BBST - Chris Kenst

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Came for the training, stayed for the community

Came for the training, stayed for the community

When I look back on my nearly decade journey in the testing community, it all started with the Association for Software Testing. I came to the AST seeking their BBST courses, but I stayed for the supportive community of people I met both online and afk. Once Upon a Time

Better Tester Training Materials

Better Tester Training Materials

Last month the Association for Software Testing (AST) announced a new partnership with Altom, the owner of BBST®, that enables the AST to refresh our curriculum lineup with the new BBST® Community Track and help fund the future growth of the materials. This partnership and refresh are a huge milestone

Getting better at Domain Testing

In late January of 2014, after the Workshop on Teaching Software Testing (WTST) at Florida Institute of Technology, Dr. Cem Kaner and Dr. Rebecca Fiedler put together a 5-day pilot course to beta test a new Black Box Software Testing (BBST) course called Domain Testing. I was one of ten

Conference Idea - A Bug Advocacy Boot Camp?

If someone asked you to speak at or submit a proposal to speak at a conference do you know what you’d say? I’d say no thanks for now, but I do have an idea for a tutorial. (This is a not-so-well thought out brainstorm and not a proposal.

I'm an AST BBST Instructor

I'm an AST BBST Instructor

That’s right, I completed the trifecta of BBST classes and decided to continue on to being an Instructor. I finished the class in November but just recently got the proof: Boom! Now comes the hard work – working as an assistant through enough classes until I learn the system and

The Domain Testing Workbook is available

Cem Kaner, Sowmya Padmanabhan and Doug Hoffman have a new book called The Domain Testing Workbook. I’d highly recommend picking up a copy or at least adding it to your reading list! This book is not just a deep dive into one test technique but it represents a collective

I'm a Bug Advocate

I'm a Bug Advocate

I do advocate for bugs to be fixed but the title comes from passing the Association for Software Testing‘s (AST) Black Box Software Testing (BBST) Bug Advocacy course. The class officially ended in mid-July and it marks the third and final BBST class for me. Together Foundations, Bug Advocacy

Why take a Black Box Software Testing course?

I was recently telling a friend about the BBST Bug Advocacy course I was working on and he asked why I was taking a black box testing course. I think what he meant was why would I take a course on black box testing as opposed to glass box (or

I'm a Black Box Test Designer

I'm a Black Box Test Designer

More accurately I’ve passed the Association for Software Testing‘s (AST) Black Box Software Testing (BBST) Test Design class. Test Design is a survey class, students are introduced to 30+ types of tests but there is only enough time to focus on a few of them: risk-based testing, specification-based

What I've been up to lately

Things have been busy in the last month or so and I felt like sharing what I’ve been up to lately. Most of it revolves around software testing: April saw the start of Dan Ariely’s A Beginners Guide to Irrational Behavior class on Coursera. I knew I had

I'm a Black Box Software Tester

I'm a Black Box Software Tester

More accurately I should say I’ve passed the Association for Software Testing‘s Black Box Software Testing Foundations class.Here’s the proof: What does this mean? It means the instructors think I understood enough of the material to pass me based on the work I did throughout the

A Test Group of One

A Test Group of One

I started the Foundations Black Box Software Testing class earlier this week and we are now into lesson two. I thought the discussion question was interesting so I’d like to share it along with my response: [P]lease describe the role of the test group (services and responsibilities) in

Enrolled in BBST Foundations

It’s official. I’m enrolled in the BBST Foundations course for November through AST. I joined AST (Association for Software Testing) with the end-goal to enroll in the BBST (Black Box Software Testing) Foundations course. I’ve read about the classes, seen a number of experts whom I trust