Archive for November, 2008

What Impressed Me at Oredev

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Fredrik Scheja did a wonderful talk about testing against requirements. I’m so glad he avoided the common tropes about the importance of “testable” requirements (he offered “Scheja’s Law” which is “any requirement that can beĀ implemented can also beĀ tested”). I also happen to know he’s a gifted leader of exploratory testers. He works through Sogeti for […]

Hello, South Korea!

Friday, November 7th, 2008

A couple of weeks ago, I taught Rapid Software Testing in Seoul, South Korea. I was there at the invitation of Wonil Kwon, executive director of STA Consulting. It was a professional operation in all respects. Mr. Kwon even brought in a team of translators to help. It was like the United Nations, […]

Schools of Testing… Here to Stay.

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

The world of testing is divided into camps. Those camps argue with each other, sometimes. Mostly they ignore each other. These camps are like religions of software testing. They are determined and persistent patterns of belief, speech, and behavior. They could be called paradigms. In my community, we call them “schools.”
I didn’t create the […]