Why the hell software testing?!

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Why the hell software testing?!

Why the hell software testing?!

Why the hell software testing? Software is designed and created by humans. Software is used by humans. Humans are not perfect.

Topics What is software testing? What software testing is NOT Why software testing?

Story time Test design and test cases

What is software testing?

What is software testing? A cognitive process which requires skilled people – Gathering information about the quality of the product to help making informative decisions. to help reduce risk. to help bridging the gap between what we know and what we need to know. as quick as possible.

What is quality?

What is quality? Quality is value to some person Jerry Weinberg Quality is value to some person ( who matters) Cem Kaner

Acquiring the competence, motivation, and credibility to… And perhaps help make the product better, too Testing is… create the conditions necessary to… …so that you help your clients to make informed decisions about risk. evaluate a product by learning about it through exploration and experimentation, which includes to some degree: questioning, study, modeling, observation and inference, including… operating a product to check specific output… Ref James Bach & Michael Bolton

What software testing is NOT

What software testing is NOT Testers do not assure quality. Testers do not fix quality. Testers are not gatekeepers. Testers do not make the decision wether to ship a product or not. That is a management decision.

Story time Daylight savings

Why software testing? It’s so fun!

Wrap up Ignorance is bliss

Influences and inspiration My top influences and inspiration – Jerry Weinberg – James Bach – Michael Bolton –.. and then there are so many more I could have an entire talk about it.

I challenge you! What do you want to learn more about? – –