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  • Overcoming the limitations of traditional test design Test design is often a very time consuming process when it need not be.  People are often weighed further down by tools such...

    Essential mind mapping: Rapid test design.

    Overcoming the limitations of traditional test design Test design is often a very time consuming process when it need not be.  People are often weighed further down by tools such...

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  • Summary In the following post I go over a lean form of requirements gathering and planning that I did with my new team at Maidsafe.  I provide examples, and tips...

    Tales from the trenches: Lean requirements gathering.

    Summary In the following post I go over a lean form of requirements gathering and planning that I did with my new team at Maidsafe.  I provide examples, and tips...

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  • Summary Test Case Design is a rather large topic isn’t it?  Well I’ve no intentions of covering what others have already discussed in great detail in articles, courses and entire...

    Tales from the trenches: Essential test case design

    Summary Test Case Design is a rather large topic isn’t it?  Well I’ve no intentions of covering what others have already discussed in great detail in articles, courses and entire...

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  • Summary In the following post we look at the usage of mind maps for various testing activities such as test design, test planning, session reports, requirements analysis, self organisation, and...

    Mind Mapping 101

    Summary In the following post we look at the usage of mind maps for various testing activities such as test design, test planning, session reports, requirements analysis, self organisation, and...

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  • A couple of years ago I'd say our software was in the situation where nearly all the windows were broken.
Today it's a different story for our product. Achieved through a lot of hard work, a change in expectations, not accepting less.

    Mending Broken Windows

    A couple of years ago I'd say our software was in the situation where nearly all the windows were broken. Today it's a different story for our product. Achieved through a lot of hard work, a change in expectations, not accepting less.

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  • 2010 was a massive year for me in my career as a Software Tester.  A lot of things happened which benefited myself, friends, colleagues & my company.  In fact prior...

    2010: A year in reflection

    2010 was a massive year for me in my career as a Software Tester.  A lot of things happened which benefited myself, friends, colleagues & my company.  In fact prior...

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  • Ah! A Friday Challenge! The 19th of November marked the day of the first Friday challenge in our office.  The idea was that we’d have one each week & these...

    The Friday challenge

    Ah! A Friday Challenge! The 19th of November marked the day of the first Friday challenge in our office.  The idea was that we’d have one each week & these...

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  • Setting the scene A few weeks back I got presented with a very interesting challenge from a colleague. It differed from the norm in that I was presented with nothing...

    Tales from the trenches: Keyword based testing

    Setting the scene A few weeks back I got presented with a very interesting challenge from a colleague. It differed from the norm in that I was presented with nothing...

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  • Background This post is going to diverge slightly from the norm in that it is not being supplied by the esteemed Darren but instead, from me, Stuart MacDonald, his additionally...

    Challenge: Testing the Future

    Background This post is going to diverge slightly from the norm in that it is not being supplied by the esteemed Darren but instead, from me, Stuart MacDonald, his additionally...

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  • Another day, another challenge! Well word spreads fast in the land of Ciboodle, as I’d discussed in our previous team challenge “Escape! Games+testing = fun” one of the dev team...

    The Impossible Challenge?

    Another day, another challenge! Well word spreads fast in the land of Ciboodle, as I’d discussed in our previous team challenge “Escape! Games+testing = fun” one of the dev team...

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