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Why the hell software testing?
Software is designed and created by humans.
Software is used by humans.
Humans are not perfect.
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Topics
• What is software testing?• What software testing is NOT• Why software testing?
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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.
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What is quality?
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Quality is value to some personJerry Weinberg
Quality is value to some person ( who matters) Cem Kaner
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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
• 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.
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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.
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I challenge you!
• What do you want to learn more about?– Twitter: @mariakedemo– Email: [email protected]
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