Testing Guidelines
Thou shalt perform Excellent Testing
This is number two in my list of commandments for testers.
It probably goes without saying that actually performing testing will be your main job function. Talking about testing, thinking about testing, planning your test process – these are all very important and very useful things to do, but the primary reason for your continuing [...]
June 30th, 2008 by Damian | Posted in Testing Guidelines, Testing Methods | No comments »
Thou shalt not take the name of the Tester in vain
This is number one in my list of commandments for testers.
Most individuals in the field of software testing have their fingers in many pies – some have come from development, some want to move to management, and some just want to break software until the day they dump core.
However, during a project you must [...]
June 17th, 2008 by Damian | Posted in Test Professionalism, Testing Guidelines | No comments »
The Commandments of Testing
Thou shalt not take the name of the Tester in vain
Thou shalt perform Excellent Testing
Thou shalt plan Efficiently
Observe the Milestone and keep it holy
Honour thy Customer and thy Company
Thou shalt not be Nice
Thou shalt learn from History but thou shalt not Repeat it
Thou shalt document Sufficiently
These concepts represent what we as testers should be capable [...]
June 10th, 2008 by Damian | Posted in Testing Guidelines | No comments »