I love day planners, making lists, rearranging things, even packing and unpacking to move, because I love going through things and organizing. So, test plans are totally my jam. They are an excuse/reason to channel all of my annoying organization quirks into something actually useful to more than just myself. I usually try to have a planning meeting with devs, PM, and QA to talk through where we are, what I think needs to be tested and how. I also …
Category: Test Cases
Have you ever heard of a Capsule Wardrobe? It's pretty much narrowing down your clothing and accessories to a certain number of items, which when combined can make numerous different outfits. A test suite is a collection of a minimum number of test cases that when combined, make up a suite that thoroughly tests a certain feature. I love well thought out test cases and test suites, as they just make my life so much easier. A poorly put together …
To me, recipe books without photos are a waste. I like to see what I'm making, and know what it should come out looking like. For real, why in the world does anyone make a recipe book with no photos? Acceptance criteria is like the photos in a recipe book; it gives you the picture of what something should do, look like, etc. Without it you may have an idea of what you're cooking, or what you're testing, but you …
If you were given a recipe for a cake to follow, and it just gave you a list of ingredients, no amounts or what to put in when, could you successfully make the cake? If you have experience baking you might be able to wing it and end up with something similar, but it wouldn't be the same as what the recipe described. So, with a well written recipe for a cake with amounts, instructions, and even sometimes photos (at …
If you were putting together a bookshelf, and all you had were photos with no labels or further instructions, could you put the shelf together correctly? For most of us, probably not. My Ikea bookshelves and the nightmare it was to put those together WITH instructions can attest to that. Those instructions are like a test case - they walk you through how to do something step by step. With a bookshelf it would tell you what the pieces are …