Maverick Tester – software tester

Anne-Marie Charrett

I don’t look much like a Maverick Tester do I?

A bit like software, appearances can be deceiving. You think your software is “ready to go”, but have you seriously tested it? Are you willing to manage the risk if it fails to meet customer expectations?

Bio

I call myself a Maverick Tester because my approach to testing is a bit different. I call my technique investigative testing where I perform detective work on software to find any nasty surprising bugs that may be lurking around. I align myself to the Context Driven School of Testing.

An electronic engineer by trade, software testing chose me, when in 1990 I started conformance testing against European standards. I was hooked and has been testing since then. I’m currently big into Training on Exploratory Testing. If you want me to hold an ET workshop at your workplace, college or user group, contact me at amcharrett at testingtimes.ie, contact me on twitter or skype me at Id charretts.

Apart from this blog, I host a @dailytestingtip on twitter. Every Tuesday is Tag Tuesday and I encourage all software testers to share their favourite software testing tip.

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