Testing Is To Find Errors The 1st principle is "Testing is the process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors". The 1st edition has "finding an error" rather than "finding errors". The problem people have with this principle is they believe that testing is about showing that a program or system works. … Continue reading Testing Principles →

Many projects go live without going through UAT, with a variety of reasons given to support the decision not to do so. Here are five reasons with a discussion of how they fit against the five project characteristics: Scope, Resource, Time, Quality and Risk. 1) The Project is Late Lack of Time is the most … Continue reading Five Reasons Not To Do UAT (User Acceptance Testing) →

Testers are very enthusiastic at the beginning of their career. But when learning curve is saturated they start feeling bored. They quickly get tired of writing same bug reports and executing same test cases again and again. They simply don’t feel challenged. Almost all testers have this feeling in their career at some point. Especially … Continue reading 16 Things to Do When You’re Bored of Testing →