Improving the User Experience in a Fast-Forward World
Recently, after experiencing a “service not available” error while checking my email, my first instinct was to go scouring the web, including sites such as downrightnow.com, to check to see if others were experiencing similar [...]
Rapid Software Testing – a Review
Recently, I attended a three-day course on Rapid Software Testing (RST) presented by course co-author and instructor, Michael Bolton. The course was a mix of editorial, storytelling, game play and discussion on how to test [...]
Can We find a Better Way?
I started reading science fiction as a preteen, fascinated by the different worlds, the different people and all the possibilities. That was a long time ago and I am still fascinated by “What If” stories. [...]
Let’s Start a Test Revolution
Before I started my career as a tester, I was a scientist doing research in particle physics, and my years in science trained me to be skeptical, inquisitive and open to new approaches. It was [...]
Can Playing Games Improve Tester Skills? Exploring the Science Behind Games
Are gamers predisposed to careers in software testing? The prevalent perception seems to be that testers enjoy playing games more than the general population, and that playing games makes us better testers by honing cognitive [...]
Finding Bugs Under Software Rocks – Exploratory Testing as a Bug Hunt
One aspect of software testing is trying to find as many of the bugs in the software under test as possible and, in that sense, software testing can be viewed as a “Bug Hunt”. As [...]