Tag Archives: Heuristic

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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This heuristic is backwards

Posted on 02. Apr, 2009 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

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So, I came up with a cunning plan…..

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