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
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Rapid Testing for Rapid Maintenance
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 … [Read more...] about Rapid Testing for Rapid Maintenance
Elements of Excellent Testing
A concise list of the skills, dynamics, and work products of excellent testing. … [Read more...] about Elements of Excellent Testing
How to Think About Roles and Actors
What I mean by a role is a task that is associated with a contract. In other words, it is a situation where someone has agreed to do something. This is a little more specific than the typical … [Read more...] about How to Think About Roles and Actors
How RST is Different From “Factory-Style” Testing
This document lays out, in many dimensions, how RST methodology differs from and contradicts the type of testing advocated by the ISTQB, TMAP, and similar systems. In my opinion, which is informed by … [Read more...] about How RST is Different From “Factory-Style” Testing
How To Talk About Testing
It's not easy to talk about testing. This is a guide to avoiding the big pitfalls and having some of those difficult conversations. … [Read more...] about How To Talk About Testing
Test Estimation Poster
This is a set of guidewords and questions that help me navigate the problem of estimating a test project. … [Read more...] about Test Estimation Poster
Test Cases Are Not Testing
This is an article by me and Aaron Hodder for the debut issue of Testing Trapeze. In this article, we explain why creating and performing test cases is not the same thing as doing testing. In fact, … [Read more...] about Test Cases Are Not Testing
How Do I Know I am Context-Driven?
I am one of the founders of the Context-Driven school of software testing thought. This is a paradigm that stands apart from the Agile or the "Factory" ways of seeing the world. The Factory paradigm … [Read more...] about How Do I Know I am Context-Driven?
The Rise of the Intellectual Indian Software Tester
I visited India and got excited about the quality of the testing minds I encountered there. This is an article published in three parts in Tea Time for Testers (12/12, 01/13, and 02/13, respectively). … [Read more...] about The Rise of the Intellectual Indian Software Tester