tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405476812031211238.post4679845834619925807..comments2023-07-12T18:09:56.569-04:00Comments on Rhythm of Testing: Pandora's Box: Testing, Active Consideration & Process ModelsPete Walenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10651704389491850533noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405476812031211238.post-73528748980363154402014-02-09T15:52:15.700-05:002014-02-09T15:52:15.700-05:00I believe we are in agreement.
I keep meeting p...I believe we are in agreement. <br /><br />I keep meeting people for whom the idea of "'relying strictly' on one source of information when you test" is part and parcel to what they do. It also explains the outrageous behaviors found in the software the "test."<br /><br />May I quote the last line in the comment? It very neatly says what I was struggling to say in a meeting last week. I think it is going on the wall of my cublet at client site.Pete Walenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10651704389491850533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405476812031211238.post-85608418780119647672014-02-09T15:16:06.027-05:002014-02-09T15:16:06.027-05:00"To my respected colleagues who emailed me wh..."To my respected colleagues who emailed me who rely strictly on documented requirements to 'drive testing:'"<br /><br />Why would you respect a colleague with so little understanding of testing? Such people are toxic to our craft, like alcoholic airline pilots, or doctors who fake their credentials. Maybe you were apologizing to them in jest, but I wish the sarcasm was more pointed.<br /><br />There is no such thing as "relying strictly" on one source of information when you test. I guess the best case scenario when someone says that is that he is telling a lie. It's not even a coherent idea to speak of reliance in that way-- as if the tests were somehow determined in advance and not the result of a sincere learning and exploring process.<br /><br />When someone speaks of highly formal testing that way, I can tell you, as someone who has done testing that is among the most formal ever done in our field (on court cases, where hundreds of thousands of dollars might be lavished on a few minutes of demonstration for a jury in the presence of hostile experts) I am offended by these people whose idea of testing comes, apparently, from Saturday morning cartoons.<br /><br />Testing is a deep thought process, when done well, that draws on innumerable sources and whose course cannot be pre-determined.James Marcus Bachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985950531079499844noreply@blogger.com