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What’s in a name – Part 2, I am a quality assurer
This second post on the use of titles for software testing focusses on software quality assurance. Quality assurance, or QA, as such is not exclusive to software development. QA is practised in almost...
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Testing is some value to someone who matters
Concern I have a concern. We online testers have one thing in common: we care enough about our craft to take the time and read these blogs. That’s all very fine. However most testers, and this is based...
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Belgium Testing Conference 2012
QA vs.Testing: Antagonism or Symbiosis? The header above was the theme of the last Belgium Testing Days in Brussels on March 12-14. During the call for papers for this conference, several months ago, I...
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YAGNI
Context At the time of this blog post my family and me are on holiday in Iceland. Since we are not that often in Iceland we, amongst visiting relatives and friends, use the time to look into...
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What is testing?
Over time the definitions of testing and the ideas behind it have changed. This post brings together an expanding collection of testing definitions in chronological order and thus provide an overview...
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A collection of quality characteristics
Following the earlier posts listing software testing and bug definitions this post has also a, very large, listing. This time it is a list of quality characteristics. Like the earlier posts this list...
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Test Levels! Really?!
Next in the series of software terminology lists is “Test Levels”. But there is something strange with test levels. Up until now almost every tester that I have worked with is familiar of the concept...
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Regression Testing
As a follow up in the testing definition series it was my intention to continue with covering Test Types. Initial investigation showed what I had already feared. Such a post would become a Herculean...
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Test Types – D, E, F
Test Type A particular type of testing that has an approach, goal and/or use of oracle(s) that provides information that is typical to that test type. This is the third post in a (sub) series on Test...
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