September 29, 2009 9:49 PM
Posted by: MichaelDKelly
Add new tag,
exploratory testing,
software performance testing,
Software testingWhenever I walk into a movie theater, I remember when I tested a self-service ticket machine. No one was paying me to test the kiosk. I was just killing time, waiting at a theater for someone to join me to watch a movie. The machine looked and functioned similar to an ATM. You select your movie,...
September 28, 2009 4:31 PM
Posted by: MichaelDKelly
When I lead testing teams, the teams are typically doing session-based exploratory testing. A big part of session-based exploratory testing is the debrief. When testers complete a testing session (a time boxed testing effort focused on a specific test mission) they debrief with me as the testing...
September 28, 2009 4:26 PM
Posted by: MichaelDKelly
Determining testing coverage is about figuring out what you're going to test in the application. When I start this process, I start with a coverage outline. And while I like to develop coverage outlines in Excel, you can use just about any application you'd like. A lot of people use mind mapping...
September 23, 2009 2:31 PM
Posted by: MichaelDKelly
software development,
Software testing,
software testing teamsHaving tested software during many projects, I've seen that the most effective testers are the ones who start early -- and I don't mean the ones who start testing early. I'll explain what I mean with this step-by-step tour of a pattern I've noticed multiple times in software testing projects.
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September 21, 2009 1:48 PM
Posted by: MichaelDKelly
software,
software test plans,
Software testingThere's nothing more intimidating than a blank sheet of paper. Writers know this to be true, but so do test managers. The easy way out is to pull out a template and to start filling in the various "recommended" sections and details. An even easier approach is to pull out a past test plan and to...
September 16, 2009 6:08 PM
Posted by: MichaelDKelly
software bugs,
Software testing,
Windows NotepadBefore Windows Vista came along and ruined it all, I previously used a bug in Windows Notepad to illustrate a problem testers often face. Vista ruined it by fixing the bug. If you have a version of Windows pre-Vista, you can still try this bug out. To reproduce the issue, open Notepad and type...
September 16, 2009 6:04 PM
Posted by: MichaelDKelly
heuristics,
software bugs,
Software testingRecently, fellow SearchSoftwareQuality.com expert David Christiansen shared his post about experiences with testing ruts that he gets into and what he does to stay out of those ruts.
What resonated with me was his description of how he sometimes doesn't feel like working to isolate bugs:
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September 16, 2009 5:41 PM
Posted by: Daniel Mondello
AJAX,
AJAX Experience 2009,
cross-platform,
RIA,
rich Iternet applications,
web developmentThe topic of cross-platform usability came up in several sessions at this year's Ajax Experience in Boston Massachusetts. Naturally, Ajax is so popular because its open standards model is supported by many browsers and platforms. Speakers...
September 15, 2009 8:00 PM
Posted by: Jan Stafford
Concurrency defects in multi-core or multi-threaded applications are probably the source of more troublesome problems than other defects in recent history, Coverity’s Mark Donsky told me recently. These defects are tricky, because they are “virtually impossible to reduce reliably,” he said,...
