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Who Stole Agile?

Published: June 28, 2006 by James Bach 11 Comments

Brian Marick complains about people, like me, who prefer to use dictionary definitions of words such as agile, instead of capitalizing the word and using it as a brand name, as he does. Read his blog … [Read more...] about Who Stole Agile?

Filed Under: Agile Methodology, Language, Testing Culture

Studying Jeff Atwood’s Paint Can

Published: April 24, 2006 by James Bach 2 Comments

I just found Jeff Atwood's Coding Horror blog. He's an interesting writer and thinker. One of his postings presents a good example of the subtle role of skill even in highly scripted activities. He … [Read more...] about Studying Jeff Atwood’s Paint Can

Filed Under: For Newbies, Process Dynamics, Skills, Test Documentation, Testing vs. Checking

Defining Agile Methodology

Published: April 23, 2006 by James Bach 11 Comments

Brian Marick has offered a definition of agile methodology. I think his definition is strangely bulky and narrow. That's because it's not really a definition, but an example. Those of us who've … [Read more...] about Defining Agile Methodology

Filed Under: Agile Methodology, Important!, Language, Process Dynamics, Testing Culture

“Use Version Control”

Published: April 16, 2006 by James Bach Leave a Comment

Darrell Norton says that "version control" is a best practice. I disagree with him about that, but his blog posting gives me an opportunity to show how context-driven reasoning works. Darrell … [Read more...] about “Use Version Control”

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Critique, Heuristics, Process Dynamics

Some Useful Definitions

Published: April 14, 2006 by James Bach 1 Comment

I use the following. I find these definitions to be flexible, inclusive, and consistent with the dictionary: Technique: method. Method: a way of doing something; an idea or ideas that specify … [Read more...] about Some Useful Definitions

Filed Under: For Newbies, Language, Rapid Software Testing Methodology

Exploratory Testing Research

Published: February 18, 2006 by James Bach 1 Comment

Good research on testing is hard to find. Why? One reason is that testing does not belong to the field of Computer Science. I mean, sure, some of it does. There is some value to describing and testing … [Read more...] about Exploratory Testing Research

Filed Under: Exploratory Testing

Surprise Heuristic

Published: February 17, 2006 by James Bach 1 Comment

At the recent Workshop on Training Software Testers, Morven Gentleman showed us a chart of some test results. I was surprised to see a certain pattern in the results. I began to think of new and … [Read more...] about Surprise Heuristic

Filed Under: Exploratory Testing, Heuristics, Risk Analysis, Test Strategy

Dead Bee Heuristic

Published: February 17, 2006 by James Bach 2 Comments

Have you ever had a software problem that disappeared even when you did nothing to correct it? Or have you ever fixed a bug by doing something that seems as if it shouldn't have fixed … [Read more...] about Dead Bee Heuristic

Filed Under: Exploratory Testing, Heuristics

Peer Conferences and Learning

Published: February 8, 2006 by James Bach 1 Comment

In the past two years, "Peer conference" and "exhibition conference" are terms I've come to use a lot. A peer conference is a get together among practitioners of a particular discipline for the … [Read more...] about Peer Conferences and Learning

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Language, Testing Culture

Against Certification

Published: November 26, 2005 by James Bach 53 Comments

What follows is a somewhat grumpy argument against tester certification programs. I have mixed feelings about writing this, because I know a lot of otherwise friendly people who are involved in … [Read more...] about Against Certification

Filed Under: Certification, Context-Driven Testing, Critique, For Newbies, Important!, Skills, Testing Culture

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