…re-configuring for current context…
A recurring question in discussions, tests, books, interviews, and blogs is “How would you test this?”.
But two questions of perhaps equal importance is “why would you test this?”, and “what do you actually mean by test”? Continue reading “This Testing Thing”
Surely, Plato said, knowledge is the food of the soul. Personally I’m not too sure about that soul thingy, but knowledge, understanding, and one day maybe even wisdom, can surely come in handy. Continue reading “And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul?”
I just read a post by Tony Bruce on making excuses for why a bug was not found until later testing cycles/UAT/Production. Good post, great read, as always. You can find it at dancedwiththetester.blogspot.co.uk
In the last part of the post Tony writes:
I am not a gate keeper, I am an information provider, I have limited time to provide what information I can. I will do my best, the people around me will do their best and sometimes we will not be able to investigate everything.
This reminded me of a matter that has been bugging me a bit for a while; I see a lot of people stating that “Testing is…” and then some definition or list of tasks as if this is the One and Only Truth.
Oh yeah? Is it really? According to whom? Who decides? Continue reading “Who defines Testing?”
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