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
Heuristics
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
Guide to RST Test Coaching Model
This is a guide to a heuristic model of the tasks and dynamics of coaching testers. My approach to coaching is expertise-based (rather than some generic cheerleading kind of coaching which does not … [Read more...] about Guide to RST Test Coaching Model
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
Technique: Paired Exploratory Survey
I named a technique the other day. It's another one of those things I've been doing for a while, but only now has come crisply into focus as a distinct heuristic of testing: the Paired Exploratory … [Read more...] about Technique: Paired Exploratory Survey
Testing Without a Map
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
A Framework for Good Enough Testing
This article provides a list of questions that ought to be answered if you are evaluating the goodness of your test process. … [Read more...] about A Framework for Good Enough Testing