Reference Docs: These documents are practical guides for working testers.

This document describes the logic behind the idea of doing "responsible work" and specifically what it means to use AI responsibly in your work. … [Read more...] about Responsible Work

This document describes my policy for letting AI help me in writing. … [Read more...] about AI Writing Policy

The HTSM (v.6.3) is a set of guideword heuristics designed to help you think better about test strategy. It includes four focus areas: test techniques, project elements, product factors, and quality … [Read more...] about Heuristic Test Strategy Model

This is a concise description and guidewords for five kinds of testability: epistemic, value-related, project-related, subjective, and intrinsic. Version 2.9 … [Read more...] about Heuristics of Software Testability

These are the appendices to the Rapid Software Testing Explored class. We also use variations of this in the other RST classes. Version 5.7.1 … [Read more...] about RSTE Appendices

Reasons why dedicated testers are useful to have on a software development team. … [Read more...] about Why Testers?

Why ChatGPT is not a good or efficient tester. … [Read more...] about Appendix: ChatGPT Sucks at Being a Testing Expert

Test session reports are a part of session-based test management. This is a checklist for helping you make a good test session report. … [Read more...] about SBTM Session Report Checklist

There are many ways to diagram the testing process, but this is my current favorite. This diagram is also an illustration of how test framing works. Test framing is the process of relating … [Read more...] about A Rapid Software Testing Framework

A concise list of the skills, dynamics, and work products of excellent testing. … [Read more...] about Elements of Excellent Testing