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9.February 2025An amazing mentor with extensive knowledge and a remarkable attitude—always helpful and incredibly supportive. She provided me with invaluable insights in a practical environment, greatly enhancing my learning experience
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8.February 2025I did really enjoyed this session. Having an opportunity with a leading professional to discuss about technical background and being guided. I really learnt a lot about how to respond to HR and technical questions. I'm really got pleasured.
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2.February 2025Had a great resume review and interview session with Lamess! Her feedback was insightful and helped me refine my resume to better showcase my strengths. She provided valuable advice on both technical and non-technical aspects, helping me structure my experience more effectively. Her guidance also gave me a clearer approach to answering interview questions confidently. I truly appreciate her time and guidance.
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2.February 2025I had the pleasure of learning from Eng.Lamess Said, an expert in QA, manual testing, API testing, and automation. Her deep knowledge and structured approach to explaining complex testing concepts made the experience incredibly valuable. She provided insightful guidance on best practices in software testing, which helped me gain a clearer understanding of the field. Her expertise and willingness to share knowledge make her a great resource for anyone looking to grow in QA and software testing.
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2.February 2025I had the pleasure of learning from Lamess Said, an expert in QA, manual testing, API testing, and automation. Her deep knowledge and structured approach to explaining complex testing concepts made the experience incredibly valuable. She provided insightful guidance on best practices in software testing, which helped me gain a clearer understanding of the field. Her expertise and willingness to share knowledge make her a great resource for anyone looking to grow in QA and software testing.
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1.February 2025Thank you so much for your time and expertise. I highly recommend Lamess to anyone looking for guidance in QA in general.
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1.February 2025The session with Eng. Lamees was very beneficial and effective. I learned a lot from it, and I truly appreciate how kind and cooperative she is. Her support and guidance made the session even more valuable."
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26.January 2025I wanted to sincerely thank you for the incredibly valuable mentorship session. The insights and guidance you provided were truly transformative, and I gained a comprehensive perspective on my career path that I had not considered before.
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26.January 2025Supportive and insightful mentor! Their guidance has helped me understand my strengths, improve teamwork, and grow professionally, Thanks Eng. Lamees i wish you the best always
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25.January 2025Thank you for the valuable session. I enjoyed it and learned a lot. Your insights were clear and helpful, and I appreciate your support. Looking forward to future sessions. Thanks
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23.January 2025Leveling Up My QA Game I wanted to express my sincere gratitude for the incredibly insightful and productive session we had. Your guidance was invaluable, covering a wide range of topics relevant to my QA career aspirations. The constructive feedback you provided on my CV was extremely helpful, and your focus on building my confidence was instrumental in overcoming any self-doubt I may have had. I particularly appreciated how you effectively outlined a clear roadmap for my professional growth and provided practical advice on interview preparation. These insights have left me feeling well-equipped and motivated to pursue my career goals in the QA field. Thank you again for your time and expertise. I highly recommend your mentorship to anyone seeking to advance their career in this domain.
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23.January 2025Thank you so much for your efforts, the session was useful .it helped me in review my resume and many points clarified for me
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19.January 2025It was a great session with a lot of helpful information and knowledge from a great Senior Software tester, I've learned how to improve my CV, how to introduce myself, how to start my career as a freelancer, what should I focus on to land jobs and what I need to be a good software engineer. Highly recommended, it was a great experience.
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19.January 2025Thank you for the amazing session. It really helped me a lot, especially with improving my CV and preparing for interviews. Your guidance made a huge difference, and I truly appreciate your support and kindness. You’ve been incredibly helpful, and I’m so grateful for everything you’ve done♥️♥️
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18.January 2025I thoroughly enjoyed my session with Lamess. She was a great listener and provided valuable insights from her experience. Lamess not only answered my questions but also suggested additional topics for us to explore, the thing that I was worried about accepting questions about. She helped me outline a clear and specific roadmap for my career goals and suggested instructors to follow. The session was highly beneficial, and I am looking forward to implementing her suggestions and booking a follow-up session soon.
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18.January 2025I already enjoyed the session so much that I didn't want it to end. I have learned alot about my level. Eng Lamess helped me to adjust my cv to be better and she gave me suitable advices to grow up at my career and find the perfect software testing job. Thanks so much Eng.Lamess for mentoring me. you are awesome and so friendly.
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16.January 2025Lamess was very helpful in this session. She gave me a lot of tips to enhance my CV and sharpen my interviewing skills. I do wish that the sessions is longer than 30 minutes to gain more knowledge. Thank you, Lamess!
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16.January 2025I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to Lamess Said for an outstanding session. Lamess listened attentively to my concerns, offered invaluable insights, and crafted a practical action plan to help me achieve both my short-term and long-term goals. I am truly grateful for her guidance and look forward to our future conversations. Thank you, Lamess!
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The Future of Software Quality Assurance
Stephan Goericke
Emphasis on the evolving role of automation in software quality assurance. Significance of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices. Importance of early testing in the software development lifecycle (shift-left testing). Role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in enhancing QA processes. Need for comprehensive security testing as part of QA. Impact of agile methodologies on QA practices. Importance of a DevOps culture in promoting collaboration between development and QA teams. Necessity for robust performance testing. Focus on user experience (UX) and usability testing. Challenges and strategies for managing test data. Future trends and innovations in software quality assurance. The book delves into the transformative changes occurring in the field of software quality assurance (QA), driven by technological advancements and evolving industry practices. It underscores the increasing significance of **automation in QA processes**, which not only enhances efficiency but also ensures consistency and accuracy. Automation tools and frameworks are becoming indispensable for regression testing, load testing, and even in the deployment pipelines. A key concept discussed is the adoption of **continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD)** practices. CI/CD pipelines facilitate rapid development cycles by integrating code changes frequently and deploying them automatically. This practice minimizes the risk of integration issues and ensures that software is always in a deployable state. The book also stresses the **importance of early testing** in the software development lifecycle, often referred to as **shift-left testing**. By identifying defects early in the development process, organizations can significantly reduce the cost and effort required to fix them later. This approach aligns with the principles of agile methodologies, which advocate for iterative development and continuous feedback. Another pivotal aspect is the **role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)** in QA. AI and ML algorithms can analyze vast amounts of data to identify patterns and predict potential defects, thus enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of testing processes. These technologies can also be used to optimize test case selection and prioritize testing efforts based on risk assessment. In the realm of security, the book highlights the **necessity for comprehensive security testing**. As cyber threats become more sophisticated, integrating security testing into the QA process is crucial to safeguard software applications from vulnerabilities and breaches. The influence of **agile methodologies** on QA practices is another significant topic. Agile promotes a collaborative environment where development and QA teams work closely together, often leading to the adoption of **DevOps culture**. DevOps fosters a unified approach to development and operations, emphasizing automation, continuous monitoring, and collaboration. **Performance testing** is identified as a critical component of QA to ensure that software applications meet the required performance standards under various conditions. This includes stress testing, load testing, and scalability testing to guarantee that the software can handle the expected user load and perform efficiently. User experience (UX) is becoming increasingly important, and the book emphasizes the need for **usability testing**. Ensuring that software is user-friendly and meets the needs of its users is paramount for its success. This involves testing the software's interface, navigation, and overall user interaction. Test data management is another challenge addressed in the book. Effective strategies for managing test data are essential to ensure that testing environments replicate real-world scenarios accurately. This includes anonymizing sensitive data, generating synthetic data, and ensuring data consistency across different environments. Finally, the book explores **future trends and innovations** in software QA. It discusses emerging technologies and methodologies that are poised to shape the future of QA, such as blockchain for ensuring data integrity, IoT testing for interconnected devices, and the growing importance of compliance testing in regulated industries. By understanding and implementing these key concepts, organizations can enhance their software quality assurance processes, leading to higher quality software products, reduced time-to-market, and improved user satisfaction.
ViewSoftware Quality Approaches: Testing, Verification, and Validation - Software Best Practice 1
Michael Haug, Eric W. Olsen, Luisa Consolini
C. Amting Directorate General Information Society, European Commission, Brussels th Under the 4 Framework of European Research, the European Systems and Soft ware Initiative (ESSI) was part ofthe ESPRIT Programme. This initiative funded more than 470 projects in the area ofsoftware and system process improvements. The majority of these projects were process improvement experiments carrying out and taking up new development processes, methods and technology within the software development process ofa company. In addition, nodes (centres ofexper tise), European networks (organisations managing local activities), training and dissemination actions complemented the process improvementexperiments. ESSI aimed at improving the software development capabilities of European enterprises. It focused on best practice and helped European companies to develop world class skills and associated technologies to build the increasingly complex and varied systems needed to compete in the marketplace. The dissemination activities were designed to build a forum, at European level, to exchange information and knowledge gained within process improvement ex periments. Their major objective was to spread the message and the results of experiments to awider audience, through a variety ofdifferent channels. The European Experience Exchange ~UR~X) project has been one ofthese dis semination activities within the European Systems and Software Initiative.~UR~)( has collected the results of practitioner reports from numerous workshops in Europe and presents, in this series of books, the results of Best Practice achieve ments in European Companies over the last few years.
ViewAgile Testing - The Agile Way to Quality
Manfred Baumgartner, Martin Klonk, Christian Mastnak, Helmut Pichler, Richard Seidl, Siegfried Tanczos
This book is written by testers for testers. In ten chapters, the authors provide answers to key questions in agile projects. They deal with cultural change processes for agile testing, with questions regarding the approach and organization of software testing, with the use of methods, techniques and tools, especially test automation, and with the redefined role of the tester in agile projects. The first chapter describes the cultural change brought about by agile development. In the second chapter, which addresses agile process models such as Scrum and Kanban, the authors focus on the role of quality assurance in agile development projects. The third chapter deals with the agile test organization and the positioning of testing in an agile team. Chapter 4 discusses the question of whether an agile tester should be a generalist or a specialist. In Chapter 5, the authors turn to the methods and techniques of agile testing, emphasizing the differences from traditional, phase-oriented testing. In Chapter 6, they describe which documents testers still need to create in an agile project. Next, Chapter 7 explains the efficient use of test automation, which is particularly important in agile development, as it is the main instrument for project acceleration and is necessary to support state-of-the-art DevOps approaches and Continuous Integration. Chapter 8 then adds examples from test tool practice extending test automation to include test management functionality. Chapter 9 is dedicated to training and its importance, emphasizing the role of employee training in getting started with agile development. Finally, Chapter 10 summarizes the results of the agile journey in general with a special focus on testing. To make the aspects described even more tangible, the specific topics of this book are accompanied by the description of experiences from concrete software development projects of various organizations. The examples demonstrate that different approaches can lead to solutions that meet the specific challenges of agile projects.
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15.February 2025Alhamdulillah, all thanks and praises to Allah the Almighty. I just had a truly invaluable mentoring session with Eng. Lamees and I'm so grateful for her guidance. She provided clear and insightful guidance into my current situation, patiently answering all my questions and addressing every concern I had. I left the session feeling completely reassured and with a much clearer understanding of the path forward, both within my current company and for my future career goals. Eng. Lamees gave me very helpful and reassuring advice regarding my career overall, and I feel much more confident and focused, with a clear understanding of my next steps. I highly recommend Eng. Lamees as a mentor – her expertise and supportive approach are truly exceptional. Thank you so much, and Inshallah, I look forward to future sessions. Jazaki Allahu Khairan.