I am a tester.
Employed by a medium-sized (150-or-so employees) consulting company in Stockholm, Sweden, I currently work with software testing at a large online gaming company. The product is transaction-intensive, geographically widespread, and used by players on one end and administrators on the other, both with high demands on availability and response times.
The testing methodology we apply, and a personal favourite of mine, is largely exploratory and charter-based, drawing a lot of inspiration from The Church of Bach. At the time of writing, we have recently had a personal visit from James Bach who spent a day with us, discussing our implementation of exploratory testing, our use of charters, and delivering many helpful tips and examples. I am fortunate enough to spend my days at a very liberal workplace, where new thoughts and ideas are always welcome and the staff is well motivated and unafraid of change - if, of course, for the better.
This culture gives us testers lots of room to explore not only software, but our own processes and strategies as well. As mentioned, we are currently in the midst of chiseling forth an exploratory way of working which means running into a lot of obstacles, but also overcoming said obstacles and spawning brilliant solutions, convenient shortcuts and new ways of collaborating. In the words of James Bach, "Are you writing about this?". Well, I am now.
This blog is a window into my workday. If any of the above tickles your interest, or if you are curious about different approaches to exploratory testing or are looking for input on different kinds of test management, you will hopefully find some use for the things I write.
My intention is not to preach anything as an "absolute truth", and I don't think anyone should, but to add a trickle of thoughts to the ocean that is software testing and to, hopefully, tickle your imagination and curiosity in new ways and, primarily for those less experienced in the field, stimulate your Taste for Test.
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