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Articles: These are PDFs of white papers and other published work.

Testing Without a Map

Published: January 15, 2005 by James Bach Leave a Comment

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This is a worked-out example and discussion of how to do one kind of exploratory testing: reconnaissance and fast evaluation of a product that you've never seen before (we now call this "survey … [Read more...] about Testing Without a Map

Inside the Mind of an Exploratory Tester

Published: November 1, 2003 by James Bach Leave a Comment

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I no longer like to speak of "exploratory testers" because I think all testing worth doing is exploratory. My word for exploratory testing is simply "tester." Or perhaps "skilled tester." There are … [Read more...] about Inside the Mind of an Exploratory Tester

Troubleshooting Risk-Based Testing

Published: May 20, 2003 by James Bach Leave a Comment

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This article came out of my experiences consulting around risk-based testing. … [Read more...] about Troubleshooting Risk-Based Testing

Value Without Numbers

Published: July 1, 2002 by James Bach Leave a Comment

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When competent managers think about the value of work, they are not limited to thinking about metrics. In fact, numbers are a pretty bad way to about software and software projects. I recommend that … [Read more...] about Value Without Numbers

Explaining Testing To THEM

Published: November 1, 2001 by James Bach Leave a Comment

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If you are a testing specialist, now more than ever, you must be able to explain testing to other people. … [Read more...] about Explaining Testing To THEM

Session-Based Test Management

Published: November 1, 2000 by James Bach Leave a Comment

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This is the seminal article on Session-Based Test Management, written by my brother Jon and I based on the process we pioneered at Hewlett-Packard. SBTM is a kind of activity-based test management … [Read more...] about Session-Based Test Management

Investigating Bugs: A Testing Skills Study

Published: October 1, 2000 by James Bach 1 Comment

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Back in the year 2000, a company hired me to help them develop a professional testing culture. As part of that process, I found a team of highly regarded testers and studied their approach to bug … [Read more...] about Investigating Bugs: A Testing Skills Study

What Software Reality is Really About

Published: December 1, 1999 by James Bach Leave a Comment

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Bach, J. (1999). What software reality is really about. Computer, 32(12), 148–149. https://doi.org/10.1109/2.809258 My final article for my Software Realities column in IEEE Computer magazine … [Read more...] about What Software Reality is Really About

Heuristic Risk-Based Software Testing

Published: November 1, 1999 by James Bach Leave a Comment

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This is my original article on risk-based testing. I've changed some of my terminology, since '99, but this is still useful. … [Read more...] about Heuristic Risk-Based Software Testing

Playing the Expert Game

Published: August 1, 1999 by James Bach Leave a Comment

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Bach, J. (1999). Playing the Expert Game. Computer, 32, 99–101. https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.1999.10096 My brother Jon and I developed this article from a conversation about how he … [Read more...] about Playing the Expert Game

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