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 be implemented can also be tested”). I also happen to know he’s a gifted leader of exploratory testers. He works through Sogeti for […]

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, […]

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 […]