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Metrics, T-shirts and Quality Engineering

Metrics, T-shirts and Quality Engineering

I got up early to give an AMA on Quality Engineering with those fabulous people at Ministry of Testing. Turns out when you say Ask Me Anything (AMA)- it really does mean that. My favourite question is – what *is* that on your t-shirt? Well, there’s a story on

How to avoid being fooled in software testing

How to avoid being fooled in software testing

As software testers, our role is to avoid being fooled by stuff that is potentially fooling others. For instance, we try to avoid being fooled by the product, we do that by testing with more than one piece of data. We try to avoid being fooled by stories as they

Quality is a journey - but do you know your destination?

Quality is a journey - but do you know your destination?

After any decent exposure to software testing, Jerry Weinberg’s definition of quality tends to gain traction and respect. That is “Quality is value to some person”. You like it because of its subjectivity. You may also hate it because of its subjectivity. Remember that bug report you raised only

Free Online Coaching on software testing

Free Online Coaching on software testing

[the offer for free coaching is now closed. Coaching is available but a fee applies] I’m offering free online coaching on software testing this week and next week. The coaching session is approximately 90 minutes where you will test something for me and we will then review and discuss

Five Crimes against Testing

Five Crimes against Testing

Five crimes against testing that I see repeatedly executed. Testing and Quality are the same things Just because you test, it doesn’t mean you have a quality product. Sounds obvious right? But why then is quality assigned to one person. Why have a Quality Gatekeeper? Testing shines a light

Badass Tester Marshmallow

Badass Tester Marshmallow

When Keith worked at Barclays he held me up as the pinnacle of what a badass tester was. I found this funny as only the other week I had been called a marshmallow and so the phrase ‘badass tester marshmallow’ was born. Why was I given the name ‘badass tester’

A different perspective on Boundary Testing

A different perspective on Boundary Testing

The book ‘Boundaries after a pathological relationship [https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00NHTXEOK/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title]‘ by Adele Birch has a load of practical advice on boundaries in relationships. As Trish Khoo [https://trishkhoo.com/] who recommended it to me said: “even if you don’t