Skilled Bug Investigation Illustrated - Asking for help

In a presentation titled Skilled Testers and Their Enemies, James Bach identifies the steps involved in skilled bug investigation:



The following post is part of a 13-part series illustrating those points using A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle.




Is there someone else who can help us?

“I telegraphed to the head of the police at Cleveland, limiting my inquiry to the circumstances connected with the marriage of Enoch Drebber. The answer was conclusive.”


or perhaps the help of street kids:

“There’s more work to be got out of one of those little beggars than out of a dozen of the force,” Holmes remarked. “The mere sight of an official-looking person seals men’s lips. These youngsters, however, go everywhere and hear everything. They are as sharp as needles, too; all they want is organization.”