Download file here: .MP3
Participants: Jan Stafford and Michael Kelly
Format: Audio
Run time: Just under twenty minutes
Topic:
You've chosen which software features you'll be testing in your project, are you ready to start testing? In this podcast, I provide pointers about how to know when you're ready to start testing and the critical elements of good testing processes.
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Participants: Jan Stafford and Michael Kelly
Format: Audio
Run time: Just under fifteen minutes
Topic:
During a software project, there will always be more features to test than time you have to test them. So, how do you determine how much testing you'll do and how much risk is involved in setting limits? In this podcast, I describe common mistakes made in assessing the risk and scope of testing.
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Participants: Jan Stafford and Michael Kelly
Format: Audio
Run time: Just under fifteen minutes
Topic:
Once you've determined which software features to test during a project, how do you choose which aspects of that feature to test? In this podcast, I give advice about how to ensure that your software test coverage is comprehensive.
Download file here: IsThereAProblemHere.zip
Participants: James Bach and Michael Kelly
Format: Video with audio (mostly audio)
Run time: Just under six minutes
Topic:
Dealing with frustration. Tips for how to take the legs out of any line of attack that is looking at the correctness of a feature. Instead of looking for correctness, look for the existence of a problem. Accept the fact that there might be a bug you're not going to find.
What might help me see a problem:
1) When you see an object, ask "Do I recognize that?"
2) If it's not what I thought it was, ask "Is it a problem?"
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Download file here: BoundaryTesting.zip
Participants: James Bach and Michael Kelly
Format: Video with audio
Run time: Just under twenty minutes
Topic:
Boundary testing is often said to be one of the simplest test techniques. You simply find out what the boundaries are, you try to get close to that boundary, and you try to go past that boundary. In this video we explore the following boundaries in Microsoft Word's bullets and numbering feature: input boundaries, output boundaries, interactions with other boundaries, inner boundaries, and outer boundaries.
While not explicitly used or mentioned in this video, the following may help you with your boundary testing:
Webcast: techtarget.com
Participants: Karen N. Johnson and Michael Kelly
Format: Webcast
Run time: one hour
Topic:
This Webcast addresses the common challenges of software testing, highlighting key elements which must be examined when planning a test project. In the webcast, we look at how to create a test plan that best fits your project, what should be included in that plan, and review the types of documentation that might be required.
Webcast: zdnet.com
Participants: David Christiansen and Michael Kelly
Format: Webcast
Run time: a little over one hour
Topic:
Testing a Service Oriented Architecture is an interesting and difficult challenge, requiring a solid understanding of the SOA design and underlying technology, the functional purpose of the SOA, and testing tools and techniques. In this Webcast David and I introduce the challenge of testing a Service Oriented Architecture and cover some of the tools available and offer some tips for thinking about the tools you select.
Download file here: BBST-ImageOverlayTest.wmv
Participants: Michael Kelly
Format: Video
Run time: two minutes
Topic:
A quick example of testing using image overlay.