Software Tester: Elite: The Software Tester's All-You-Need-To-Know Action Guide - Softcover

Bailey, Phillip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449568025 ISBN 13: 9781449568023

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2008

Synopsis

Whether you are looking to start a career in software testing or if you already are a tester but want to take your career to the next level, this book will give you the information you need to join an elite group of Quality Assurance Professionals! In this book, I will guide you through the day-to-day work you will perform and show you how to excel as a tester. All of the information in this book comes from first-hand experience! Every single lesson I detail in the book has been used by me and by others to achieve great success. Each action listed in this book has been proven to yield high-value results. This is the book I wish I had had when I began testing. This gives you a massive advantage!Using invaluable experience gained in personally training over 200 testers, I provide you the most impactful, valuable set of tools that you will need to become an effective tester in the shortest amount of time. I highlight the time-wasting activities that prevent other testers from succeeding. I warn you of the pitfalls and show you what actions to take to make yourself stand out! I have condensed the most high-value daily activities that you can perform as a Quality Assurance tester into easy-to-follow steps that will ensure you can control your future! Master the principles in this book and you will own your success!!

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About the Author

Phillip Bailey has been a Quality Assurance professional since the late 1990s. He has successfully led projects as diverse as The Flip video camera to Magic: The Gathering Online; from The Fly Pentop Computer to Pokemon. Phillip has managed the testing of computer games, educational software, IT infrastructure, LAN/WAN, network security, web sites, databases, computer hardware, and consumer electronics. During the last decade-plus, he has trained over 200 quality assurance testers, leads, and managers. Beginning as a tester, Phillip has worked as a lead, manager, trainer, and consultant. He has benefitted from working with and for some of the finest Quality Assurance Professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. Through many years and countless projects it became clear to him that a non-technical avenue of entry was necessary to enable high-quality professionals to enter the QA field. It is his greatest hope that this book helps the next generation of testers become effective in the software development industry. Phillip continues to write about QA, software testing, process improvement, and project management at: http://www.successful-quality-assurance.com. You can read more there, subscribe to his eZine, and submit questions.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449568025
• ISBN 13: 9781449568023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228