Interview With Griffin Jones
Hi Griffin, it has been an honour to interview for this special issue of Tea-time with Testers. Please tell us how have you been and what are you up to? It is nice to talk with you again – I’ve been very busy. Since we...
Untangling Testability
In this article, I’ll share the story of how my understanding of testability has evolved over the last fifteen years. Hopefully, once you’ve read the post you’ll share my enthusiasm for all things testability. I’ve discovered that a whole team focus on testability is one...
Excellence In Testing, Today More Than Ever
What is excellence? Most places will define excellence as outstanding, being extremely good, the quality of excelling at something, or being the best at what you do. All these are good definitions, but when I look at testing and specifically at excellence in testing, I...
What Do We Really Mean When We Say Quality?
How does your team or organization measure quality? People often equate testing to good quality or ‘quality assurance’, but if you have good testing practices, does that mean you have a good quality product? Many teams measure process quality and don’t realize they forget about...
Enlightening In Testing
Something about knowledge. What you cannot know E. W. Dijkstra expressed this principle of testing in 1969: Testing shows the presence, not the absence of bugs. Dijkstra was discussing testing with researchers focused on finding ways to prove that code was working. They were in...
Addressing The Risk Of Exploratory Testing Part 2
In my experience, by far the biggest risk to the successful implementation of Exploratory Testing (ET) is the complete misunderstanding of what is meant by the term. In this series of articles, I share the concerns that have arisen whilst implementing ET and some potential...
Addressing The Risk Of Exploratory Testing Part 3
In my experience, by far the biggest risk to the successful implementation of Exploratory Testing (ET) is the complete misunderstanding of what is meant by the term. In this series of articles, I‘ve shared the concerns that have arisen whilst implementing ET and some potential...
Addressing The Risk Of Exploratory Test Part 1
In my experience, by far the biggest risk to the successful implementation of Exploratory Testing is the complete m also trying it for the first time. Three years ago I was the first test manager in my company (to my knowledge) to formally introduce Exploratory...
ISTQB, Fever Dreams and Testing
Someone over at the self-proclaimed united nations of testers, also known as the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) published recently a letter (a white paper really) of what I assume is the result of having a fever dream after having watched Blade Runner 2049....
Having Fun with your Testing Team
If you feel that your testing team has a low level of interaction and motivation, it is time to introduce some activities that could help you to exchange knowledge, share experiences and strengthen the links between team members. In this article, I will tell you...