Good Tests vs Bad Tests and why you shouldn't repeat them
A little rant on this concept of Good Tests vs Bad Tests and whether a good test (case) is a repeatable one.
Greatest Hits
A combination of my best work and the most popular articles as visited by others.
Hiring a Software Tester, an Analysis
In May of 2020, back when Promenade Group was still called BloomNation, I opened a job posting for a Software Test Engineer. This was to be the first of many test positions we eventually hire for. After going through the whole process of hiring a software tester, I thought it
It was the Creative Web that collapsed
In his book Permanent Record, Edward Snowden suggests the evolution of the internet has gone from a community without border or limit where “anonymity-through-polyonym produced more truth than falsehood” to one that is unrecognizable today. Unrecognizable, in part, due to the loss of individual websites shuttered by the promise of
Appropriate Test Documentation & Formatting
The Question
Recently in an online forum a tester person asked:
Does someone have a simple example of test case (excel sheet) format? I am the only one tester in my company and we are trying to arrange the test documentation. Any advice or example will be useful.
I wish
How to Write a Good Bug Report, use RIMGEN
RIMGEN is an acronym and mnemonic (or memory aid) to help us remember the elements of a good bug report. It can be used to help anyone write a better bug report or review existing bug reports looking to make improvements.
In general my preference with reporting bugs is to:
Being a Distributed Tester was hard
As a new father, being able to work a few days per week from home has been a great way to help adjust to our wonderful new addition and the demands that go along with him. Days in the office are great for face time and collaboration and days at
Testers, don’t be afraid to make Production Changes
Scenario: You are testing a new page and there’s a typo. What do you do?
* File a bug report?
* Mention it in passing and hope the developer fixes it the next time she remembers?
* Fix it yourself?
If you’ve got access and aren’t afraid to commit (eventual)
10 Years In
For 10 years (one whole decade) I’ve been employed in a few different software testing positions with a few different titles. It’s been a fun and challenging road. I’ve navigated large companies filled with good people and backward practices to small companies where modern practices are encouraged
And nothing else funny happened
I was recently talking with someone about their testing strategy and process when I noticed they were trying to build overly-detailed test scripts (procedures). It didn’t take them long to realize specifying to such detail often left them bored (writing became redundant) and so each test became less and
Recognizing a problem in eBay’s iPad app
I’ve been buying and selling things on eBay for more than a decade. In the last few years I’ve spent more time using the iPhone app but for some reason I wasn’t using the iPad app. I figured it was time, so I installed the eBay app,
Winning the #KaepernickingWorldwide Contest
I won the kaepernicking worldwide contest all thanks to our trip to Signapore.
Throw someone else in to help QA it faster!
Throw someone else in to help QA it faster!
A former boss (or two) of mine
I’ve heard this statement many times in my career but it happened again just recently and it got me thinking. Aside from the poor choice of words, about “QAing” something (is that really