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Unclogging the Bug Pipeline

Published: February 26, 2020 by James Bach 11 Comments

(Thanks to Michael Bolton for structural editing and for helping me develop this concept, which grew out of our recent testopsy. Thanks to Frances White and Marius Francu, on the RST Slack forum, for … [Read more...] about Unclogging the Bug Pipeline

Filed Under: Bug Investigation and Reporting, Process Dynamics, Quality, Rapid Software Testing Methodology, Test Reporting

Assess Quality, Don’t Measure It

Published: December 13, 2019 by James Bach 14 Comments

How to measure quality is a popular question. The answer I want to give is easy to say, but not so popular: “Stop! Quality can’t be measured, but it can be discussed and assessed. Focus on that … [Read more...] about Assess Quality, Don’t Measure It

Filed Under: Metrics, Quality, Rapid Software Testing Methodology, Scientific Method, Test Reporting, Testing Culture

To What Have I Been Up?

Published: December 6, 2019 by James Bach 1 Comment

I should blog more. I know. It's good for business. What have I not been blogging? I'm distracted by work. What work? Improving the Rapid Software Testing methodology and training. I am going … [Read more...] about To What Have I Been Up?

Filed Under: About Me, Rapid Software Testing Methodology

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

Why I Am a Tester

Published: May 16, 2019 by James Bach 5 Comments

Alex Bunardzic asked me a question in a comment that inspires me to do a new post: "To me (and I’m sure you’ll find ways to convince me how wrong I am), if someone is intent on improving the … [Read more...] about Why I Am a Tester

Filed Under: About Me, Quality, Testing Culture

The Immaturity of CMM

Published: April 28, 2019 by James Bach 1 Comment

Originally published in 1994, this article pre-dates "Agile" as a named thing. It was written out of a culture that was critiquing authoritarian and factory-oriented approaches to software … [Read more...] about The Immaturity of CMM

Filed Under: Agile Methodology, Critique, Management, Process Dynamics

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

Satisfice Website Quality Assurance

Published: April 22, 2019 by James Bach 1 Comment

I am a tester. I like being a tester. I once was a developer but I would rather be a tester. However, when it comes to this website I have had to go into developer mode. Since I'm also the CEO of … [Read more...] about Satisfice Website Quality Assurance

Filed Under: About Me, Management, Process Dynamics, Quality

New and Improved Site

Published: April 10, 2019 by James Bach 3 Comments

Wow, it takes a long time to make a website that has nice content on it! But here it is. Satisfice 2.0. All modernized. The design is down to Mary Alton. She researched the themes and plug-ins, too. … [Read more...] about New and Improved Site

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What Could Kill Testing?

Published: February 24, 2019 by James Bach 10 Comments

  (I wrote this several years ago with Michael Bolton, but never got around to publishing it... UPDATE: Oh! I did publish this as an editorial in Tea Time for Testers. Well, anyway this is an … [Read more...] about What Could Kill Testing?

Filed Under: Critique, Testing Culture, Testing vs. Checking

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