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Articles and material related to software testing created by Anne-Marie Charrett. Includes exploratory testing, testing strategy, test design and test reporting

Dublin Software Testers Meetup

Dublin Software Testers Meetup

A reminder to anyone in Dublin or if you are in Dublin in Business, to come along to the Dublin Software Tester Meetup. Details are: Time: June 16, 2009 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm Location: the Library Bar, Central Hotel Street: Exchequer Street, City/Town: Dublin, Ireland Website or

I have a dream..a software testing dream

I have a dream..a software testing dream

Tester Tested [http://testertested.blogspot.com/2009/05/testing-experience-magazine-voice-of.html] wrote a post on the amount of ISTQB advertising (direct and indirect) a testing magazine had. His main point was, if its a Professional Magazine for all testers why does it lean to ISTQB all the time? Talk was made

In defense of the humble spreadsheet

In defense of the humble spreadsheet

I wrote a post a while ago on scoping out your tests [https://www.annemariecharrett.com/software-test-templates-scoping-out-your-tests/]. In it I described how I use Excel spreadsheets to scope out and estimate what I need to test.Judging by the comments I got back then, Excel spreadsheets in software testing have

Software Testing & Startups Talk in Dublin and Belfast

If anyone is interested there will be a softtest event this month (May) in Dublin and Belfast. I am giving a talk on software testing and startups. Here’s the abstract Software Testing in the world of Start Ups This presentation offers a glimpse into software testing in the world

Date set for Dublin Software Testers Meetup

Date set for Dublin Software Testers Meetup

Put the 16th of June into your diary. Is the inaugural meetup for the Dublin Software testers. The venue is the Library Bar, Central Hotel, Exchequer Street [http://www.pininthemap.com/pp1efb30208acdac9d7]. Its on the first floor. Time is from 7.30 pm This is a social event for software

Dublin Software Testing Group

Online networks are great for sharing knowledge and meeting fellow testers. In particular, I am a fan of the software testing club [http://softwaretestingclub.com] . However, even better is a face to face meet. Thats why I’m setting up a Dublin monthly software testers group. The aim is to

This heuristic is backwards

This heuristic is backwards

Recently, I’ve been asked to make some comments on a book. I’m using a technique I ‘discovered’ in my early days of testing. I am calling it the ‘Backwards Heuristic’. In my early days of testing when I had to review documents, I lacked the confidence to speak