Waterfall manual test tools don’t work when the waterfall is broken

The Problem:
At Uplogix I’m now working with qatraq after we left testlink, and it is another tool that assumes you have a huge battery of good tests before you start testing.  You can assign them all to neat test scripts and assign the scripts and execute them. All of this falls apart when you [...]

How do I track all the test equipment

I have ideas how to track it but I want to track it in a way that others could use the tracking tools also. The key is setting it up in a way that the test harness can see what is available, working then reserve it for the duration of the test. At [...]

So now I have tests running every night

I have tests running every night, great. Now I need to monitor the results.
The tests are written in Perl and Expect.pm to test a CLI. The tests are not super important or contain any measurable coverage but allow me to see a problem right off the bat that needs to be solved now. [...]

Nobody cares if your automated test passes or fails.

Years ago when I worked at Convex Computer Corp we used something that is now called Convex Integrated Test Environment or CITE. While running a set of tests you would see things like PASSED which made you feel good or FAILED – RC 1 expected 0 which made you feel less good. I [...]