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What should the ratio of automated to exploratory testing be?

I popped into an online panel about testing today, and a question along these lines was asked: what is the ratio between automated testing and exploratory testing at your company? I get the gist of what is being asked here of course, and wouldn’t get too pedantic in answering it in the moment, but this… Read more

Testing in 2020, according to my Twitter bookmarks

It goes without saying that 2020 was a weird year for everybody. I wasn’t nearly as active on Twitter as I was last year, but thought I would try this again anyway. Just a few highlights from the testing twittersphere, based on what I thought to bookmark throughout the year. In no particular order, first… Read more

Agile Testing book club: Do your tests have purpose?

This is the fourth part in my series highlighting some of the lessons I’m taking from reading Agile Testing by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory. Other entries in the series can be found here. Chapter 6 is largely dedicated to an overview of the “Agile Testing Quadrants”, as a way of exploring the different roles that different… Read more

Testing in 2019, according to my Twitter bookmarks

I’m not a particularly active twitter user, but I do find it a great way to get a wider perspective on software testing and development. I’ll often bookmark interesting tweets or threads as I come across them so I can remember to come back to them, either to read later or to think more about…. Read more

Can tests cause bugs?

Some of the best podcasts about testing aren’t about testing at all. Enter: last week’s episode of 99% Invisible on Cautionary Tales. The episode is about examples of things going horribly wrong, and why. Obviously there some superficial connection to testing already: one reason we test software is to help prevent things from going horribly… Read more