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Context-Driven Testing

No Best Practices

Published: July 8, 2005 by James Bach 51 Comments

Dear Reader, I would like you to give up, henceforth, the idea of "best practice." Thank you. I want to stamp out "best practice" for several reasons: There are no best practices. By this I mean … [Read more...] about No Best Practices

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Critique, For Newbies, Heuristics, Important!, Language, Process Dynamics, Testing Culture

To Repeat Tests or Not to Repeat

Published: July 19, 2004 by James Bach 1 Comment

One of the serious social diseases of the testing craft is the obsession with repetition. Is that test repeatable? Is that test process repeatable? Have we repeated those tests? These questions are … [Read more...] about To Repeat Tests or Not to Repeat

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Exploratory Testing, Heuristics, Important!, Test Strategy, Testing Culture

Fighting Bad Test Documentation

Published: February 21, 2004 by James Bach 2 Comments

A lot of people I teach seem to be under pressure to create more documents to describe their test process. But documenting is not testing. It is one of the chief distractions to testing. "James Bach … [Read more...] about Fighting Bad Test Documentation

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Test Documentation

Context-Driven Driving

Published: December 7, 2003 by James Bach 7 Comments

I know how to drive. I have a lot of experience as a driver. I've been a driver for 17 years or so. For me, driving has become easy. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean very much. I have no experiences … [Read more...] about Context-Driven Driving

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Process Dynamics

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