Shrini writes: How does a good tester keep his testing abilities sharpened all the times. compare it with keep our body fit as we grow old ( walking, jogging and going to Gym, eating healthyfood etc) - what you suggest for keeping “Tester health” in ‘fit and sound” condition?
Testing is analysis and problem solving. Here […]

Maria writes:
A) Your presentation “Test Strategy: What is it? What does it look like?” applies to creating a test strategy for a specific application (I’ve also read Ingrid B. Ottevanger’s article on “A Risk-Based Test Strategy”). How can I apply the idea to an overall test strategy for the company that I’m working for? Is […]

One of the techniques I use for my own technical education is to ask someone a question or present them with a problem, then think through the same issue while listening to them work it out. As it proceeds, I ask handfuls of Socratic questions. As I ask each question out loud, I answer it […]

Subha asks:
A tester is usually bound by the constraints of specifications when he does functional testing. But what about usability? How much should the tester’s imagination be allowed to flow?
Hello Subha,
Read carefully– this is important:
The specification does not bind you, as a tester. The specification provokes you. In fact, the spec, the product, the […]

I find that it’s easier and more fun for me to write when someone asks me an interesting question. If you have a question or a burning issue you’d like me to address in a blog post, respond with a comment on this entry. I will either ignore it, interpolate my reply with your comment, […]