Archive for January, 2010

Logging: Exploratory Tester’s Friend

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

I’m on a new project lately, working with a team at QualiTest. We’re testing a class III medical device. This is an exciting project, because for the first time I am aware of, formalized exploratory testing will be used to do such a validation. We will not rely on masses of procedural test scripts. I’ve [...]

Two Short Dialogs on Test Coaching

Friday, January 8th, 2010

My brother and I are experimenting with short podcasts. Here are the first two 15-minute segments:

Testers say the darndest things. One issue in coaching testers is getting them to speak carefully about evidence and about what they can and can’t do. For instance, we talk about how we react when someone tells us that “a [...]