I have always called myself a manual tester. But why really? What do I mean by that? It is very common in the test world to divide into two areas, automated tester or manual tester.

As 2021 is coming to an end, there is so much to look back at and to be proud of at System Verification. For our German offices, this year was full of excitement, challenges, successes and foremost team work. Read what Celina Strietzel thinks about the past months from her perspective as HR Manager:

At System Verification we believe in new ways of working. We always strive to work in a modern way and don’t hesitate to try new things. Early in the pandemic, when a lot of companies discussed what impact this would have on them, we instead had workshops focusing on what possibilities this could give us. One of them was remote work, hiring people purely on skill and values and not based on geographic location.  

Movement is one of the greatest sources of joy and well-being. Cancer on the other hand one of the most deadly diseases, which in one way or the other, can affect us all. During the month of November we therefore wanted to contribute to the fight against cancer, by promoting movement by everyone and charity from everyone. We chose to call it Movember. For every Movember-event our employees participated in, we gave 5 euros per person to a cancer research/support organization in their country.

How often do you test a test case?

During the beginning of the fall, System Verification Germany have been working extra with adding to the benefits for their employees. Read our CEO in System Verification Germany Erwin Probst thoughts about the introduction of these new benefits:

Two months ago, the well reputed Springer Nature journal SN Computer Science, published an article by our colleague Adha Hrusto and co-authors Prof. Per Runeson and Dr. Emelie Engström. The title was “Closing the Feedback Loop in DevOps Through Autonomous Monitors in Operations”. The work presented in the article has been carried out in collaboration with our customers in the region.

System Verification hosts an international conference every year where all our regions gather for an eventful few days with inspiring presentations, delicious food and fun activities. This year, considering the circumstances of the pandemic, we opted to have regional conferences instead. Each region hosted their individual conference, and we'd like to share a few moments from these highly successful events with a great turn-up from our colleagues.

“Requirements, how complicated can it be?
Just listen to what the clients says, write it all down and you are good to go!”

Can everyone test? Yes!

Can everyone be a tester? No!