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Beyond the Black Stump

Beyond the Black Stump

In Australia, the black stump [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stump] is a metaphor or the edge of European civilisation., an imaginary beyond which point at the country was considered remote and unknown. (Of course that wasn't true it was the home of a civilisation that was

Who moved my risk?

Who moved my risk?

We know quality is ‘value to some person’, so it stands to reason that risk is also subjective. If we use risk as a factor to determine what to test, then how you test, what you test and your testing strategy will evolve and change. Is it though? Think of

Black Box Testing

Black Box Testing

Like many young children, my niece Emily was a little scared of going into the ocean. It was a beautiful Irish June day, and my mother could see she wanted to join all the other children splashing about and having fun. She took her by the hand and led her

Software Testers: Simply the best

Software Testers: Simply the best

Software Tester’s are a rare breed. We perform a role that can be difficult and not always fully appreciated or recognised. We are often the sceptic on the team, raising difficult questions when no one wants to hear them. We discover unplanned work, we question design, we uncover ambiguity.

Shallow Testing gets a bad rap

Shallow Testing gets a bad rap

In my Exploratory Testing class, I talk about shallow and deep exploration. When you say the word exploratory testing, many think, ‘just playing around’ on the product. And to some extent that’s true, a good true. So when I talked about shallow exploration it seemed to fit. Different from

Blogging on the Bus: An imperfect series

Blogging on the Bus: An imperfect series

I have more draft blog posts than published and I have a lot of ideas I want to write about. I’ve challenging myself to write short imperfect blog posts that I can write on my bus trip to work. That’s about an hour. They will be rough and

Observability meet Qualtability

Observability meet Qualtability

Observability, colloquially known as 011y, meet Qualtability (also answers to q10y). For those of you new to my blog, My name is Anne-Marie Charrett (@charrett [https://twitter.com/charrett] on twitter). I’m a quality engineer by trade, a software tester by craft. I’ve always been passionate about pulling