Timothy Joseph

Timothy Joseph
Timothy Joseph is an experienced QA manager. He balances cloud technologies with on-premises processes, automated testing with manual, and the demands of a release cycle with end-users' needs. Timothy writes regularly about his perspective on QA and lessons learned on the job.

Recent Posts

The Best Test Automation Framework Architecture for Your Product

The Best Test Automation Framework Architecture for Your Product

Publish Date: April 23, 2019

Test automation will save you time and money. That is why it was developed, and that is why you want to use it. To access all the speed and efficiencies of automation testing, you need to have the right foundation in place. That foundation is your test automation framework. To put it plainly, the test automation framework is a set of rules, guidelines, standards, and conventions governing the testing process. In a manner of speaking, your test automation framework is the race track upon which your lightning-fast test automation race car can run.

Are Nearshore App Testing Services Right for Your Product? How to Tell

Are Nearshore App Testing Services Right for Your Product? How to Tell

Publish Date: April 18, 2019

The maturation of nearshore app testing services has given software developers something they’ve long needed: choice. For many years, there was only one outsourcing decision to make: do we keep our QA domestic and pay a premium for proximity; or do we take our testing to an offshore facility and endure a 12-hour time difference in return for resource savings? Nearshore app testing offers the best of both worlds. It allows developers to keep their QA testing close at hand in a shared time zone, and it lets them better leverage their resources by sourcing expertise beyond the US.

How to Avoid Nearshore Healthcare App Testing Pitfalls

How to Avoid Nearshore Healthcare App Testing Pitfalls

Publish Date: April 16, 2019

Accessing the full potential of nearshore healthcare app testing requires the right guide. Producing software for the healthcare industry is complex enough on its own, but once you outsource your QA process beyond the U.S., you face a different set of potential pitfalls. The key to success is experience. A QA provider with a solid history of accessing the resource and production benefits of nearshore healthcare app testing can help you leverage the advantages and avoid the potential disadvantages.

Which UI Automation Testing Tools Are Best for Your Product?

Which UI Automation Testing Tools Are Best for Your Product?

Publish Date: April 4, 2019

User interface testing is your opportunity to walk a proverbial mile in your customer’s shoes. It is the phase where you have to put aside your intentions and focus on the market reality of your product. UI testing prioritizes the results that matter in the end: the customer’s experience of the product.

Pros and Cons of Selenium Automation Testing

Pros and Cons of Selenium Automation Testing

Publish Date: March 28, 2019

Selenium is one of the great success stories of the open source era. The web app testing framework has been with us since shortly after the turn of the millennium and has grown to become the dominant QA tool in its field. It is a symbol of the revolutionary potential we all once saw on the internet, a free tool built and modified by and for a community of developers that stretches around the world.

How the Pros Design Automated Test Systems

How the Pros Design Automated Test Systems

Publish Date: March 26, 2019

The best QA designers approach every project with two things: an extensive toolkit and an open mind. They know that there is no single automated test system that can be applied to every situation. Every development environment is different, as is every domain and application. The designer needs an extensive kit of technologies, tools, languages, and framework architectures to ensure they can build a successful system. They need the open mind to know which combination of those resources will work best under each new project specification.

Outsourcing Healthcare Mobile App QA Testing: Risks and Rewards

Outsourcing Healthcare Mobile App QA Testing: Risks and Rewards

Publish Date: March 12, 2019

By answering one question you can unlock the rewards of outsourcing your healthcare mobile app testing: Do you trust your QA partner? Healthcare mobile app QA testing is very rigorous, and it requires expert knowledge. The strict HIPAA compliance regimen and complex FDA approval process are not issues to be tackled by freshly-minted engineers.

The Advantages of Outsourcing Quality Assurance in Healthcare Application Software

The Advantages of Outsourcing Quality Assurance in Healthcare Application Software

Publish Date: February 28, 2019

If you develop software for the healthcare industry, you know nothing means more to your clients than healing patients. Your clients’ work is meaningful, and building software that helps them deliver better healthcare outcomes is important work. What if you could deliver software that lets users serve more patients, faster?

What are the Limitations of Automation Testing in Cybersecurity Services?

What are the Limitations of Automation Testing in Cybersecurity Services?

Publish Date: February 26, 2019

Every vulnerability in your product offers a cyberattacker an opportunity. Each aspect of your cybersecurity services—from perimeter security to the flow of network traffic to your incident response mechanism—must all undergo rigorous QA testing before ever going live.

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Our bloggers are the test management experts at QASource. They are executives, QA managers, team leads, and testing practitioners. Their combined experience exceeds 100 years and they know how to optimize QA efforts in a variety of industries, domains, tools, and technologies.