Why Testers Need to Provide Insight I recently wrote an article for CrossBrowserTesting on Why Testers Need to Provide Insight. This is something I feel very strongly about, and is inspired from my time working in IT recruitment. I recommend reading the previous post to understand why it’s so important for testers to […]
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Tester Interviews: Techniques and Tasks
This post is inspired by a recent discussion on the The Club at Ministry of Testing. Edit: It has also been translated into Russian on Software-Testing.RU. Please note that this translation was not requested, proofed, or approved by me. I bear no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the translated post. […]

Introducing HISToW
Months ago, I’d promised a blog post on the kind of documentation I create / use when testing. Since then, I’ve started working with a different company, which brings with it a reasonable possibility that the kind of documentation I create and use might change, to adapt to the needs of my new employer, its clients and how […]

Translating “Don’t Test Thoroughly”
While trying to construct a test strategy for a difficult project, I was recently given this advice: “Don’t test thoroughly”. The droning siren already in the back of my mind loudened to a shrill alarm bell that it made it hard to concentrate. Don’t test thoroughly? Why do you hate me? […]

MVP: Images Examined
One of the first discussions that caught my interest when I joined the Twitter testing community in April was around MVP. I’d seen a few people comment on the image below, that you’ve probably seen before, despairing that it’s still in circulation and being widely used as a visual aid to explain MVP. […]