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Pradeep Pulls The Tail of the ISTQB

Published: May 29, 2009 by James Bach 21 Comments

Pradeep Soundararajan got threatened with lawyers when he criticized Testing Experience magazine for being under the thumb of the ISTQB (for those who don't yet know, the ISTQB are the guys who want … [Read more...] about Pradeep Pulls The Tail of the ISTQB

Filed Under: Certification, Testing Culture

A View From Inside ISTQB/ISEB

Published: May 4, 2008 by James Bach 30 Comments

Alan Richardson writes this commentary from inside one of the stupidest of the certification programs: the ISTQB (well, he says "ISEB", but by all accounts, it's being taken over by ISTQB … [Read more...] about A View From Inside ISTQB/ISEB

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34 Years in Testing

Published: May 23, 2021 by James Bach 25 Comments

This past Friday, May 21st, 2021, was exactly 34 years since my first day at Apple Computer as a tester. Before that I was a dev, but I have been a tester ever since. This has put me in a … [Read more...] about 34 Years in Testing

Filed Under: About Me, Agile Methodology, Critique, Rapid Software Testing Methodology, RST, Testing Culture

My War: Agency vs. Algorithm

Published: February 8, 2018 by James Bach 15 Comments

In a recent Twitter conversation, yet again someone who should know better claimed that testing improves quality, and yet again Michael Bolton and I rose to speak against that notion. Our … [Read more...] about My War: Agency vs. Algorithm

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Let’s test at Let’s Test

Published: May 22, 2014 by James Bach 5 Comments

I've been telling people that the best conference I know for thinking testers is Let's Test (followed closely by CAST, which I will also be at, this year, in New York). Let's Test was created by … [Read more...] about Let’s test at Let’s Test

Filed Under: About Me, Context-Driven Testing, Testing Culture

Integrity #3: A Testimonial

Published: January 8, 2014 by James Bach 5 Comments

Oliver Erlewein is an automation specialist. He's respected in the Context-Driven Testing community of New Zealand and has been an agitator pushing back against the ISTQB. After some years of … [Read more...] about Integrity #3: A Testimonial

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How I Invented Sympathetic Testing

Published: March 17, 2012 by James Bach 3 Comments

I did not invent sympathetic testing. Anyone who says I claim to have invented it will have only read the title of this post, but nothing further. Now you know. I may have been the first in my circle … [Read more...] about How I Invented Sympathetic Testing

Filed Under: Ethics, Language, Testing Culture

What We Read

Published: March 6, 2012 by James Bach 34 Comments

I staggered out of the Cambridge Press bookstore a bit dazed, today, having gorged on 21 books. [Addendum: I mean by this that I browsed them, purchased them, and had them shipped home.] If you want … [Read more...] about What We Read

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Skills, Testing Culture

Exploratory Testing is not “Experienced-Based” Testing

Published: December 9, 2011 by James Bach 16 Comments

Prabhat Nayak is yet another thinking tester recently hired by the rising Indian testing powerhouse, Moolya. Speaking of the ISTQB syllabus, he writes: One such disagreement of mine is they have put … [Read more...] about Exploratory Testing is not “Experienced-Based” Testing

Filed Under: Critique, Exploratory Testing, Process Dynamics

Bach Brothers Legion of Testing Merit

Published: August 5, 2011 by James Bach 38 Comments

My brother and I are instituting a new award at the CAST conference on Monday: The Bach Brothers Legion of Testing Merit. We will give this award periodically in recognition of certain testers who, … [Read more...] about Bach Brothers Legion of Testing Merit

Filed Under: Testing Culture

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