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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

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

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

Nuance on leaving testing to the experts

Nuance on leaving testing to the experts

Yesterday I wrote a blog post entitled “Leave Testing to the Experts” [https://www.annemariecharrett.com/leave-the-testing-to-the-experts] to which Maaret quickly reacted online and by a post where she strongly disagreed with the sentiment. Disagreement is a very useful tool to clarify your thinking, so thanks Maaret!. It’s allowed

Leave the testing to the experts

Why is it that in a company almost everyone has an opinion and knows the best way to test? What makes so many of these people feel they know how testing ought to be performed? Business people tell me, the tester: > “You should be writing test cases and reporting

The Base Camp Heuristic

The Base Camp Heuristic

The ‘Base Camp’ heuristic is the work required to find any bug. Typically ‘Base Camp’ bugs tend to be low lying fruit and can be found quickly, especially if a tester is experienced. In the world of Daniel Kahneman [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow], these bugs are found

Paying Attention to Paying Attention to Detail

Paying Attention to Paying Attention to Detail

One question I often ask a tester in an interview is what they believe are the essential skills that differentiate a good tester from a great tester. One of the common replies is “Paying attention to detail”. But what does that really mean? Start with detail. What do you mean