The following are a few resources I use and recommend others use as well. Take a look and hopefully you can find something useful for yourself.
Bug Reporting Cheat Sheet
The report writer’s job is to describe the bug in a way that helps get it fixed. No one wants to read a bug report that doesn’t make sense, requires too much work to understand or is offensive. This document lays out some advice to help improve that process.
Mindmaps
The following are mindmaps I use regularly. Feel free to use them as a template and make your own changes:
- Heuristic Test Strategy Model [xmind]
- Test Techniques Taxonomy [xmind]
- Parts of the Testing Process [xmind]
Templates for Test Design
- Classic Equivalence Class Table
- Risk Equivalence Class Table
- What to Automate Worksheet (by Angie Jones)
Test Idea Catalogs
Test Idea Catalogs are a list of related items that are effective at finding information (or bugs) that are efficient to use. Here is a hopefully useful list of public ones:
Useful Websites
- Context Driven Testing
- LAWST - The Los Altos Workshop on Software Testing
- AST - The Association for Software Testing
- An open source list of Software Testing Conferences and workshops from around the world
Other:
Software Testing Podcasts:
Software Testing Podcast Playlist
Liked Podcasts:
Podcasts about a range of subjects like writing, entrepreneurship, and general interviews.