Tester's Tips

Tips & Quotes from Testers for Testers

[Usain St. Leo Bolt @usainbolt]

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[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

20. If we're talking about my testing role, I don't commission the painting; don't grab the brush from the artist; don't take undue credit.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

15. When I acknowledge that I help them prevent problems, I empower them; I acknowledge their roles and responsibilities respectfully.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

12. I must therefore establish my role and my commitments such that others *invite* my help, rather than me inflicting help on them.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

10. "Political humility" means acknowledging that I don't control the code, the product scope, the project, or people. I am not Authority.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

9. "Epistemic humility" means acknowledging that I don't know everything. I won't find every bug. Not everything I THINK is a bug IS a bug.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

7. I help teams to defend the value of products, discovering and alerting them to critical problems that they might not notice without me.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

5. By acknowledging (4) immediately, I want to avoid this question: "We've got *testers*; why are there still problems in the product?"

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

4. I do have the capacity to experiment, explore, infer, imagine, inform, or advise. I don't have the power to mandate people to do things.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

3. As a tester, I can make people aware of problems in the product of project. I do not have the authority to make them fix those problems.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

2. When we are describing testing's value, we had better be clear on the extents and limits of what testing (and testers) can accomplish.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

1. Testing's value will never be /immediately/ clear to everyone, nor will everyone want testers as such. I believe we must accept that.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

In order to stay teachable, adopt a beginner's mindset - open, interested, and free of prejudice.

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

Counting test cases is like counting these rocks except the rocks are invisible and you don't know how big they are

[Tester's Tips @tester_tips]

#testing #bug #testinglife #fun #software

[Tester's Tips @tester_tips]

Are you a tester! Do you know any programming language?Which one would you recommend learning?#testing #python #java

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Once you realize that failure is certain, it's a lot easier to focus on impact instead. https://t.co/sbiOusvDSA

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

The vital link between the tester and the artist: both help people become aware of things that they might not have noticed otherwise.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

Heuristic: if you choose your words more carefully before you use them for labels in your process model, you'll have less explaining to do.

[Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social @michaelbolton]

Testers: if you are naive or unskilled in a particular domain, ask for collaboration or competent supervision until you're trained. #testing