UAT
Why UAT Shouldn't Be Finding Your Biggest Defects
If UAT is discovering your biggest defects, your testing strategy has already failed. What that pattern actually tells you, and what to do about it mid-flight.
28 July 2026 · 6 min read
Insights
What troubled projects keep teaching us.
Patterns, warning signs and practical positions on software quality, delivery assurance and project rescue.
- Project Rescue
- Software Quality
- Testing Strategy
- Defect Management
- UAT
- Delivery Assurance
- Release Risk
- Technology Leadership
Project Rescue
The Seven Warning Signs Your Technology Project Is in Trouble
Projects rarely fail overnight. These are the seven signals that consistently appear months before the date finally moves.
14 July 2026 · 8 min read
Testing Strategy
Why More Testers Won't Fix a Broken Test Strategy
Adding people to an unclear strategy increases activity, not assurance. How to tell the difference between a capacity problem and a strategy problem.
30 June 2026 · 5 min read
Delivery Assurance
Your Project Dashboard Is Green. Should You Believe It?
Green dashboards don't guarantee healthy projects. A practical test for whether your reporting reflects reality.
16 June 2026 · 6 min read
Defect Management
The Real Cost of Discovering Defects Late
Late defects don't just cost more to fix. They consume the decision-making time you needed for everything else.
27 May 2026 · 7 min read
Delivery Assurance
When Should You Call in Independent Project Assurance?
Independent assurance is usually engaged too late. Here are the trigger points that justify it earlier.
12 May 2026 · 5 min read
Defect Management
A Growing Defect Backlog Isn't the Problem. It's Evidence of One.
What defect clusters tell you about requirements, environments and build quality — if you analyse them by cause.
29 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
Release Risk
Release Confidence Without Guesswork
What has to be true, and evidenced, before anyone should say the words 'we are ready to go live'.
8 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
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