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# Mind mapping your testing strategy
- URL: https://www.annemariecharrett.com/mind-mapping-your-testing-strategy/
- Published: 2010-04-19T10:02:35.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-16T23:57:57.000Z
- Author: Anne-Marie Charrett
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I recently was asked to do a talk on software testing for a group of iPhone developers. I decided to speak to them at a practical level and talk about how I approach software testing, as I wanted them to understand that there are different ways you can perform software testing other than resorting to heavily documented process and formal test scripts.  
As part of my preparation I decided to use FreeMind to create a mind map of some of my testing strategies. Like many in the testing community I find I rely heavily on mnemonics to remember heuristics and oracles. I like Parimala Shankaraiah’s post on the [Power of Mnemonics](http://curioustester.blogspot.com/2009/10/power-of-heuristics-and-mneumonics.html?ref=annemariecharrett.com) and decided to create something similar but in a mind map form.

Most of the information is not new and has been around the testing community for a while. As I started brain dumping the information, I got really excited about the map. I knew that not only was it helpful for the talk, but for me personally, it provided a great tool to remind me of different approaches I can take to testing. I’ve inserted due credit, but if I’ve left anyone out or got it wrong, please let me know and I can update it.

In fact I’m so thrilled with the results, I’m going to share it. So here it is.

[https://www.xmind.net/m/YvxE/#](https://www.xmind.net/m/YvxE/?ref=annemariecharrett.com)