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Let’s Encourage Live Thinking

Published: May 29, 2019 by James Bach 5 Comments

In one of my classes, I start things off by challenging the students to "make a diagram of testing." Some people make complicated pictures, some make simple ones. Some are literal, some are … [Read more...] about Let’s Encourage Live Thinking

Filed Under: For Newbies, Test Strategy, Testing Culture

How Much is Enough? Testing as Story-Telling

Published: April 28, 2019 by James Bach Leave a Comment

This was on my old site as an HTML file for a long time. I've re-edited and corrected it for modern times. A classic question asked about test strategy is "How much testing is enough?" If you're … [Read more...] about How Much is Enough? Testing as Story-Telling

Filed Under: Management, Test Reporting, Test Strategy

Round Earth Test Strategy

Published: September 8, 2018 by James Bach 11 Comments

The "test automation pyramid" (for examples, see here, here, and here) is a popular idea, but I see serious problems with it. I suggest in this article an alternative way of thinking that preserves … [Read more...] about Round Earth Test Strategy

Filed Under: Agile Methodology, Automation, Critique, Heuristics, Quality, RST, Test Coverage, Test Strategy, Testability

Rethinking Equivalence Class Partitioning, Part 1

Published: November 27, 2016 by James Bach 14 Comments

Wikipedia's article on equivalence class partitioning (ECP) is a great example of the poor thinking and teaching and writing that often passes for wisdom in the testing field. It's narrow and … [Read more...] about Rethinking Equivalence Class Partitioning, Part 1

Filed Under: Critique, Rapid Software Testing Methodology, Test Coverage, Test Strategy

We. Use. Tools.

Published: January 31, 2016 by James Bach 20 Comments

Context-Driven testers use tools to help ourselves test better. But, there is no such thing as test automation. Want details? Here's the 10,000 word explanation that Michael Bolton and I have been … [Read more...] about We. Use. Tools.

Filed Under: Automation, Context-Driven Testing, Critique, For Newbies, Important!, Rapid Software Testing Methodology, Skills, Test Coverage, Test Oracles, Test Strategy, Testing Culture, Testing vs. Checking

Reinventing Testing: What is Integration Testing? (part 2)

Published: January 25, 2016 by James Bach 10 Comments

These thoughts have become better because of these specific commenters on part 1: Jeff Nyman, James Huggett, Sean McErlean, Liza Ivinskaia, Jokin Aspiazu, Maxim Mikhailov, Anita Gujarathi, Mike Talks, … [Read more...] about Reinventing Testing: What is Integration Testing? (part 2)

Filed Under: Language, Rapid Software Testing Methodology, Risk Analysis, Test Coverage, Test Strategy

Re-Inventing Testing: What is Integration Testing? (Part 1)

Published: January 11, 2016 by James Bach 88 Comments

(Thank you, Anne-Marie Charrett, for reviewing my work and helping with this post.) One of the reasons I obsessively coach other testers is that they help me test my own expertise. Here is a … [Read more...] about Re-Inventing Testing: What is Integration Testing? (Part 1)

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Language, Test Strategy

TestInsane’s Mindmaps Are Crazy Cool

Published: September 2, 2015 by James Bach 5 Comments

Most testing companies offer nothing to the community or the field of testing. They all seem to say they hire only the best experts, but only a very few of them are willing to back that up with … [Read more...] about TestInsane’s Mindmaps Are Crazy Cool

Filed Under: For Newbies, Heuristics, Test Documentation, Test Strategy

Justifying Real Acceptance Testing

Published: December 7, 2013 by James Bach 7 Comments

This post is not about the sort of testing people talk about when nearing a release and deciding whether it's done. I have another word for that. I call it "testing," or sometimes final testing or … [Read more...] about Justifying Real Acceptance Testing

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Exploratory Testing, Language, Management, Risk Analysis, Test Strategy, Testing Culture

Programmer Pairing with a Tester

Published: February 20, 2013 by James Bach 22 Comments

My sister, Erica, is not a programmer. Normally she's not a tester, either. But recently she paired with me, playing a tester role, and spotted bugs while I wrote in Perl. In the process, it became … [Read more...] about Programmer Pairing with a Tester

Filed Under: Agile Methodology, Process Dynamics, Skills, Test Strategy, Testing Culture

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