What is a test persona?
Lightning round: What is a test persona? What is it? A test persona is a fictional person that represents a system's potential users. Also called "user personas" or simply "personas". Why do I need it?…
Lightning round: What is a test persona? What is it? A test persona is a fictional person that represents a system's potential users. Also called "user personas" or simply "personas". Why do I need it?…
A test plan is a tool you use while planning a period of testing. It basically describes what will be tested, who will do it, where they will do it, and how they plan on doing just that. In some coorperations, where law and contracts are really important, test plans are usually the size of a small child, and nobody ever reads it. Apart from lawyers. That's because test plans aren't always made for you - they can also be made for your team or for different stakeholders.
Ah, the promised land of test automation. So much money, time and energy saved! When starting up test automation, your goal is efficiency and frequent checks! Yet, a lot of automation efforts are far from…
“Can machines think?” When Mathematician Alan Turing in 1950 asked that question, he also came up with the Turing test, a simple procedure to determine when a computer can "think". Let a human chat via Teletype…
I see it as my duty to make test documentation. I'm a consultant, the only current tester on my project, and can leave (or be asked to leave) whenever. In that situation I don't want…
Last week I went to ConTest in Malmö (Hosted by FooCafe) to talk about usability testing. ConTest is a free meetup for testers, and I was there to talk about usability testing. We ended the evening with a…