June 10, 2008December 27, 2022Test cases Middle ground You know, I once came in partway through a project with test cases that were a little light on the details, like: […]
June 6, 2008December 27, 2022Automation Hypothetical Imagine there are two hunters, Iggy and Norgu. They go hunting every day in the forest, looking for deer. They know from […]
June 3, 2008December 27, 2022Automation Automation with a purpose Very few automators have the time to automate tests to cover every test case for every feature. However, it is usually possible […]
June 3, 2008December 27, 2022News A new world of blog Hi everybody, you may remember me from such blogs as http://hogfish.spaces.live.com/. Well I thought it’s about time I set up a decent […]
December 20, 2006December 27, 2022Test cases Test Cases – the search continues The search for the perfect test case format I mean. Ideally a test case document should be such that any n00b can […]
December 20, 2006December 27, 2022Random musings Innocent until proven guilty I think there is a lot to be said about the attitude of a tester. Imagine you are one of those cops […]
November 30, 2006December 27, 2022Test cases Writing test cases in such a way that your brain does not escape Writing test cases is one of the most exciting parts of being a tester. Honestly, not a day goes by when I […]
November 23, 2006December 27, 2022Defect tracking Triage My MSN special message often features something about “triage”, and one of my esteemed colleagues suggested I write a blog entry about […]
November 15, 2006December 27, 2022Bugs The importance of raising issues properly Imagine you’ve just joined a project that’s been going for 6 months. Maybe you’re the first tester to enter the project for […]
October 24, 2006December 27, 2022Manual testing Imagination is a wonderful thing Here’s a little something I like to do when I’m running short of bugs to find and generally getting kind of bored […]