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Archives for December 2011

Willful Ignorance on Parade

Published: December 21, 2011 by James Bach 18 Comments

Michael Bolton is accused of hand-waving in this thread on LinkedIn. (See the comment by Peter). Michael and I talk a lot about cognition and exploration. We speak in tropes that come from philosophy … [Read more...] about Willful Ignorance on Parade

Filed Under: Critique, Ethics, Testing Culture

What Exploratory Testing is Not

Published: December 21, 2011 by James Bach 6 Comments

Michael Bolton has gone off like a volcano in Iceland, writing a series about what exploratory testing … [Read more...] about What Exploratory Testing is Not

Filed Under: Critique, Exploratory Testing

Why Scripted Testing is Not for Novices

Published: December 15, 2011 by James Bach 14 Comments

...Unless you want bad testing. Claire Moss writes: I am surprised that you say that scripted testing is harder for novice testers. I would have expected that having so much structure around the … [Read more...] about Why Scripted Testing is Not for Novices

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Exploratory Testing, For Newbies, Skills, Testing vs. Checking

Exploratory Testing is not “Experienced-Based” Testing

Published: December 9, 2011 by James Bach 16 Comments

Prabhat Nayak is yet another thinking tester recently hired by the rising Indian testing powerhouse, Moolya. Speaking of the ISTQB syllabus, he writes: One such disagreement of mine is they have put … [Read more...] about Exploratory Testing is not “Experienced-Based” Testing

Filed Under: Critique, Exploratory Testing, Process Dynamics

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