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Use for questions about managing the test process, including organizing test cases and test results.
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Is it a good idea to use a GitHub repo to track test cases?
My Advice: Store your documents in the easiest place to find and access. Your goal should be to make it as simple as possible for the team members who actively use said documents so they continue to d …
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Is a Final Release Report a good way to communicate results?
I'm getting ready to release the next version of our software. In the past when the release is ready to go I will send around an email saying "release xxx is done" and include a basic set of release n …
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How to know if an existing set of automated tests are effective?
How to know if an existing set of automated tests are effective?
Effective tests can be hard to gauge. The problem with automated tests is that they find less bugs over time.
Having said that, …
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How to prevent cheating by manual testers?
not all of them are really testing
How do you know this? Just because they are asking other programmers where the problems are? While this isn't a holistic strategy it's not a bad way to find wel …
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What is Scenario Testing and how to create complex test scenario's?
Is there any general approach or methodology to create complex user scenarios for any application or is it completely context-driven.
In the BBST Test Design slides Cem Kaner describes a scenari …
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Evidencing Testing
Everything we do as testers requires some trade off between time (planning and executing) and achieving our testing mission. Taking screen shots to reference later or to have proof of coverage is fine …
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How to write a test plan
Let me give some advice I got from James Bach. He likes to make the distinction between a test plan and the test plan document.
A test plan document is the written form of the test plan. This can var …
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Are Mind Maps useful as a testing tool?
I don’t know much about Mind maps but I’ve seen expert testers (James Bach and Michael Bolton) use them to plan out their test strategy – usually in a demonstration. It seems like a plausible way to b …
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Blended testing strategy in agile. Is it really possible to do efficiently?
I've never heard of "reactive testing" so I'm not sure what exactly that means. Any idea?
A blended strategy in the sense of using different test techniques and approaches can be a powerful idea but …
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Documentation tool in Session-Based Test Management (SBTM)?
Use whatever you are comfortable with. I'd suggest starting with something basic for recording notes like Notepad++. The important thing is to be able to keep detailed notes about your session, to set …
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ISO standards implement in Software Quality assurance/testing
Based on the information on wikipedia and searching online (there seem to be a lot of diagrams) it seems like the standard tries to set up a model using five (to 8) characteristics that are sub-divide …