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# Rapid Testing Intensive 2012: Day 1 Recap
- URL: https://www.kenst.com/rapid-testing-intensive-2012-day-1-recap/
- Published: 2012-07-25T20:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-11T00:14:18.000Z
- Author: Chris Kenst
- Tags: Conference, Testing

This is a previous day recap of the things we did in Rapid Testing Intensive #1, Day 1 on Orcas Island, WA in 2012\. I hope I remember everything. Some of the information I took from Karen Johnson’s internal micro-blog. We’ve got eBay’s support, developers online, ready to help with any bugs we find.

9:00 AM – Description of what we will be doing from Jon and James. How Jira works for reporting bugs, find project documentation, etc.

9:31 AM – First assignment is a Usability Test of eBay Motor’s My Vehicle section. Session testing in pairs. There is a script to follow, find and report bugs as well as fill out the script. Post it to Jira when done.

11:35 AM – Wrap up of the first assignment. Get all bugs in.

11:47 AM – Usability test debrief from Jon and James.

12:00 PM – Lunch time.

1:10 PM – James is talking about Rapid Software Testing.

1:50 PM – James talking about the [Law of Requisite Variety](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety%5F%28cybernetics%29?ref=kenst.com#The%5FLaw%5Fof%5FRequisite%5FVariety).

2:05 PM – Going over notes about RST, James is discussing a style of testing called galumphing. There was [a blog post](http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/467?ref=kenst.com) on this a while back.

2:15 PM – James talking about the heuristic test strategy which can be found [here](http://www.satisfice.com/tools/htsm.pdf?ref=kenst.com).

2:18 PM – Talking about Test Coverage Outlines. This leads to our next assignment.

3:00 PM – Working on the second assignment which is to be grouped into tables. My table is called Tron. We are working on the “data surface” and our job is to create a TCO or Test Coverage Outline.

3:06 PM – Done creating TCOs.

3:10 PM – Jon and James are doing a de-brief and showing off a few of the TCOs.

4:00 PM – James talking about his note-taking while harvesting test ideas.

4:06 PM – Talking about alternation: read the spec, play. Repeat and continue.

4:50 PM – Done for the day.

Photos from the event have been posted on [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/83337442@N02/sets/72157630736424362/?ref=kenst.com).  
Check out the other days:

- [Rapid Testing Intensive 2012: Day 2](https://www.kenst.com/rapid-testing-intensive-2012-day-2/)
- [Rapid Testing Intensive 2012: Day 3](https://www.kenst.com/rapid-testing-intensive-2012-day-3/)
- [Rapid Testing Intensive 2012: Day 4](https://www.kenst.com/rapid-testing-intensive-2012-day-4/)
- [Rapid Testing Intensive 2012: Day 5](https://www.kenst.com/rapid-testing-intensive-2012-day-5/)