The first principle of critical thinking: things could be different. That's a core principle in #testing, too. No coincidence.
— Michael Bolton (@michaelbolton) July 14, 2012
RT @jamesmarcusbach "Testers need to know the difference between observing a phenomenon and knowing the whole truth about it." #testing
— Michael Bolton (@michaelbolton) July 14, 2012
Usabliity BASICS: the user wants to accomplish tasks, NOT exercise functions in your product. Learn and honour the difference. #testing
— Michael Bolton (@michaelbolton) July 14, 2012
"It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal--Stirling Moss, British racing driver #thinking
— Gerald Weinberg (@JerryWeinberg) July 15, 2012
Arrange software teams so that most of the communication necessary to develop a feature happens within a single team.
— Dale Emery (@dhemery) July 15, 2012
Arrange software teams so that each team is downstream from its own work.
— Dale Emery (@dhemery) July 15, 2012
@adamgoucher - first heuristic - build your own framework and tool chain because problem is specific to the project #CAST2012
— Anand and Komal (@testinggeek) July 16, 2012
Selecting tool set and language which make sense - don't use same language as development for the sake of it - @adamgoucher #CAST2012
— Anand and Komal (@testinggeek) July 16, 2012
Turn off all the third parties components / tests in functional test environment - explore feature switch / toggle @adamgoucher #CAST2012
— Anand and Komal (@testinggeek) July 16, 2012
Refresh machine, get VMs and run tests on different machines to identify if it's too much attached to machine @adamgoucher #CAST2012
— Anand and Komal (@testinggeek) July 16, 2012
Start with study, not plan. #CAST2012 keynote
— Markus Gärtner (@mgaertne) July 16, 2012
Tripp Babbitt: "A focus on costs always increases them."Me: Still, *consider* /opportunity cost/.#CAST2012 #testing
— Michael Bolton (@michaelbolton) July 16, 2012
Surely the people doing the work are those who should design the work. If so, managers' role is to test & tune the work; remove blocks.
— Michael Bolton (@michaelbolton) July 16, 2012
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