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Tyranny of the Innocents, Exhibit A: Gary Cohen

Published: November 13, 2013 by James Bach Leave a Comment

Gary Cohen, Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is not a computer guy. He's a lawyer. He knows the … [Read more...] about Tyranny of the Innocents, Exhibit A: Gary Cohen

Filed Under: Buggy Products, Management, Test Reporting, Testing Culture

Healthcare.gov and the Tyranny of the Innocents

Published: November 13, 2013 by James Bach 9 Comments

The failure of Healthcare.gov is probably not because of sinister people. It's probably because of the innocents who run the project. These well-intentioned people are truly as naive as little … [Read more...] about Healthcare.gov and the Tyranny of the Innocents

Filed Under: Buggy Products, Management, Test Reporting, Testing Culture

Seven Kinds of Testers

Published: July 5, 2013 by James Bach 51 Comments

Most of my work is teaching, coaching, and evaluating testers. But as a humanist, I want to apply the Diversity Heuristic: our differences can make us a stronger team. That means I can't pick one … [Read more...] about Seven Kinds of Testers

Filed Under: For Newbies, Management, Testing Culture

A Tester’s Commitments

Published: November 16, 2011 by James Bach 28 Comments

This is the latest version of the commitments I make when I work with a programmer. Dear Programmer,   My job is to help you look good. My job is to support you as you create quality; to ease … [Read more...] about A Tester’s Commitments

Filed Under: Agile Methodology, Ethics, For Newbies, Management, Testing Culture, Working with Non-Testers

Technique: Paired Exploratory Survey

Published: August 17, 2011 by James Bach 8 Comments

I named a technique the other day. It's another one of those things I've been doing for a while, but only now has come crisply into focus as a distinct heuristic of testing: the Paired Exploratory … [Read more...] about Technique: Paired Exploratory Survey

Filed Under: Agile Methodology, Exploratory Testing, Heuristics, Management, Skills, Test Strategy Tagged With: Heuristics

Introducing Thread-Based Test Management

Published: August 26, 2010 by James Bach 15 Comments

Most of the testing world is managed around artifacts: test cases, test documents, bug reports. If you look at any "test management" tool, you'll see that the artifact-based approach permeates it. … [Read more...] about Introducing Thread-Based Test Management

Filed Under: Exploratory Testing, Management, Rapid Software Testing Methodology, Test Reporting

Michelle Smith: True Test Leadership

Published: March 22, 2009 by James Bach 4 Comments

I'm delighted to read Michelle Smith's play-by-play description of how she is coaching new testers. Take a look. Let me catalog the coolnesses: 1. "The team I work with was previously exposed to … [Read more...] about Michelle Smith: True Test Leadership

Filed Under: Management, Rapid Software Testing Methodology, Skills

Yaron Sinai Says Stop Thinking, Stupid Tester

Published: March 9, 2009 by James Bach 13 Comments

The Factory School is that community of process people who believe testing benefits from eliminating the human element as much as possible. They wish to mechanize testing, and to condition the humans … [Read more...] about Yaron Sinai Says Stop Thinking, Stupid Tester

Filed Under: Critique, Management, Testing vs. Checking

Self-Discipline Redux

Published: December 15, 2007 by James Bach 3 Comments

I want to follow up on what I said about discipline in yesterday's post. I said that discipline is "motivation without reason." I stand by that, as far as it goes, but there's more to discipline than … [Read more...] about Self-Discipline Redux

Filed Under: Language, Management

Question: How to Rapidly Test Maintenance Releases?

Published: November 1, 2006 by James Bach Leave a Comment

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?

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, FAQ, Management, Test Strategy

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