This is an article about being the only testing specialist on the team. Sound familiar? … [Read more...] about Omega Tester: Testing With a Team of One
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Dinner With a Rapid Software Testing Manager
Jon Bach is an excellent test manager. One of the finest I have known. Jon is my younger brother. I got him into testing and trained him. He worked for me for a couple of years. But we eventually … [Read more...] about Dinner With a Rapid Software Testing Manager
Allpairs
Let's say you must test something that involves a lot of different variables. Configuration testing is like that: different printers, different print options, different documents. Who knows what … [Read more...] about Allpairs
Perlclip
Sometimes you need to test a text field or document with different kinds of stressful inputs. But, it can be a pain to prepare the text data. PerlClip is a tool that helps you do that. PerlClip places … [Read more...] about Perlclip
Pairwise Testing: A Best Practice That Isn’t
Combinatorial testing is one of my favorite things. And pairwise (aka all-pairs) test coverage is a popular combinatorial technique. But, just as with all other techniques, the hype around pairwise … [Read more...] about Pairwise Testing: A Best Practice That Isn’t
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
Bug Metrics Tutorial
These are the slides from one of my tutorials about bug metrics. … [Read more...] about Bug Metrics Tutorial
Troubleshooting Risk-Based Testing
This article came out of my experiences consulting around risk-based testing. … [Read more...] about Troubleshooting Risk-Based Testing
Session-Based Test Management
This is the seminal article on Session-Based Test Management, written by my brother Jon and I based on the process we pioneered at Hewlett-Packard. SBTM is a kind of activity-based test management … [Read more...] about Session-Based Test Management
Investigating Bugs: A Testing Skills Study
Back in the year 2000, a company hired me to help them develop a professional testing culture. As part of that process, I found a team of highly regarded testers and studied their approach to bug … [Read more...] about Investigating Bugs: A Testing Skills Study