Skills and Heuristics Archives — Rapid Software Testing

Elements of Excellent Testing

James Bach — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:44:13 +0000

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 James Bach, Jonathan Bach, and Michael Bolton.

https://www.satisfice.com/download/elements-of-excellent-testing

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Investigating Bugs: A Testing Skills Study

Mary Alton — Sun, 16 May 2021 02:30:26 +0000

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 I learned is that the method they told me they were using was not the method they were actually using. The true method was much better, but they didn’t know how to explain it.

https://www.satisfice.com/download/investigating-bugs-a-testing-skills-study

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Rapid Testing Guide to Making Good Bug Reports

Mary Alton — Sun, 16 May 2021 02:38:49 +0000

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 tester. This document describes bug reporting from the perspective of Rapid Software Testing methodology. Throughout this guide I will distinguish between what is expected of “supporting testers” (anyone helping the test effort temporarily or intermittently but not committed to the testing role or perhaps even that project) and “responsible testers” (those who assume the role of tester on a project and commit themselves to doing that job well over time).

https://www.satisfice.com/download/rapid-testing-guide-to-making-good-bug-reports

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