I am sometimes asked, “Do we really need a test strategy?” and often such a question is followed immediately with a statement such as, “We have a test plan.” “No one will read it” or “We won’t follow it anyway”.
I suggest that all projects should have a documented test strategy.
Here are five good [...]
Ask anyone who works with me what makes me happy, and they will tell you, “Being miserable”. I love bearing bad news, Oh, I pretend I am concerned about ensuring quality, protecting the organisation and adding value, but really I just love to find fault. I love to say “I told you so”, [...]
Last year, as I drove through the beautiful Alentejo on holiday, the current Mrs Simms pointed out a rather ornate wrought iron gate built on the side of the road by a dirt track. The gate was closed, and the track split into three, one (if the gate was open) would take you through the [...]
Have you ever come across a piece of software that just does not work and wonder, ‘How the heck did this get released?’
Or maybe you have actually worked on a project were you tell the powers to be that the software should not be released, but lo and behold, they go and do it [...]
.Since I started to blog, and more recently tweet I have started to discover some really great places to visit.
This blog lists some of my favourite spots, old and new.
New on the block is TechWell (http://test.techwell.com), from the guys at Stickyminds (which is also a favourite of mine.) This stuff [...]
Testing is more about knowing the answer than it is about knowing the question!
Let me justify that stamen by starting with a little quiz.
I will give you the question, and you mark the options below as ‘pass’ or ‘Fail’ as if this were a software test,
1: What was King George VI’s first [...]
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Ever Played Boggle?
The current Mrs Simms and I have now reached the age where the highlight of a romantic night in will be two or three rounds of Boggle. You probably know the game, where you have a 3 x 3 grid of random letters and you have to try to make as many words [...]
I have just sent off my proposal for a talk for QA & Test this October.
(By the way, I mentioned some time ago that QA&Test [Continue Reading →
