A rookie tester asked me this question. They are experienced in software development, and their grad school work was in a highly specialized area of mathematics. They have been hired to do a very particular type of testing that they...
While many of us drone on about scripted testing vs. exploratory testing, the reality is on real projects we tend to execute testing with a blend of both. It often feels lop-sided - on many projects, scripted testing is the...
We're pleased to announce a new open source, lightweight session-based testing management tool called Session Tester. Aaron West and I have been working on this project off and on for quite a while, and finally have a public beta release....
This month, David Hussman and I collaborated on a piece for SQE's Iterations newsletter. Check it out here: Iterations January 2009. We talk about the dominance of the manufacturing metaphor in software development, and propose music as an alternative. Be...
I stumbled across a presentation by Luke Francl called: Testing is Overrated. He could have called it: "programmer testing is overrated" but that doesn't have as much zing to it. His slides display a refreshing reminder to look for balance...