May 18, 2014 | Context Driven, Exploratory, Podcast, STP Radio, Testing
Directly from his home on the West Coast of the USA James Bach, the original self-proclaimed Buchaneer-Scholar himself joins us for “test” of his thinking about the recent STPCON keynote on the schools of software testing and how he might juxtapose his own...
May 16, 2014 | Exploratory, Testing
As testers, we tend to be analytical thinkers by nature. This is a valuable quality in our work, but how often do we take note of how we exercise those skills in other areas of our life? The following is a true story of three software testers attempting to install a...
May 8, 2012 | Exploratory, Featured, Testing
Exploratory testing can be termed: the freedom of the tester’s passion to appreciate the software. Most of the script-based testing is observed to work under some commonly followed work procedures. But under some of the varying demands of the customer...
Jun 14, 2011 | Exploratory, Leadership, Testing
He’s worked at some of the most innovative companies in Silicon Valley, co-authored a best-selling test textbook, keynoted at every international test conference, and, yes, has primary credit for popularizing the term “exploratory testing.” Did I...
Jun 14, 2011 | Exploratory, Testing
“Just back a little… bit… more…” Jenny struggled with her words, so much of her energy being consumed in processing the image in her viewfinder. Her assistant Martin drew the disc-shaped diffuser back an amount so small that the model...
Jun 2, 2011 | Agile, Exploratory, Management, Testing
Developers can help with the testing bottleneck, by executing scripts predefined by the tester. However, this does come with a risk because one test approach that is difficult to handover is the exploratory side of things. Let me explain… Since moving into agile...
