Passing and failing tests considered harmful
Alan Page of Microsoft suggests that there is a perfect world of passed and failed tests, and shades of grey that help us provide more useful information. He then asks “What else do you report as test...
View ArticleThinking about Test Strategy – A mnemonic device
I’ve recently been on the move a little, and have had a lot of chances to work on test strategy. I generally have historical documents to work from, but decided I should try to come up with a mnemonic...
View ArticleTest Strategy Mnemonics
Based on some current work, I’m going to need to extend my test strategy mnemonic to include ‘Accountabilities’. That gives me a ton of options, such as ‘Gated Script Rats’, ‘Script a test drag’,...
View ArticleTools for thinking about context – Agile sliders reimagined
Philosophically, I’m aligned to the context-driven testing view of the world. Largely, this is influenced by a very early awareness of contextual factors to success in my first job, and the wild...
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How to write a test strategy
I’ve documented my overall approach to rapid, lightweight test strategy before but thought it might be helpful to post an example. If you haven’t read the original post above, see that first. This is...
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