# SWTC London - What is testing?

**URL:** <https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/swtc-london-what-is-testing/15846>\
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**Created:** [18 June 2018 09:35 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/swtc-london-what-is-testing/15846 "2018-06-18T09:35:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![bangser.a](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/bangser.a/32/2580_2.png) [@bangser.a](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/bangser.a)\
**Post date:** [18 June 2018 09:35 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/swtc-london-what-is-testing/15846/1 "2018-06-18T09:35:23Z")

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We had a fantastic time at SWTC London last week and wanted to bring some of the chats online. In particular we had some great chats about a couple of models Dan and I use when talking about testing.

First up was Dan with his fantastic model about how different types of information can inform actions and other types of information.

 ![IMG_20180614_194244](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ministryoftesting/original/2X/e/ed2c9073b7461a6591c461a195da28a790b508b5.jpg)

Next up was the swiss cheese model which as I said has been around in the world of derisking engineering for a long time but I like as a better model than the pyramid when talking about the value of automated (and in manual!) testing.

 ![IMG_20180614_200331](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ministryoftesting/original/2X/3/3360040dbdb141cda488c1eeb3c46edbcdf6a14d.jpg)

What other models would you suggest looking at? @simon_tomes or @danashby anything to add??

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**Author:** ![simon\_tomes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/simon_tomes/32/14009_2.png) [@simon\_tomes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon_tomes)\
**Post date:** [18 June 2018 10:42 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/swtc-london-what-is-testing/15846/2 "2018-06-18T10:42:20Z")

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I enjoyed the discussion around, “What is testing?”. We captured the following:

 ![IMG_0057](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ministryoftesting/original/2X/f/fa8fb5caec37dc1a3dfb1b030c1c873abb642b0e.JPG)

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**Author:** ![xiph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/xiph/32/3345_2.png) [@xiph](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/xiph)\
**Post date:** [18 June 2018 16:10 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/swtc-london-what-is-testing/15846/3 "2018-06-18T16:10:51Z")

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I always find this article springs to mind when talking about “What is testing?” 🙂

[Testing vs Checking](http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/856)