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Mind mapping your testing strategy

Posted on 19. Apr, 2010 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

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I recently was asked to do a talk on software testing for a group of iPhone developers.  I decided to speak to them at a practical level and talk about how I approach software testing, as I wanted them to understand that there are different ways you can perform software testing other than resorting to [...]

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Irish hosted webinar: Testing for the cloud

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

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As a member of the working committee for Softtest.ie, we have been investigating different ways to communicate with our software testing community.  One suggestion was to hold some webinars.I’ve been availing of my contacts in the online networking community to source some testers willing to discuss their experiences in this format.
I’m delighted to let you [...]

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Walking the walk, but can you talk the talk?

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

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In my experience, selling testing is a lot harder than testing. Despite being Irish, “the gift of the gab”  eludes me, often leaving me tongue tied and twisted when selling my wares.
Its one of the reasons I have got myself a business mentor.  His main focus has been for me to understand my ‘product’ and [...]

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Waxing and Waning during Exploratory Testing

Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

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I had this great plan for today where I would observe how I work throughout a day of exploratory testing.  Unfortunately, the software is not quite ready for testing, so my plan has been slightly scuppered. Still I suppose this situation is often typical of any testing  scenario, so I will still include it into [...]

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Is it Nerdy to Test on the weekend?

Posted on 17. Jan, 2010 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

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I’m talking about the European Weekend Tester Sessions that have just started up.
This was an entirely different kind of testing. The kids were screaming and running in and out of the house as I sat down on my computer on a beautiful and warm Saturday afternoon to join in with a group of people loosely [...]

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