Interview on Rapid Software Testing
Not too long ago, I had a conversation with Joe Colantonio. Joe asks questions that prompt answers about the nature of testing, accountability, and telling the testing story. Enjoy!
Not too long ago, I had a conversation with Joe Colantonio. Joe asks questions that prompt answers about the nature of testing, accountability, and telling the testing story. Enjoy!
Here’s a question I get from testers quite a lot: “What do I do when the developers give me something to test with insufficient information and time to test it?” Here’s my quick answer: test it. Here’s my practical answer: test it with whatever time and information you have available. (Testing is evaluating a product by learning about it through exploration and experimentation.) When your time is up, provide a … Read more
Testers investigate problems and risk. Other people manage the project, design the product, and write the code. As testers, we participate in that process, but in a special way and from a special perspective: it’s our primary job to anticipate, seek, and discover problems. We testers don’t prevent problems in the product; we don’t design, build, fix, or manage the product. We’re evaluating things that other people are bringing to … Read more
Testers ask: “I’m often given a product to test, but not enough time to test it. How am I supposed to sign off on the release when I haven’t tested enough?” My reply goes like this: If you’re a tester, it seems profoundly odd to me that you are responsible for signing off on a release. The decision to release a product is a business decision, not a technical one. … Read more