Blogs of Prajakta Pandit

At the time of foundation of a software system, primarily considered key factors  are base idea, requirements surrounding that idea and best possible implementation of that idea by the development team. Gradually, the base idea turns into a small tree having roots and branches grown deep enough, through various end users, having drastically different thought process from each other. Every potential user has specific need and wants customized solutions. Now, we need specialized dedicated domain expert or business analyst, to fetch requirements, document requirements in detail, effectively communicate with development-testing counterparts and keep throughout customer interaction procedure smooth. Going ahead, we want someone thinking of varied aspects of our software system with respect to customer specific need in depth and to test all of them forehand. Till this point, software testing is a supporting job function which can be taken care along with...

Covid-19 pandemic has hit on the life of each and every individual. Such long lasting pandemic was unexpected. Surviving through this pandemic is tough on everybody. Overnight lock-downs happening allover were unexpected. While working from home away from colleagues, one tend to give serious consideration to things visible on virtual social media world. There are many professionals who have lost their jobs and appealing their every connection to help find a suitable position. Those who are working or are on job, are under tremendous pressure - figuring out for extra efforts required to stand out and secure their spots. When a pandemic strikes software testing takes a toll. If one is a functional manual test professional, the role is now expecting little more than that. To achieve this 'more' first be the best version of yourself : Explore and Compare your software with other similar software systems available in the market. Understand the business aspect of the product u...

The Software Development model has evolved tremendously, from the basic waterfall model to the one most widely used - Agile Development Model. By now, almost every team is using the Agile development model and everyone looks convinced with it's realistic and easy to implement methodology. We have adapted from quarterly or biannual production releases to small sprints. We are successfully planning sprints, testing small pieces of code, without waiting to complete the development of entire functionality. QA cycles are not planned only after completion of the development phase. Also, no dedicated bug fix cycles are planned at the end, the way we had in the traditional QA phase. Because in the agile development model, both testing and development phases run in parallel. Both teams work hand in hand at the same time. Developers are also testing the product effectively. When a defect is found, it is fixed immediately in the same sprint. The requirement understanding of everybody in the t...

Weekdays....get up early in the morning, wake kids up, then cook a breakfast and followed by a meal. Now, get kids ready, get yourself ready and it is then followed by office work. After doing some office work have lunch and general chitchat with husband. After that do pending house chores and go back to office work. Then have some tea or snacks, finish up a day at office by evening hours. The work waiting for you in the pipeline continues...cook something for a dinner, do bit of house cleaning, feed kids, have dinner, put kids to bed, try to complete remaining office work.  If possible catch up friends on social networking platforms or talk to parents and then go to bed. Few minutes right before falling asleep, I felt uncertain, sensed a kind of emptiness. I ignored that feeling and without even noticing that my mind by itself started planning for the next day. Before I am done with the planning, I was asleep. This routine continues for years and years. Knowingly or unknowing...

Wow, you are working from home all the time... great... you are so lucky... it's a blessing. And for women, it's a blessing indeed.... You can do house work at your convenience. No need to finish house chores and run to reach office. You have entire day in your hand. Traffic hours does not kill your precious time and energy. No need to get ready. You can sit comfortably in your pajamas and work. Maids won't bother you in morning hurry hours. Have maids do all work and you can relax. You also have kids, so work from home is awesome, as you can look after them as well. Just get one more maid and relax. If you have elders around, it's a great help. Because they do most of the house chores, plus there are maids and so, you can relax. Anyways you are working from home. You can have everything at your leisure. Just about few months back, people used to think, that work from home is easy way of working and making money. Then the COVID-19 virus changed the life style of profess...