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Elements of Excellent Testing

What skills and tactics are important in testing? Where you start in evaluating the quality of a tester’s work, or of a testing team? Here’s a concise list of the skills, dynamics, and work products of excellent testing, created by … Learn more

Categories Quality, Rapid Software Testing, Reporting, Requirements, Skills and Heuristics, Tester Skill, Testers Role

Investigating Bugs: A Testing Skills Study

Back in the year 2000, a company hired me to help them develop a professional testing culture. As part of that process, I found a team of highly regarded testers and studied their approach to bug investigation. Part of what … Learn more

Categories Rapid Software Testing, Skills and Heuristics, Tester Skill, Testing Culture

Rapid Testing Guide to Making Good Bug Reports

Bug reporting is central to testing. The bug report, whether oral or written, is the single most visible outcome of testing. And the quality of your reports is probably the single most important factor that determines your credibility as a … Learn more

Categories Rapid Software Testing, Reporting, Skills and Heuristics, Strategy
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Taking Testing Seriously: The Rapid Software Testing Approach
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REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
  • A Context-Driven Approach to Automation in Testing
  • A Rapid Testing Framework
  • A Ridiculously Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing (video)
  • Breaking the Test Case Addiction
  • Elements of Excellent Testing
  • Exploratory Testing
  • Exploratory Testing 3.0
  • Heuristic Test Strategy Model
  • How RST is Different From “Factory-Style” Testing
  • How to Evolve a Context-Driven Test Plan
  • Investigating Bugs: A Testing Skills Study
  • Is RST compatible with our context?
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  • Rapid Software Testing and AI with Michael Bolton
    • Mar 2, 2026 - Mar 4, 2026
    • Auckland
  • Online: Rapid Software Testing and AI with James Bach (EUROPE)
    • Mar 9, 2026 - Mar 11, 2026
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  • Rapid Software Testing and AI with Michael Bolton
    • Mar 9, 2026 - Mar 11, 2026
    • Christchurch

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