Comments on: http://www.developsense.com/blog/2004/07/it-occurs-to-me-this-evening-that-when/ DevelopSense Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:14:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Osman http://www.developsense.com/blog/2004/07/it-occurs-to-me-this-evening-that-when/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Brian Osman Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:56:00 +0000 http://developsense.com/wordpress/?p=6#comment-250 When i was twelve, i read something from Bruce Lee about peripheral vision, so i *trained* myself to observe what was happening around the edges of what i was looking at. It helped alot in sport because i was able see the play evolve in a *broader* way (much like switching your viewing habits to a widescreen TV).<br /><br />I've tried to use test scripts as guide and quite often would deviate from the script if i noticed something. Other times when i've been stuck in a rut, the test script became a checklist to tick off and i missed anything that might be vaguely interesting.<br /><br />Today, i find that using an Exploratory Test approach helps resolve the lack of peripheral visin syndrome and if i have to use scripts, i am aware of becoming stuck in the 'rut'. When i was twelve, i read something from Bruce Lee about peripheral vision, so i *trained* myself to observe what was happening around the edges of what i was looking at. It helped alot in sport because i was able see the play evolve in a *broader* way (much like switching your viewing habits to a widescreen TV).

I’ve tried to use test scripts as guide and quite often would deviate from the script if i noticed something. Other times when i’ve been stuck in a rut, the test script became a checklist to tick off and i missed anything that might be vaguely interesting.

Today, i find that using an Exploratory Test approach helps resolve the lack of peripheral visin syndrome and if i have to use scripts, i am aware of becoming stuck in the ‘rut’.

]]> By: James http://www.developsense.com/blog/2004/07/it-occurs-to-me-this-evening-that-when/comment-page-1/#comment-20 James Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:56:00 +0000 http://developsense.com/wordpress/?p=6#comment-20 A very astute observation in my opinion.<br /><br />I've worked with two kinds of tester in my career: the pragmatic kind who uses scripts as a guide deviating from them more or less depending on the nature of the product. And another kind who seem to think that a good solid test script and the rigid following of it is the end goal of the test process.<br /><br />Guess which projects have been more successful (and certainly less tense!). A very astute observation in my opinion.

I’ve worked with two kinds of tester in my career: the pragmatic kind who uses scripts as a guide deviating from them more or less depending on the nature of the product. And another kind who seem to think that a good solid test script and the rigid following of it is the end goal of the test process.

Guess which projects have been more successful (and certainly less tense!).

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