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Author Profile Information - Pavel Vehera

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Quality Assurance Consultant at aqua
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About the author

Pavel, a Quality Assurance Consultant, brings deep expertise to solving complex testing challenges. His background in test automation and performance testing has helped organizations transform their QA practices from reactive to proactive.
Beyond consulting, Pavel develops best practice guides and case studies for aqua cloud that demonstrate real-world QA solutions, helping teams identify bottlenecks before they impact delivery.
When not immersed in testing strategies, Pavel expresses his creative side through music, playing both piano and steel tongue drum and paints miniatures with meticulous detail.

Articles on the site
Playwright Review 2025: What Users Say About This Test Automation Framework
Have you considered using Playwright for your test automation? It's quickly become one of the most talked-about frameworks out there. The speed and cross-browser capabilities earn genuine praise. The numbers back it up too: over 74,000 GitHub stars, 3.2 million weekly npm downloads, and community surveys showing usage that exceeds Selenium among many respondents. But implementing Playwright in your QA workflow reveals challenges that often get overlooked. Here's what development and QA teams actually experience with Playwright daily.
28 November 2025
What is Contract Testing: Benefits, Implementation & Best Practices
Modern software development runs on APIs and microservices. Dozens or even hundreds of services communicate with each other constantly. However, traditional testing approaches may struggle to keep up with this complexity. End-to-end tests take forever to run, and coordinating across teams feels impossible. AI powered contract testing changes exactly this. The guide breaks down what contract testing actually is, how it works in practice, and why QA teams should care about it right now.
28 November 2025
TestProject Review for 2026: What the Community Really Says
Tech specialists know the struggle when critical bugs still reach production despite investing in test automation tools. Teams jump between expensive enterprise solutions and complex open-source frameworks. Neither approach works particularly well for everyone. That means it's the right time to evaluate TestProject, a free test automation platform. But what exactly does it deliver, and how does it help your team? In this post, we'll cover real user experiences from across the testing community and show you whether TestProject accelerates delivery while maintaining reliability.
25 November 2025
aqua’s Fake Address Generator: Easy Tool for Testers

How to Use the Random Address Generator:

Step 1. Select your country from the dropdown menu.

Step 2. Enter the number of addresses you want to generate (1-50).

Step 3. Click the "Generate Address" button.

Step 4. Click "Copy" to copy the generated addresses.

All generated addresses are intended for testing purposes only.

21 November 2025
Requirements Analysis in Software Development: Ultimate Guide
Picture this: Your team just spent three months building a "real-time collaboration" feature. At the demo, the PM asks: "Why can't users see each other's changes instantly?" However, nobody defined what "real-time" actually meant in the beginning. Requirements analysis prevents this by clarifying requests. This way, the problem with vague requirements that hide until they're expensive can be prevented. In this guide, we will break down what requirements analysis really is, why it matters as systems grow complex, and how you can run it without creating blockers.
20 November 2025
Requirements Specification Formats: BRD, FRD, URS, MRD, SRS, PRD
Software projects don't fail because teams can't code. Sometimes they stumble because none of the team members wrote down what success actually looks like. Documents like Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) and Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs) create the clarity that keeps design, dev, and QA aligned. This guide breaks down the key formats, shows their key components, and points out when to use each of them.
20 November 2025
8 Essential Strategies for Effective Requirements Elicitation
Requirements elicitation is where lots of projects actually fail. Not because teams don't ask questions. They normally do. Projects fail because when gathering requirements, teams stop at the first few suitable answers. Good elicitation means pushing past what stakeholders think they want until you understand the problem they're trying to solve. Do this right and you build the right thing. Skip it and you rebuild later. While Product Managers and Business Analysts typically lead this process, QA teams play a vital role in validating testability and identifying gaps. Here are eight techniques teams use to pull out requirements that hold up past the first sprint.
19 November 2025
Understanding the System Requirements Document (SRD): Ultimate Guide
Most software projects fail because teams build the wrong thing. The root cause? Missing or misunderstood requirements. A system requirements document (SRD) solves this by capturing what the system needs to do, how it should behave, and what constraints apply. It keeps developers, testers, and executives aligned on a single source of truth. In this guide, we will delve into the benefits and best practices of SRD for you as well as the step-by-step process for creating a working SRD.
19 November 2025
Zephyr-Review und Praxiseinblicke: Was Nutzer wirklich über dieses TMS sagen
Bei der Auswahl eines Testmanagement-Tools ist es nützlich, Feedback direkt von denjenigen zu erhalten, die es täglich nutzen. Zephyr, entwickelt von SmartBear, ist eine der beliebten Testing-Lösungen im Atlassian Marketplace. Aber Popularität bedeutet nicht immer Zufriedenheit. Die Community der Nutzer dieser Plattform ist recht groß, sodass es einfach ist, im Web zu finden, was die Leute über Zephyr sagen. In diesem Review präsentieren wir ungefiltertes Nutzerfeedback und einen Gesamtüberblick darüber, wer die Nutzer sind. Es zeigt, was Tester, QA-Engineers und Projektmanager tatsächlich mit Zephyr erleben.
17 November 2025
Zephyr Review and Insights: What Users Actually Say About this TMS
When selecting a test management tool, it’s useful to get feedback directly from those who use it daily. Zephyr, developed by SmartBear, is one of the popular testing solutions on the Atlassian Marketplace. But popularity doesn't always equal satisfaction. The community of users of this platform is quite wide, so it's easy to find on the web what people say about Zephyr. In this review, we present all unfiltered user feedback and an overall view of who the users are. It shows what testers, QA engineers, and project managers actually experience with Zephyr.
17 November 2025
Requirements Gathering vs Elicitation: Key Differences & Implications
Most people think "requirements gathering" and "requirements elicitation" mean the same thing. But they don't. "Gathering" sounds straightforward. Requirements are just there, ready to be collected. But real projects don't work that way. Stakeholders rarely hand you a final list of needs. More often, they provide conflicting priorities and describe symptoms instead of root problems. Elicitation takes a different approach. It's an active, skillful process, with which you're uncovering what the project actually needs to succeed. Let's explore why this is important.
17 November 2025
Agile Requirements Management: Best Practices & Tools
Agile requirement management has become the preferred approach for teams that need to stay flexible. The reason? This methodology treats requirements as hypotheses that get improved through regular collaboration and feedback. That’s why Agile adapts to changing business priorities well. Whether you're new to agile or want to improve your approach, understanding its core principles and practices can boost your team’s value delivery. So, let’s dive right in.
17 November 2025
aqua JSON to CSV Converter: Easy Data Transformation

How to Use the JSON to CSV Converter:

Step 1. Enter your JSON in text or from URL.

Step 2. Click the "Convert JSON to CSV".

Step 3. Click "Copy CSV" to copy the results.

10 November 2025
Requirements Impact Analysis: Understanding and Implementation
You just got a change request that seems small: update one field, adjust a workflow, maybe tweak an interface. Simple enough, until it isn’t. A single requirement change can trigger unexpected negative effects across design, testing, and compliance. Requirements impact analysis helps you avoid such complexities. The methodology offers a structured way to see what will be affected before a change goes live. This guide breaks down how it works, why skipping it risks your schedule and quality, and how to build a practical process your team can actually use.
08 November 2025
How to Write an Effective Software Requirements Specification (SRS) Document?
Imagine a company building software. Features change, stakeholders add new “must-haves” right before launch, and a QA team tests something that was never agreed on. This situation is common, and it’s what a software requirements specification (SRS) is designed to prevent. An SRS works as a shared agreement between everyone involved: stakeholders, engineers, and testers. When written clearly, this document becomes your single source of truth. In this post, you’ll find out how to write an SRS that stays useful throughout development.
07 November 2025
aqua Implementation ROI Calculator: Maximizing Your Investment Returns
How to use:

Step 1. Enter hourly rate and monthly hours saved.

Step 2. Input monthly cost and number of months.

Step 3. View savings, costs benefits, and ROI results below.

07 November 2025
Types of Requirements Explained: Business vs Functional vs Non-Functional & More
Requirements guide development teams to deliver solutions that meet stakeholder needs. That's why every QA, developer, or manager, as well as the product owner themselves, needs to understand the various types of requirements they might be working with. In this guide, we'll break down the different types of requirements you'll encounter in systems engineering and project management. We'll also show you how they all fit into the bigger picture. By the end, you'll have a clear understanding of how to identify, document, and manage requirements effectively.
06 November 2025
Top 13 Open Source Test Management Tools in 2025
Since AI became useful in development, the software niche has shown progress. No wonder quality assurance teams are looking for better ways to track, organize, and execute their tests. Open source test management tools have become alternatives to proprietary solutions. They deliver solid, affordable functionality while still offering some flexibility. In 2025, 96% of organizations are either increasing or maintaining their open source adoption. That’s why it’s safe to claim that the demand for open source is strong. In this post, you’ll explore the top open source test management solutions available today.
31 October 2025
Automated Visual Testing: A Comprehensive Guide for Testers
Have you clicked on a website only to find overlapping text or images that won't load? These and many other visual defects can ruin user experience instantly. Applications grow more complex while development cycles get shorter. Manual visual checks alone can't keep up anymore. Automated visual testing offers a solution. This guide covers everything about automated visual testing, from the fundamentals to practical advice and actionable strategies to improve your visual testing approach.
29 October 2025
Lean Software Testing: Principles, Implementation, and Benefits
Tech specialists know the struggle when critical bugs still reach production despite high effort. Teams jump from testing everything to shipping now and fixing later. Neither approach works particularly well. That means it's the right time to adopt lean software testing methodology. It applies proven lean principles to quality engineering. But what exactly does it achieve, and how does it help your team? In this post, we'll cover the core concepts of lean testing and show you how to accelerate delivery while maintaining reliability.
21 October 2025