Testers keep telling me that testing is not just about breaking things. They also tell me that they are there to help the team think rather than just point out the dumb things they have done in the last sprint. That's probably all true. But I have been asked by someone to give them a… Continue reading A mechanical guide to testing on agile projects
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Regression testing days 3 to 7
This article is part of a series on making regression testing useful rather than painful. The most recent article was (as you would guess from the title to this one) about day 2 of our regression testing adventure. So far we have been looking at how to do some testing, and then do some basic… Continue reading Regression testing days 3 to 7
Regression testing – day 1
Regression testing is the easy part of IT development, not the horrible monster some people think it has to be. But where do you start if you want to do effective regression testing, but you are already busy and don't want it to be huge burden? I hope this article and a couple that follow… Continue reading Regression testing – day 1
Manual regression testing may not suck so badly after all
I often work with good developers and one thing I notice about all good developers is that they seem to love the idea of building robots. Bad developers see problems and sit there waiting for someone to come up with a solution in enough detail for the developer to transcribe the solution into code, much… Continue reading Manual regression testing may not suck so badly after all