If you want perfect softwareIf you want me to break your code If you want to measure me by the number of test scripts I write If you want me to tell you its ready to ship If you want 100% of your product tested If your looking for a tester to only “check” if […]
Any self respecting software tester has asked themselves at least once in their career. “Where am I going with all this?” or “Is this role really where I want to be for the next x number of years”?
Based on the number of requests I’ve had to write articles recently, there seems to be a big demand for testers who can write well about software testing. I’ve been asked by a few different companies to write articles on their behalf. Sometimes I’ve been asked to write posts for someones’s blog. I’ve only done […]
I’m heading to Sydney, Australia on 22nd January 2011. I will be looking for test consulting work preferably through my Australian consulting company Testing Times. What do I offer? I shed light on testing problems often obscured or caused by a testing process. I bring a new perspective often hard to gain when inside an […]
I’m a nice person. Well, I like to think I’m a nice person anyhow, and some people tell me that’s true too. Especially my kids, they tell me I’m the best Mum in the world. Aw shucks! But sometimes, being nice creates problems because I want people to be nice back to me too. This […]
Today, I’ m handing out some pointers that may or may not help you on your path to becoming a software test consultant. Some of these I’ve gained through bitter experience, others are more hindsight on things I ought to have done. So, without further ado, here are my tips. 1) Dreams are not goals […]
My test reports have deviated a lot since the early days of testing. Nowadays, first and foremost I provide an opinion of the software. I make sure I highlight both positives and negatives that I see in the product. Naturally, I provide a list of bugs I find, but I also provide a list of […]
Online networks are great for sharing knowledge and meeting fellow testers. In particular, I am a fan of the software testing club . However, even better is a face to face meet. Thats why I’m setting up a Dublin monthly software testers group. The aim is to meetup and talk about, well anything you fancy. […]
I was asked to quote for a job recently on some testing in an area that I had little experience in. After confidently replying to the customer “no problem, I’ll have a quote to you by the end of the day…”, I started googling furiously, trying to gain some understanding of at least what […]
I want to perform exploratory testing, but do I really have to give up on all my documents? I went to a rapid software testing course to find out…