Want to learn more about RST? Start with About RST, where we provide material and links internal to this site. Then see the curated list below, consisting mostly of foundational articles about RST by James Bach and Michael Bolton. These articles provide an overview of the RST methodology, and can help you to prepare before attending an RST class. There is also a page of video highlights from the class.
You can find much more information about RST on the sites and blogs of James Bach (satisfice.com) and Michael Bolton (developsense.com).
Testing, as we’ve pointed out (many times), is not test cases; testing is a performance. Testing, as we’ve pointed out, is the process of learning about a product through exploration and experimentation, which includes to some degree questioning, studying, modeling, observation, inference, etc. … Learn more
This is a process guide for creating a good test plan within the RST methodology. It consists of seven tasks. The tasks can be performed in any order, or simultaneously and iteratively.
The HTSM (v.5.7.5) is a set of guideword heuristics designed to help you think better about test strategy. It includes four focus areas: test techniques, project elements, product elements, and quality criteria categories. You can use it casually or rigorously. … Learn more
This video describes the general structure of the Rapid Software Testing methodology.
This is a detailed explanation of how automation helps us in software testing. We show that automation can do much more than merely simulating a user who is pressing buttons. A downloadable pdf.
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
To test is—among many other things—to construct, edit, narrate, and justify a story. A excellent, expert test report has at least three significant elements that weave around each other like a braid: a story about the product; a story about … Learn more
RST is a context-driven methodology. This means the our classes are not specifically about testing in an Agile, DevOps, Lean, Waterfall, or regulated context; nor does it incorporate any specific testing tool you might use to simulate users or support … Learn more
We call what we do Rapid Software Testing. About RST Why do we test? We test to develop a comprehensive understanding of the product and the risks around it. We test to find problems that threaten the value of the … Learn more