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Software Education offer over 50 different courses in software development training.
Free Testing Webinar:
On the 8th August our very own Sharon Robson will be presenting a webinar about the value of the ISTQB Foundation Syllabus.
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Conference:
Our testing conference, STANZ, is fast approaching. To convince your boss that you need to be there, copy and paste this handy letter we've drafted for you.
New Course:
If you're responsilbe for making change happen in your organisation then check out our new course which teaches you the skills to be successful: Planning and Communicating Change.
Business Analysts:
Our new course, The Agile Business Analyst provides understanding and tools to help the BA within Agile software development projects.
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Agile Manifesto 10th Anniversary
It's a big year for Denarians (which are things aged between 10 and 19). Not only is STANZ celebrating its10th birthday but the Agile Manifesto has also survived it's first 10 years and is gearing up for the next decade.
To celebrate this InfoQ, a great resource for technical articles and videos which SoftEd trainer Shane Hastie regularly contributes to, is featuring a special series of Agile Manifesto discussions. The article featured in this post is written by Philippe Kruchten and discusses Agile's Teenage Crisis.
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Tools and Techniques to Test Mobile Applications
With 160 million smartphone users predicted for 2013 mobile development is going to be a part of nearly every business. Testing in this environment presents its own challenges, but luckily there are loads of great tools available.
This article discusses test strategies, plans and cases for mobile apps and also links to loads of great resources such as eggPlant and Flurry™ (a fantastic analytics tool) as well as a full list of all of the emulators you could possibly need for testing.
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Feedback can be bad for business
How often do you do it? Once a week? Once a month? Once a year? You probably don't think you do it often enough, but doing it too often can be bad for business.
Research indicates that while it is great to give people feedback on their work and that, to a point, the more feedback the better there is such a thing as too much information. Feedback takes time to understand and respond to that can be demanding both for the brain and the emotions, even if it's good feedback. So make sure people know you'll guide them if they want you to, but also give them the space to get on with their work.
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Free Webinar: ISTQB Foundation Syllabus - What's the Real Value?
The ISTQB Foundation Syllabus is a collection of knowledge around software testing, but it is often criticised and seen as not valuable. Is it the syllabus itself that is not valuable?
The syllabus has been compiled in an attempt to collate and codify software testing knowledge. It can be used as a start point for building skills or a reference set for expanding existing knowledge. The syllabus is often seen as prescriptive and limiting in it’s approach to testing, is that your perception? If so, why? What messages does having such a syllabus send to testers, developers, business analysts and managers in the world of IT?
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