Matt Heusser

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Matt Heusser is principal consultant at Excelon Development, where he recruits, trains and does software testing and development. The initial lead organizer of the Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference and lead editor of How to Reduce the Cost of Software Testing, Matt is also a contributing editor for STQA Magazine and served a term on the board of directors for the Association for Software Testing. Matt went independent in 2011, shortly after finishing a two-year stint as a part-time instructor in Information Systems at Calvin College. You can learn more about Matt on his blog. Matt is the author of Software Testing Strategies: A Guide for the 2020s. He is also a recipient of the Most Influential Agile Test Professional Person award as well as the Most Popular Online Industry Expert to Agile at the Agile Awards. Areas of expertise include software testing, Agile software development, risk management and software project management, using tools to assist and automate the test process, writing, speaking, training, and personal and professional development.

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Android vs. iOS app development: Key differences to know
March 12, 2026
Software testing strategies in 2026
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Refactor vs. rewrite: Deciding how to fix problem software
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Benchmarking LLMs: A guide to AI model evaluation
May 20, 2025
10 best API testing tools to know
April 30, 2025
How to create API automation framework for testing
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Implementing webhooks: Benefits and best practices
March 7, 2025
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Dec. 27, 2024
Exploring cell-based architecture vs. microservices
Dec. 20, 2024
Webhooks explained simply, with examples
Nov. 8, 2024
Continuous delivery vs. continuous deployment: Which to choose?
Oct. 23, 2024
CI/CD pipeline security: Know the risks and best practices
Oct. 18, 2024
What is black box testing?
Oct. 11, 2024
The basics, benefits and risks of cell-based architecture
Sept. 30, 2024
Software testing lessons learned from the CrowdStrike outage
Aug. 14, 2024
test-driven development (TDD)
July 12, 2024
ORM vs. SQL: When to use each
June 14, 2024
5 Java ORM tools to know
June 10, 2024
CQRS (command query responsibility segregation)
May 31, 2024
Object-oriented vs. functional programming explained
Dec. 21, 2023
How to make a strong business case for software projects
Dec. 15, 2023
6 green coding best practices and how to get started
Nov. 22, 2023
The benefits of WIP limits in Kanban
Oct. 2, 2023
Architecting beyond microservices and monoliths
Sept. 29, 2023
How to test a predictive model
Sept. 29, 2023
What does a developer advocate do?
Sept. 6, 2023
5 noteworthy challenges of automotive software development
June 29, 2023
OKRs vs. SMART goals in software development
June 12, 2023
4 enterprise architect skills you should never overlook
May 12, 2023
How to balance data access and security in fintech testing
April 17, 2023
Ways to get by when Waterfall development reigns
March 30, 2023
The fundamentals of achieving high cohesion and low coupling
March 21, 2023
Mob programming benefits for Agile development teams
Jan. 9, 2023
Best practices for low-code integration within dev pipelines
Dec. 15, 2022
A primer on core development team structure concepts
Dec. 8, 2022
pipeline as code
Nov. 30, 2022
debugging
Nov. 28, 2022
The role of the T-shaped software tester in modern dev
Oct. 11, 2022
3 common CQRS pattern problems, and how teams can avoid them
Aug. 25, 2022
4 low-code best practices to streamline adoption
June 15, 2022
The ins and outs of low-code application testing
May 23, 2022
Choose a software testing model by weighing these 5 factors
April 25, 2022
What unit test coverage percentage should teams aim for?
Dec. 15, 2021
An introduction to TDD benefits, risks and examples
Oct. 19, 2021
Should software architect responsibilities include coding?
Oct. 4, 2021
The functional programming paradigm at enterprise scale
Aug. 25, 2021
The 4 Golden Signals, and how to put them into practice
Aug. 4, 2021
How Agile team culture can help improve software quality
July 30, 2021
How to manage and maintain automated UI tests
July 30, 2021
How to handle typical event-driven architecture failures
June 30, 2021
Is integration platform as a service right for you?
June 8, 2021
Event-driven vs. message-driven: It comes down to complexity
June 8, 2021
What is webhook?
May 6, 2021
6 ways to harness test automation in a CI/CD pipeline
May 4, 2021
A Selenium IDE vs. WebDriver comparison
April 20, 2021
Will codeless test automation work for you?
April 16, 2021
Micro apps: A simple way to add sophisticated features
March 31, 2021
A closer look at 6 popular low-code development platforms
March 23, 2021
Fight microservices complexity with low-code development
March 16, 2021
How to test connected car applications
Feb. 26, 2021
An overview of headless architecture design
Feb. 17, 2021
Checklist for mobile app testing: 15 gaps to look for
Jan. 14, 2021
Using the saga design pattern for microservices transactions
Dec. 4, 2020
Software development outsourcing throughout the lifecycle
Nov. 25, 2020
4 innovations in software development and testing to watch
Nov. 12, 2020
Why is unit testing important for developers?
Nov. 12, 2020
A basic overview of micro front ends
Oct. 7, 2020
Learn what to test in a mobile application
Oct. 2, 2020
4 alternatives to end-to-end testing microservices
Sept. 18, 2020
A lesson on how to test microservices locally
Sept. 16, 2020
How Lean value stream mapping cuts delay, boosts efficiency
Aug. 27, 2020
Orchestration vs. choreography in microservices architecture
Aug. 19, 2020
Why COBOL modernization matters, and how devs can react
June 29, 2020
How declarative DevOps enables self-service, flexible delivery
May 27, 2020
Find the right software testing methods for your dev process
April 16, 2020
Find the right automation test cases
April 14, 2020
7 questions to ask before you select software testing tools
April 13, 2020
Compare the top automated functional testing tools
April 9, 2020
Can we fully automate our software testing?
April 8, 2020
5 key software testability characteristics
March 30, 2020
What’s the purpose of a Gantt chart for large-scale projects?
March 17, 2020
What is a microkernel architecture, and is it right for you?
March 10, 2020
How to create clear, collaborative user story maps
Feb. 28, 2020
Rethinking change control in software engineering
Feb. 7, 2020
5 software testing books QA professionals should dig into
Jan. 14, 2020
3 event sourcing patterns that ease app processing
Jan. 7, 2020
4 DevOps communication principles to get teams talking
Dec. 26, 2019
Is RPA the future of test automation?
Nov. 27, 2019
An introduction to combining CQRS and event sourcing
Nov. 25, 2019
How to perform test automation maintenance
Nov. 18, 2019
A low-code platform can do a lot, but it has limits
Oct. 30, 2019
3 ways to implement a functional programming architecture
Oct. 21, 2019
These 6 microservices architecture design patterns solve problems
Sept. 25, 2019
How to achieve speedy application response times
Sept. 6, 2019
10 skills of highly effective software testers
Aug. 23, 2019
Serverless testing in CI eliminates surprises in production
Aug. 22, 2019
Software reliability engineering practices for distributed apps
Aug. 20, 2019
How to become a UX designer with your QA background
Aug. 15, 2019
4 practical methods to increase service resilience
July 23, 2019
Contract-driven testing syncs API providers, consumers
June 28, 2019
4 tips to tackle common microservices testing problems
May 31, 2019
Learn which low-code techniques fit which projects
May 29, 2019
6 ways to accelerate automated software testing
May 22, 2019
Address goals with various enterprise architecture strategies
May 17, 2019
Ease conflicts with software engineering project management
May 13, 2019
Apply these types of code coverage to squash most bugs
April 23, 2019
Let app architecture dictate cloud integration tool selection
April 9, 2019
Examine 4 hybrid cloud options from bursts to SaaS to CI/CD
March 19, 2019
Software testing using AI changes things, but not everything
March 6, 2019
Study up on the best certifications for testing professionals
March 5, 2019
Hire testers with a mix of technical skills and hutzpah
Feb. 28, 2019
Automate tests with attention to UI, rapid feedback and more
Feb. 19, 2019
6 ways to tighten Agile feedback loops
Jan. 31, 2019
Why I moved from programming to a software testing role
Jan. 2, 2019
Foster cross-team collaboration with IM, mind maps and more
Dec. 10, 2018
Use these shift-right methods to test code in production
Nov. 30, 2018
Big picture QA testing skills foster better app usability
Nov. 13, 2018
Construct a better build-deploy pipeline with these 6 measures
Oct. 30, 2018
How to foster collaboration in software development
Sept. 18, 2018
How startups can accelerate a software product launch
Aug. 27, 2018
What the CI process can and can’t do for software delivery
Aug. 24, 2018
Why new feature testing should be at the heart of DevOps
May 8, 2018
Automated security testing frees devs to prevent breaches
April 26, 2018
Why software resilience should be the real goal of DevOps
April 25, 2018
Keep DevOps operations relevant in the age of code
March 5, 2018
No roadmap? Become your team’s DevOps specialist
Feb. 26, 2018
A comprehensive beginner’s guide to DevOps for testers
Feb. 22, 2018
Lower the risk of change in continuous testing
Feb. 16, 2018
Testers face pressure to improve software technical skills
Jan. 19, 2018
Everything you need to know about testing .NET applications
March 14, 2017
Exploring the three major types of software testing tools
March 2, 2017
Be a more technical tester with HTML, CSS and JS
Dec. 12, 2016
What modern test manager responsibilities entail
April 20, 2016
Agile testing methods for multiple teams
Sept. 23, 2014
When tracking defects, make efficiency the end goal
July 23, 2014
Applying lean concepts to software testing
Nov. 10, 2010

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