Tag: Software Testing
The simple things in life…
November 27, 2006
Does your system accept real world data? Does it restrict the lengths of fields and/or prevent certain characters from being entered? How do you know when you are allowing the right kinds of data? While chatting with colleagues about the NOTAG bug and some of the features of the system we are working on (it […]
Software testing in Korea
November 22, 2006
While I wasn’t able to find out much about Korean software testing as a whole, one of the cool things about attending the Korean Games conference was a chance to pick up some Korean testing vocabulary. Here are today’s words – ê²€ì¦ (Geom-jeung) – Verification 추ì (Chu-jeok) – Tracking ì§€ì› (Ji-won) – Support 가능성/가능 테스트 […]
Bug, or not?
November 21, 2006
What do you think?
Back from Korea
November 20, 2006
I know I don’t write that frequently, but I have an excuse for the extended break this time – a five week visit to South Korea. I had thought about advertising my absence, but it occurred to me that if there is some criminally minded person paying attention to my blog, they could quite easily […]
Today's testing heuristic – SEP
September 15, 2006
Having seen a number of testers posting their heuristics on Testing reflections, I thought I might chime in with one that popped into my head. I’m calling it the SEP heuristic, which is probably all you need to know about it if you are familiar with Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide books. It is simply this […]
Rolling your own methodology
August 14, 2006
I came across someone asking for an answer to the old “How do you test a stapler” question, and in light of my new role, I thought this was a good opportunity to start taking up James Bach’s methodology challenge, using the stapler example as a starting point. I’m starting with the meta-questions, those which […]
Personas, substruction and other trades’ tricks
July 30, 2006
Developing personas is a well-described technique (see Alan Cooper’s ‘The Inmates are Running the Asylum’ and Mike Cohn’s ‘User Stories Applied’) for considering the different kinds of users of the system we are developing. On a recent project, we began considering the different users who might want to user our product. In the process, I […]
Job hunting and domain-shifting
June 27, 2006
I was responding to a posting on usenet on the trials of transitioning from a hardware and device testing role to a software testing role. Â To me, this breaks down to creating a resume which focuses on the critical, non-domain related skills of testing. Â I think this advice is applicable to anyone seeking to move […]
Tester meetup in Melbourne, Australia
December 6, 2005
I’ve been (very) slowly collecting names and email addresses of enthusiastic testers in Melbourne, and have been hoping to organise some kind of meetup or regular drinks night. Is anyone from Melbourne reading? If so, drop a comment. If there is enough interest, I will post a venue/time. Erik, you must come! Note: This now […]
Do you get annoyed with…
July 22, 2004
…tools for thinking workers which don’t work the way they think, and don’t help support thinking? Which tools have you used that don’t leave you with this feeling? Which tools make you feel this way? My list- – Mercury products I’ve used – Rational Robot (for performance testing) – Lots of programming languages. Korean makes […]