Testing – My Testing Journey

Testing vs Checking – Why is this still so contentious?

June 19, 2023 Testing /B 0

Well, I didn’t expect the reaction I got when I was talking to a load of QA managers recently about how checking isn’t testing… it reminded me of how I reacted to it years ago when I was first fronted with the concept. I remember struggling and thinking “No, testing and checking are the same […]

Advocating for less testing?

May 28, 2023 Test Management, Testing /B 0

I need to pre-fix this by saying that this is in response to someone in my current organisation pointing to a post by Anne-Marie Charrett about advocating for less testing. So what is this about? This is around less testing making your development process more robust. Question: Would you actually think more about the way […]

Affecting Change/Being Disruptive

November 9, 2018 Test Management, Testing /B 3

“…but we all appreciate positive disruption. We need to learn to take note in the first few months of people raising their ideas, as they’re not ‘beaten into acceptance’ of things never going to change…” How many times have you heard this? Seriously. Think about it. It’s not always put over the same way, but […]

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Testing vs Checking – Why is this still so contentious?

Advocating for less testing?

Affecting Change/Being Disruptive