
A test specialist with a great passion for quality, verification, validation and test.
I have written many presentations and texts about my job which can be found on slideshare.
http://www.slideshare.net/johanhoberg
I am interested in every aspect of software testing, including education, innovation, management, process, planning, methods, automation, execution and everything else connected to test.
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In this article I will explore what I feel are the most important skills and attributes of a good game tester, and what type of mindset I believe a good game tester should have.
In this article I will explore what I believe is a good foundation for building high quality games, and software in general. I will cover a wide array of different topics which have in common that I believe they all contribute to this goal.
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This article sums up why I think Agile methodologies are a key component to attain high quality in complex product development, such as when producing games.
In this article I will explore the acronym QA, and why I think we should do away with it for good.
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In this article I will explore why I think that deadlines should never be communicated to the development teams, and why all deadlines are basically meaningless anyway.
Do we really need game testers when we move to a more Agile way of developing games? If the development teams own the quality of their product and do their own testing, is there really a place for dedicated game testers?
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I found this an interesting read: r nhttps://medium.com/@yeji.lee413/megalia-south-koreas-radical-feminist-community-e0d2b855addd r n r n For some reason there is a space between the 8 and the 5 at the end of the link which should not be there, but I can 't get rid of it ...
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Could not agree more. Measuring ...
Could not agree more. Measuring the performance of a QA team by how many bugs they find is counterproductive and drives the wrong behaviour.
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Interesting article. I agree completely ...
Interesting article. I agree completely that there needs to be more focus on QA in education, both for specialist testers, and for developers, producers, artists and game designers. r n r nTo produce a high quality game I believe it is essential to have a quality mindset ingrained throughout the ...
