If it’s true that zombie testers are being churned out faster than we can rehabilitate them, then what do we do about them? Asked in a perhaps less provocative way, how do we go about making sure that zombie-like testing behavior is neither encouraged, nor rewarded? When you begin speaking with management types who have thus […]
In my first post on The Testing Dead, I identified a number of patterns of behavior that I like to call Zombie Testing. Is this really a problem we need to be concerned about? I think it is, for a number of reasons. I think Zombie Testing has the ability to infect an organization. It’s […]
The zombie apocalypse has occurred. They walk among us even now – The Testing Dead. These dead-eyed, soulless creatures make sounds that seem human, but they’re an empty shell inside and will bite you if provoked. Left unchecked, Zombie Testers will infect an organization with their disease. Zombie testing is any rote application of testing […]
This year’s CAST was a little different for me than the ones I’ve attended before. I didn’t get to see as much of CAST as I have in years gone by. I presented 3 times on day one. First up was ‘The Testing Dead’, followed by an emerging topics talk with Chris Blain ‘A transpection […]
So you’re new to testing. Let me give you some friendly advice to help you become the power tester you want to be. I’ll get the boot camp drill sergeant stuff out of the way first. If you’re anything like the vast majority of new testers I’ve encountered, you’re full of questions. Probably a lot […]
It’s official. I’m going to be speaking at the ‘Let’s Test‘ conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Anyone who follows me on twitter will not be surprised to hear that my topic will be The Testing Dead. I’m excited to be attending this conference. It is the first of its kind in Europe and there are a […]
Communication in testing is something that has been occupying me of late. Not a surprise to anyone that reads my material with any sort of regularity. How we report our findings is a massive part of our job and yet when it comes to talking about software testing it seems to be the poor cousin […]