PeopleTech | SQE API and Service Virtualization | Activity https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/ Activity feed for the group, SQE API and Service Virtualization. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:46:28 +0200 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-ZA 30 hourly 2 f781a024c106837a27810c853d1996cb Heidi joined the group SQE API and Service Virtualization https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/464/ Sun, 05 Jun 2022 12:33:31 +0200 0 5bb2dee1406be6d27665d3f9b8b53f83 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: In 1962, NASA launched the Mariner 1 as their first […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/330/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:03:12 +0200 In 1962, NASA launched the Mariner 1 as their first attempt to send a spacecraft to Venus. However, shortly after it launched, the rocket veered off course and was forced to self destruct.

The cost? $135 million (in today’s dollars).

The issue? A missing hyphen in the code.

]]> 0 f17377c8bb730750b75f002fe150a880 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: What did you get from today's (18 Sept) session? Post […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/329/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:01:17 +0200 What did you get from today’s (18 Sept) session? Post your comments below:

]]> 1 50e9765bbc525b61a196514ddab8d95d Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We can remove dependencies by mocking out behaviours... […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/327/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:41:30 +0200 We can remove dependencies by mocking out behaviours… this helps improve the flow of the test.

]]> 0 5a113e60d5886f29a46a12ed21f0081a Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: There is a manual step in BopCUS - this is […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/326/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:35:15 +0200 There is a manual step in BopCUS – this is where dependencies. In traditional testing, this is where human intervention is required.

]]> 0 6416f11f64894b2995a25b9e2cee824b Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We are deciding what type of transaction we want to […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/325/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:21:45 +0200 We are deciding what type of transaction we want to test with, for service virtualization.

]]> 0 b40451dc82b3a79848c4bcf12899ee7e Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Earlier we discussed the way we give feedback.The […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/324/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:21:16 +0200 Earlier we discussed the way we give feedback.

The course “The Art of Pushing Back” deals with how to say no, but more importantly, it will teach you how to provide feedback more effectively. When we report back, we give a status update but we also need to give more – this course gives tips on how to bring alternatives / solutions to…

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]]> 0 d198bfd506fa46833ebd4e12a8543eca Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Excited to get going today with Service Virtualization in practice https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/322/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:08:21 +0200 Excited to get going today with Service Virtualization in practice

]]> 0 1a913f6e29b985611229e9c08b4a60d1 Derrick posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: I have feeling of disquiet after today's session. Did […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/318/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:19:26 +0200 I have feeling of disquiet after today’s session. Did I achieve the 3 objectives?

  1. Investing in Service Virtualization now will enable us to deliver successfully to the current deadlines by reducing wait time from dependencies and environments
  2. Focus and enable good tests with techniques in the course – specifically conversations and test…

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]]> 2 1dc506a5348fbaa7c9bbceda2e7fe129 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: When we design tests, we need to understand the flow […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/316/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:44:28 +0200 When we design tests, we need to understand the flow of information, as well as the fact that it is a contract. The key thing is we must own what we are working on…

]]> 0 9ca7c9eb85d2abbd594553d5d534ec1e Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: STEP is beyond a test harness. Ina referred to our […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/315/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:34:07 +0200 STEP is beyond a test harness. Ina referred to our ability to stub? This is stubbing, on steroids.

]]> 1 0c9e952274a1e414b5ff8bb7892f9a80 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Today we are discussing Flow...the flow of value from […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/314/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:19:31 +0200 Today we are discussing Flow…the flow of value from start to finish. How is our flow affected by dependencies and how do we become independent?

]]> 1 82ab551a88d117e0a7a110117d491fe4 Martin started the discussion PowerUp Feedback - in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/powerup-feedback/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:08:27 +0200 PowerUp Feedback -

Please post your comments and suggestions here:

]]> 3b5f7fb9f2d2e1af20f43698cc2eb0da Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: As a group we are focusing our attention on how we will […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/311/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:05:40 +0200 As a group we are focusing our attention on how we will make the best use of our time…

]]> 0 251bb3c763bf68500d5d75492b8cc3f1 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: For tomorrow we will make it practical by taking an […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/310/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:03:11 +0200 For tomorrow we will make it practical by taking an example 🙂

Cannot wait to see it….

]]> 0 9d97145e81e168834b5c30c883609c37 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Our conversation around the BOPCus 3 Lesotho will […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/309/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:00:46 +0200 Our conversation around the BOPCus 3 Lesotho will continue tomorrow. We need to map our business story onto the technical landscape, so we can undertand where to inject messages and also in what format they need to be.

]]> 0 79f8919d190eebe2c12ae313862da1e3 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: walking through a FNBOnline transaction. Where does it originate? https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/308/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:56:04 +0200 walking through a FNBOnline transaction. Where does it originate?

]]> 0 def8641a4dba46c03891f2af21b3cedc Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: With SV we are telling the testing story. Mapping this […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/307/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:52:03 +0200 With SV we are telling the testing story. Mapping this onto the technical landscape helps us understand how and where we will be using SV for BoPCUS 3

]]> 0 fec66e3dee7cccd473fce99d3fcdf15a Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: You need to understand therefore WHY you are going […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/306/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:47:30 +0200 You need to understand therefore WHY you are going through SWIFT and Hogan

]]> 0 47b5a24da10c5e3905ee2ca08dbf6a0e Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Lesley: Explaining from a RAS perspective...messages […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/305/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:47:08 +0200 Lesley: Explaining from a RAS perspective…messages already coming from SWIFT. you are reporting on what is coming through your system. The process via Hogan is what we are processing. So it doesn’t matter how it gets into the system. FNB validated exactly what needed to reported. only what was applicable to FNB. The way we tested it was…

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]]> 0 335fcd539544962a5d99b33f414df987 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Lesley relates how they tested BOPCUS in FNB... used a […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/304/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:44:39 +0200 Lesley relates how they tested BOPCUS in FNB… used a file and excluded what is not tested. So checked the data between BOP and non BOP. FNB has its own database where this information is kept. Is this different because it is Lesotho? Are they reporting differently? We might not be accurate in our understanding of this message flow in…

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]]> 0 b32158dbd8cb346f47e68ebfe40a90d0 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We validate the structure and content. If we know this, […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/303/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:39:03 +0200 We validate the structure and content. If we know this, we don’t really need verification here. If the message is correct it will be verified

]]> 0 8b731279cad6ddecad17cf1229dcf03b Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Lungile - a settlement in SARB - how do we verify this? […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/300/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:34:09 +0200 Lungile – a settlement in SARB – how do we verify this? If FNBOnline is virtualized, how do we go around this?

]]> 2 bb51c83a370f0d13585aaac7e7d02d15 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We have sufficient background to know and understand that […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/298/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:28:44 +0200 We have sufficient background to know and understand that we can test this from a SOAPUi perspective.

]]> 0 6a0275d8c2b9d60c06ee4db47a9a8c7f Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: What else can be affected by BoPCUS 3? https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/295/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:17:46 +0200 What else can be affected by BoPCUS 3?

]]> 2 86ca81e0de36e18480393ca829266610 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Value reporting is crucial. Nkosi raises this as very important... https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/294/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:17:13 +0200 Value reporting is crucial. Nkosi raises this as very important…

]]> 0 6543e951f25e947913b5974857da292e Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: it is about ringfencing the functionality. But […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/293/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:16:44 +0200 it is about ringfencing the functionality. But let’s include the process of reporting as it is part of the scope.

]]> 0 bd1518321ae7a23d76e9750b5129d7ca Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Lungile agrees: Scoping for this project was a bit of […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/292/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:14:53 +0200 Lungile agrees: Scoping for this project was a bit of an unknown. We have scope firmed up.

Marcus expresses importance of understanding the difference in data that defines scope.

]]> 0 90efe55abf75130fb94579ea23327519 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We are starting with the strategy https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/291/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:13:03 +0200 We are starting with the strategy

]]> 0 2790047ac7607419ec0a6f1061312e7d Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Let the games begin!!! Marcus taking the team through […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/290/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:12:48 +0200 Let the games begin!!! Marcus taking the team through the idea around using peopletech in the context of powerups

]]> 0 ddf0082c907a2890d22970facc28e08e Jerome joined the group SQE API and Service Virtualization https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/288/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:08:44 +0200 0 45e5e409d48ef1f26a840711281fb001 Martin started the discussion PowerUp - BOPCUS 3 - PowerUp 1 - Feedback in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/powerup-bopcus-3-powerup-1-feedback/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:43:53 +0200 PowerUp - BOPCUS 3 - PowerUp 1 - Feedback

Hello guys,

Big thank you for participating in today’s session. Please post your comments or feedback on today’s session here. If you want to review the session, you can access the video here:

https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/

]]> a30a9160bf41bd708390dbe65fb8bbcf Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: If anyone are having difficulty accessing the video […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/283/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:32:09 +0200 If anyone are having difficulty accessing the video of today’s session, I have uploaded it to YouTube:

https://youtu.be/gNchngheolM

]]> 0 b6d9ea1ab9abb2f77e6b87b9f07f0494 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Hello guys, The video recording for […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/281/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:13:41 +0200 Hello guys,

The video recording for today’s PowerUp:

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/0093dae2-5fab-4fda-9a25-9c04269a5bf0

]]> 1 0c85c8723a52f36631f608852934e8ec Martin started the discussion Quality Engineering Strategy in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/quality-engineering-strategy/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:50:19 +0200 Quality Engineering Strategy

This is the strategy draft as background to the BOPCUS 3 project:

https://peopletech.co.za/wp-content/uploads/Test-Strategy-BoPCUS-3.1-Lesotho-Draft.docx

@Jerome @Lesley @Lungi @Kini @Marcus @Nkosi

]]> 0c353c41ce87af424e7dd15a28ab7b2b Martin started the discussion PowerUp - BOPCUS 3 - PowerUp Agenda in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/powerup-bopcus-3-powerup-agenda/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:49:04 +0200 PowerUp - BOPCUS 3 - PowerUp Agenda

Hello Team,

The proposed agenda for this (and next) week’s PowerUps is below:

Please provide your input or feedback by responding to this discussion thread.

@Lesley @Kini @Nkosi @Marcus @Lungi @Jerome @Marcus

  • Introduction – Lean Quality Engineering (overview of the strategy)
  • Aligning Quality Engineering to…

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]]> b1aba6532adecf827dd529195f0cea0e Lesley joined the group SQE API and Service Virtualization https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/278/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:43:46 +0200 0 970206a9c4e2d62295561ad53b290e7b Cheryl posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Hi All, How is it going with the course? Have not […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/205/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:07:22 +0200 Hi All, How is it going with the course? Have not seen much interaction of late.

]]> 0 77bffa767cca7fa52d1b6000fa0dfe4a Cheryl posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We started the first Service Virtualisation […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/202/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:41:45 +0200 We started the first Service Virtualisation PowerUp yesterday for all those who have completed the course. It went very well and we now start Step 1 of putting theory into practice. Looking at the business processes across your architecture. Exciting times ahead in learning to make your life easier and more effective.

]]> 0 a4060bbc05298183c001b504b533dd12 DevQE started the discussion Submitted essays and the mark you receive in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/submitted-essays-and-the-mark-you-receive/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 14:03:46 +0200 Submitted essays and the mark you receive

We are in the process of game-changing the traditional approach of doing a course. The idea behind PeopleTech is that you grow your career by learning new skills and building new competencies. We talk about being a ‘master of your craft’. This means becoming an expert in your field. Thus the mark you receive is relative to where you are as…

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]]> a664e905924ef6390b23f0dff38bda73 Martin started the discussion No Program is an Island - No System is an Island in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/no-program-is-an-island-no-system-is-an-island/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:49:37 +0200 No Program is an Island - No System is an Island

No Program is an Island – No System is an Island

]]> 55ca8414f1e3bee9894292969f67b62a Martin started the discussion Why change your Testing Approach in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/why-change-your-testing-approach/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:49:04 +0200 Why change your Testing Approach

Why change your Testing Approach

]]> 42df9f9114e60108a189116b188529fd Martin started the discussion Tell a Testing Story in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/tell-a-testing-story/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:48:29 +0200 Tell a Testing Story

Tell a Testing Story

]]> 7cefb3e0988953f95dd19f733ad8579d Martin started the discussion Design Your Test Story in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/design-your-test-story/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:48:02 +0200 Design Your Test Story

Design Your Test Story

]]> 104f644659715f453a4f0abac231af9f Martin started the discussion Further Thinking on Testing and Software Quality Engineering in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/further-thinking-on-testing-and-software-quality-engineering/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:47:08 +0200 Further Thinking on Testing and Software Quality Engineering

Further Thinking on Testing and Software Quality Engineering

]]> 9e7d53178cbd1fbb5fda98118ab56202 Martin started the discussion Recipes for Good Tests in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/recipes-for-good-tests/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:46:27 +0200 Recipes for Good Tests

Recipes for Good Tests

]]> de670cf9e87e418d19dd06c2c337c105 Martin started the discussion The Business Test Story in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/the-business-test-story/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:45:55 +0200 The Business Test Story

The Business Test Story

]]> 3e8845ce3d78a776a620d2e76c18be9d Martin started the discussion Case Study from Best Bug Award in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/case-study-from-best-bug-award/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:44:10 +0200 Case Study from Best Bug Award

Case Study from Best Bug Award

]]> 8e92f39397a091f56776adde7a9672a5 Martin started the discussion A Better Approach - Moving to Software Quality Engineering in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/a-better-approach-moving-to-software-quality-engineering/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:43:33 +0200 A Better Approach - Moving to Software Quality Engineering

A Better Approach – Moving to Software Quality Engineering

]]> cd04e2922b78d838e54e29290eb5d99a Martin started the discussion The Death of end-to-end testing as we know it in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/the-death-of-end-to-end-testing-as-we-know-it/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:42:48 +0200 The Death of end-to-end testing as we know it

The Death of end-to-end testing as we know it

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