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You could setup personas which are designed around real world of users. We have found this quite useful and it really helps to provide a fresh perspective e.g. Today I'm going to be Andy, the super user of the system. Andy is very sharp with numbers and is the user that is responsible for the administration of the system. He enjoys watching sports on ...

Being QA Manager with about 3 years of experience, I just give my team mates testing tasks, which are NOT related to software, e.g.: Compose test cases for blender / vacuum cleaner / etc. - any kind of familiar device / equipment. This results in brain refreshing, and for the cost of 2-4 hours I get team "reloaded")) The same is applicable for testing such ...

I think the simple answer is, do something else for a while. Our jobs require a lot of repetition, and we automatically develop habits in response to repetition. That behavior is a deeply ingrained survival technique; habits allow us to do things quickly without thinking them through. Sometimes those habits allow us to discover new things, but other times ...

You could try the 'tours' concept and try out different tours of the software. I'd also disagree somewhat with your premise - the more you use a program the more you notice any slight changes. You also understand more how all the parts interact which in turn gives more ideas. I think at the start you may notice more but they are shallower than ones you find ...

One approach is to actively recruit team members and other stakeholders for testing of the product. I have found that it is useful to try different approaches and use whatever works best with each person, which can include: Paired testing with a code developer (emphasize the thrill of having a function work on the first build :) ) Asking a content ...

You may want to look at TFS 2012. It now has a Kanban board in the tool. There is a preview version of the TFS service in the cloud available if you want to check it out. When I looked into it for TFS 2010, I was only able to find free Kanban tools that did not link to TFS, or paid ones like Urban Turtle that could actually integrate with TFS 2010.

You could also change your testing approach. In my experience, 90% of time spent testing is Exploratory. this tends to get dull and repetitive. What I then started doing was changing my point of view or testing strategy. Try something in the lines of BVA. (Boundary Value Analysis). Obviously certain test strategies wont work on all types of software. It ...

I agree with Aniket, this kind of exhaustive UI test is not worth it. Another thing to consider: Awhile back, I inherited a manual test case plan from someone who left the company. He had been doing things like checking the list sorting behavior in every area of the app. He wasn't a programmer and didn't understand that the code behind the dropdown box for ...