The HTSM (v.6.0) 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 elements, and quality … [Read more...] about Heuristic Test Strategy Model
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SBTM Session Report Checklist
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
A Rapid Software Testing Framework
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
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 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
Rapid Testing Guide to Making Good Bug Reports
This is a general guide to writing good bug reports. … [Read more...] about Rapid Testing Guide to Making Good Bug Reports
RSTE Appendices
These are the appendices to the Rapid Software Testing Explored class. We also use variations of this in the other RST classes. Version 5.5 … [Read more...] about RSTE Appendices
How to Evolve a Context-Driven Test Plan
This is a process guide for creating a good test plan within the RST methodology. It consists of seven tasks. The tasks can be performed in any order, or simultaneously and iteratively. … [Read more...] about How to Evolve a Context-Driven Test Plan