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Individual texts Software Testing Texts in English 

All employees/departments are equal, but some are more equal than others

March 9, 2021October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore challenging assumptions, gender bias, lack of quality, Marketing, side effect, software testing, testers, unbalanced power

In this piece of writing, I talk about what might be the root cause of lack of quality: unbalanced power.

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Is testing really time-consuming?

March 8, 2019October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore software testing, testing mindset, testing myths

Thanks for reading this article. Feel free to recommend it or to add a comment. Should you have any doubts

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Professing high-quality products could be evidence for lack of proper testing

December 17, 2018October 30, 2023 Ileana Belfiore quality, software testing

If you happen to go to a recruiting/networking event for SW professionals, you’ll get to know that all sponsors apparently

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32 – 65

November 12, 2018October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore software testing

This is why I believe that delivering a product without previously testing it is never a good idea…

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An intriguing bug

June 20, 2018October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore bug, LinkedIn, save job ads

c/o LinkedIn Just noticed a quite interesting issue affecting LinkedIn job ads (SW version: 4.1.186). When you save one, a

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To install, or not to install: that is the question…

May 4, 2018October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore engagement, release note, software update, value

Shouldn’t it be better if every smartphone software update included a more transparent release note? I don’t mean something very

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The mysterious case of an untrustworthy update

April 10, 2018October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore Apple, iOS 11.3 update, iPhone 8, regression testing, third party-repaired screens, value

So, it seems iOS 11.3 update breaks iPhone 8 devices with third party-repaired screens. As a tester, the idea of

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The root cause of a bug is not alcohol

February 6, 2017October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore root cause analysis, software testing

I’m writing this article, just after reading this terrible news, because, even though —as usual in The Guardian— the article is undoubtedly

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How misunderstanding negative testing may lead to useless testing design (and untruthful traceability matrix!)

March 29, 2016October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore negative testing, software testing, traceability matrix

Suppose you have a system with three statuses: A, B and C. Suppose you have a requirement (let’s say Req. 1)

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