Software Testing Content Are we there yet? Ever been on a long car journey packed with young kids? I remember these eight-hour drives with six kids crammed into a car driving to our holiday destination. My younger brother, in particular, was annoying, constantly asking questions and irritating his sisters. By far the most irritating question (especially to
Software Testing Content Question with sprinkle of humility on the side Michael Bolton tweeted yesterday: > Testers: let’s not obsess over trying to be influential, and work on being helpful. And let’s be careful to offer—not inflict—help. #testing [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23testing&src=hash] > — Michael Bolton (@michaelbolton) October 16, 2013 [https://twitter.com/michaelbolton/statuses/390604017019416576]
Software Testing Content Yu Han on what Software Testing means to me Last year I had the honour of teaching post graduate students the subject of software testing [http://handbook.uts.edu.au/subjects/32571.html]at the University of Technology Sydney. [http://handbook.uts.edu.au/subjects/32571.html] I asked students if they would like to write a post on
Software Testing Content Knowing the unknown As a teenager, I remember being struck by the poignancy of the tomb of the unknown soldier. I’m not sure which tomb it was, in which city. I don’t recall there being one in Ireland, so perhaps it was in London. I remember feeling sad and perhaps a
Software Testing Content Big Trak Robots at KWST3 I had a fantastic time at KWST3 this year. There were a lot of firsts for me. The first time I was in New Zealand, the first time I had been to KWST and the first time I met Brian Osman, plus a whole heap of other testers. I don’
Software Testing Content The engineer's curse Its a rare luxury this week as I have the house to my own. Perhaps those of you with partners and or younger kids will identify with this sentiment! Suddenly life seems to be easy and manageable. I don’t feel responsible for looking after other people and their problems.
Software Testing Content Where have all the good jobs gone? If you follow and believe the twitter conversations, it seems that the main reason for getting ISTQB certification is to pass the screening when applying for work. No ISTQB? No interview! My personal experience has been that yes, on one or two occasions I’ve failed to be interviewed based
Software Testing Content Software Testing at University of Technology Sydney I no longer teach this class. However, I do teach HSC students wanting to get into tech. See Catherine Karena from Test-Ed [https://www.test-ed.com.au/] for details on how you can get experience based training in the tech industry. I’m lecturing at the University of Technology this
Software Testing Content How I use modelling in software testing My testing can look like ‘fly by the seat of my pants” testing at times. There’s nothing more I like to do than grab a new product and jump straight into testing. No namby pamby reading of requirements by me! No, I want to get straight to the source
Software Testing Content Courage in Exploratory Testing Exploratory Testing takes software testing skill. It also requires the tester be courageous. Let me explain. Exploratory testing is an approach, not a technique. Exploratory Testing is simultaneous learning, design and execution. What information we learn about a product, helps dictate our tests providing us with information that we can
Software Testing Content Growing your own So, I’m sitting here in my office on a beautiful Australian spring day. The sun is shining brightly, the air is slightly fresh sending wafts of scent from the spring flowers. Its a good time to be alive and its a good time to be thinking of growth and
Software Testing Content That coverage problem Thanks mostly to the BBST classes the AST run, I’ve come to understand and appreciate the impossibility of complete testing and the challenges surrounding ‘complete test coverage’. I find 100% testing coverage a pretty meaningless phrase. Imagine trying the calculate the amount of water in a swimming pool by
Software Testing Content Upcoming Software Testing Courses I’m heading to CAST 2012 [http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/conference/cast-2012/] this year (July 16th – 18th) and so I’ll be in the San Jose/ San Francisco area if anyone is looking for an impromptu workshop on Exploratory Testing [https://testingtimes.com.au/services/academy] or Coaching Software Testers
Software Testing Content I am the Queen of Defocus I remember the day I earned the self acclaimed title of Queen of Defocus. I had been testing for about 3 years and had been hired as the *only* tester in an R&D lab of about thirty engineers. I also happened to be the only female engineer [http://flampz.
Software Testing Content Training Testers I’m having a complete blast at the moment adding the finishing touches to my upcoming workshops in Dublin,Belfast and London. The Dublin and Belfast Exploratory Workshops sold out in a couple of days but there are still some seats on the coaching testers workshop in London. [http://www.
Software Testing Content Mary Mary Quite Contrary... Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row. Its an old english rhyme that goes eons back. In fact, its actual meaning is disputed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Mary,_Quite_Contrary] over time. Meaning
Software Testing Content Jumping to conclusions Good testers continuously ask questions about the product, the customer and the project environment and invariably on themselves. No question, no test. When we're satisfied with the explanation we stop asking questions, we stop being inquisitive. For testers, it's essential to keep asking questions for as long as possible. On
Software Testing Content The School of 1 Like many testers I’ve been watching the unfolding drama of school versus approach that is taking place in Context Driven Testing community with part dismay, part fascination and part anger. That’s a mixed bag of emotions and it bothers me. Two people that I hold in such high
Software Testing Content Please don't hire me If you want perfect software and you want me to break your code If you're going to measure me by the number of test scripts I write If you want me to tell you its ready to ship If you wish to have 100% of your product tested If you
Software Testing Content The Buzz On Testing We’re witnessing a revolution my dear comrades. The tide is turning on drone testing The word is out. Skill Matters! Classes such as Rapid Software Testing (developed by James Bach and Michael Bolton), Just in Time (Rob Sabourin) and Elisabeth Hendrickson Exploratory Testing classes are becoming more popular. They
Exploratory Testing Speed Kills Some of my testers have become embedded on a newly formed agile team. Its been a roller coaster ride for sure. Lots of fun, thrills and a few scary points in time where I thought for certain we were not going to make it, or we were heading in the
Software Testing Content Coaching your Test Team I’ve implemented coaching within my test team. To me, this is a natural progression from the coaching work I’ve been doing on Skype. It's early days yet, but I can already see the power of this approach to upskilling testers in a team environment. I’ve been working
Software Testing Content Recession Testing is the new Regression Testing It's time to retire the idea of Regression Testing folks. Regression testing, at least the way its being performed today is typically a value free, wasteful exercise and falls into the category of “bad testing”. “Regression testing is any type of software testing that seeks to uncover software errors by
Software Testing Content Crossing the bridge over no-man's land Indiana Jones in the Temple of Doom has a “moment of indecision” when halfway across a bridge he realises he’s been cornered by Mola Ram(the baddy) and his henchmen. He looks back and there’s a hoard of lusty savages baying for his blood, no luck there. He
Software Testing Content On conferences and insomnia For me, the sign of a good conference is insomnia the night after the conference. Its as if my brain is unable to let go the new ideas and discussions I’ve had with other testers. Ideas that haven’t had an opportunity to be digested and reflected upon and
