Aug 4Salesforce governing limits — A tester’s guideOne of the challenges that I face is that talk of salesforce governing limits is very geared to developers and has a lot of technical jargon in it. What I’ve been trying to do is break it down into plain English and demystify this topic. It is generally a work…Salesforce3 min read
Aug 3This wasn’t tested properlyHave you ever heard of this comment before? How did it make you feel as a tester? My initial gut feeling in the past has been — “ouch! That hurts!”. I heard this very recently and still had that gut feeling, however, my critical questioning started to kick in. What…Testing2 min read
Jul 26Making our testing visible to others using test plans and using the ROAM board to manage risksIn the previous month I was exploring what the testing principles could be and number 5 was, Making our testing visible to others is an objective of ours . This is an idea that I have been exploring in my workplace. I came up with an idea to create a…2 min read
Jun 30Bug trouble!I have been reminded of a recurring theme in my career where I have noticed that bug management is not taken seriously enough. This is trouble because you are potentially losing out on fixing problems before it reaches production and thus, you are not preventing customer frustration. My dream scenario…2 min read
Jun 26EMBRACE API TestingI am always looking for new ways to teach software testing, along with keeping my technical skills up to date. I decided to revisit my knowledge of APIs and API testing. In doing so, I came across a TestBash talk by Shivani Gaba on moving from GUI testing to API…Software Testing3 min read
Jun 23The power of emotion driven testingLast night I did a talk at Ministry of Testing’s TestBash World and a section of my talk was on emotions. A part of which I shared x10 emotional paths you can use to guide your testing. …Software Testing2 min read
Jun 18Testing Principles 101I’d like to share my progress on creating the Testing Principle 101. I have felt encouraged by the amount of people who have been willing to share their thoughts and experiences with me. These testing principles would not have been created without all their input. There are a lot of…Software Testing3 min read
Jun 12Bake me some chocolate croissants!It is a Sunday morning. This is the day I’m lucky enough to get a lay in! My son comes into our room at 8am to see if we are up. I roll out of bed half asleep and wonder what treat I will make for the boy’s for their…Software Testing3 min read
Jun 10Why do we test at all?At the moment I am crowd sourcing ideas from the software testing community on what the Software Testing Principles 101 could be. If you are interested in getting involved, then you can message me on Twitter @fishouthebox or you can add a comment under the LinkedIn post. …Testing2 min read
Jun 6NTD Part 2This is the second part of my blogging about the experience of Nordic Testing days. I’m covering travel plans, how I was feeling, diversity of speakers, speaker’s dinner, build up to the talk and how the talk went. Travel plans The timing of Nordic Testing Days was in the May half term…5 min read
