Test Positive and Negative Scenarios
Imagine Trending On Social Media (ITOSM)
Does it work?
What have they forgotten?
How could this kill someone?
What do they care about?
What will you often do?
Where would you rarely go?
Which Developer Can You Celebrate (WDCYC)
Test cost effective, use brain
User Would Never Do That (UWNDT)
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Use a sscreen reader.
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Read the log.
- Check laws and policies.
- What would harm minorities?
What if you ship today?
How close to good enough?
What is the budget?
What is the release date?
What if we delay X days?
fill
Send/Save the empty form
Do the opposite of requirements
Explore and Question your application.
Look to left and right
Add one step to the requirements.
Also remove one step.
Tap, tap, taaapty, tap tap.
How did it work before
What did the dev’s forget
Do the steps make sense
Could Roles Impact Behaviour (CRIB)
Will the user complain it?
You gotta love it, troubleshooting if that´s what you´re supposed to do, and automation if that´s what requested. Now, I’m not living in tinseltown, I’ve been working considerably more years doing things that I am supposed to do than years doing what gets me going. I’ve been though the IT crash years and worse and you need milk on the table for the kids, and sometimes you need to do career things to get even more milk for them. I know that as good as anyone.
But just think, if you do testing tasks you are supposed to do without love, will you really be valuable for the company, for yourself or anyone at all? There ARE ways to move away from bad assignments. It aint easy, it aint risk free, but its worth considering anyhow.