Have you ever done something manually? Have you ever tried to automate it? Did you successfully automate what you were doing? If you answered yes for any of these questions, then I'm afraid I'm being … [Read more...] about Sapient Processes
Confused Methodology Talk #1
This posting by Corey Goldberg illustrates an interesting and all too common kind of confusion people get into when discussing methods and practices. It's worth pondering. On SQAForums, someone … [Read more...] about Confused Methodology Talk #1
“Mipping”: A Strategy for Reporting Iffy Bugs
When I first joined ST Labs, years ago, we faced a dilemma. We had clients telling us what kind of bugs we should not report. "Don't worry about the installer. Don't report bugs on that. We have that … [Read more...] about “Mipping”: A Strategy for Reporting Iffy Bugs
Francis Bacon’s New Organon
It would be an unsound fancy and self-contradictory to expect that things which have never yet been done can be done except by means which have never yet been tried. This reminds me of that … [Read more...] about Francis Bacon’s New Organon
Philosophers of Testing
Do you know what a philosopher is? I think a philosopher is someone who develops philosophy, as opposed to someone who accepts philosophy strictly ready-made from a trusted authority. By philosophy I … [Read more...] about Philosophers of Testing
Online Test Coaching and Collaboration
I've been watching television commercials about the amazing new world of technology since about 1997. You know the ones: people accessing the web on their phones, doctors diagnosing patients from … [Read more...] about Online Test Coaching and Collaboration
Context-Driven Methodology
Today I am writing about the Context-Driven school of software testing. This is a community that initially coalesced around Cem Kaner's Los Altos Workshops on Software Testing (the LAWST meetings), in … [Read more...] about Context-Driven Methodology
Suggested Best Practices?
A search on Google for the exact phrase "suggested best practice" turned up 9,230 hits, while "suggested best practices" turned up 30,300. I wonder what the difference is between a suggested practice … [Read more...] about Suggested Best Practices?
Question: How to Rapidly Test Maintenance Releases?
A correspondent writes: "I have a test management problem. We have a maintenance project. It contains about 20 different applications. Three of them are bigger in terms of features and also the specs … [Read more...] about Question: How to Rapidly Test Maintenance Releases?
Designing Experiments
I experience intellectual work, such as testing, as a web of interconnected activities. If I were to suggest what is at the center of the testing web, on my short list would be: designing experiments. … [Read more...] about Designing Experiments