Based on some current work, I’m going to need to extend my test strategy mnemonic to include ‘Accountabilities’.   That gives me a ton of options, such as ‘Gated Script Rats’, ‘Script a test drag’, ‘Attracts Red Pigs’ or ‘Egad! Script tarts’.

I’ll update once I’ve decided, but feel free to offer your favourites from the Anagram server, here and here.

Matt Heusser is describing his challenge to test various inanimate objects – An egg, a stapler, a salt shaker and a knife. Read it here, but be sure to come back for the rest of the problem.

I’d now like you to spend a few minutes thinking about how you might go about testing an egg.

Now I’d like you to read this and this. (Oh, read this if you can’t read Chinese. Oops). Now ask yourself if there’s anything you’d like to change about your egg-testing strategy. Or another question you think might be worth asking before you start testing the egg.

The questions that leap out at me are -

- Who am I testing this for?
- What is the purpose of the egg?

When testing, we often assume the answer to these questions without checking what our mission really is. This can lead to unwelcome surprises at the pointy end of the project.

Now you can read this and start thinking about your egg testing strategy again! Happy testing…