Tester Types The E-Book

[heather_reid]

@akazukin asked me yesterday where the Ministry of Testing Tester types came from. It’s not the first time I’ve been asked the question so I thought a Club post pointing to the original article made sense. If you follow the link to Tester Types - The e-book it will take you to the origins of many of the MoT monsters you see today.

The Enforcer

The Drama Queen

The Comedian

The Magician

The Chuck Norris

The Explorer

The Checklister

The Sage

The Socialiser

The Automator

The Wanderer

The Micromanager

The Nitpicker

The Expert

The Drafter

The Networker

The Intellectual

So, which type of tester are you?

[akazukin (Nina)]

I’m definitely the socialiser!

[william.ellis (Will)]

I think I drift around each type… like a meta Wanderer

[katepaulk]

I have rather strong Magician tendencies, with leanings into Explorer , Sage , and Intellectual .

Or more simply, I’m a mess.

[heather_reid]

I prefer the term unique

[gpaciga (Gregory Paciga)]

I think I’m at least a little Enforcer , Magician , Explorer , Checklister , Sage , Expert , Intellectual … and probably more!

I’d love to put together a quiz of a bunch of A/B questions that give you a breakdown. It’s sure to be a hit on buzzfeed.

[karulkz (Kaarel)]

I think my team thinks I’m the type. The one who breaks everything.

[heather_reid]

And what type do you think you are?

[keentester (Kiran)]

The enforcer, explorer, socialiser, micromanager, intellectual and sometimes comedian vary with situation and conditions

[g.crawford20 (gordon crawford)]

In my head I am some combination of the Expert, the Explorer and the Magician.

[heather_reid]

Two new tester types added in the past few months

The Toolsmith

The Coach

[gemma.hill1987 (Gem Hill)]

I’m a little bit wanderer, a little socialiser/networker, a teensy bit intellectual, and a little bit of a nitpicker when needed

Occasionally I’m a magician!

[berenvd (Beren Van Daele)]

There should be a Tester Type - personality test. Like MBTI or Insights.
You fill in 20-100 seemingly random questions, add some data based algorithm: TADA, that’s your Test Type and you’re put in a box!
Not sure if useful, but definitely funny.

[corndawgfan (Noel)]

As a Chuck Norris fanatic - it’s hard for me to imagine him as an “animal” with a “bad attitude” and I’m not sure he’s ever sweared in his life! This Tester Type reminds me much more of the Tasmanian Devil!

[gpaciga (Gregory Paciga)]

There should be a Tester Type - personality test. Like MBTI or Insights.
You fill in 20-100 seemingly random questions, add some data based algorithm: TADA, that’s your Test Type and you’re put in a box!
Not sure if useful, but definitely funny.

I’ve had this on my to-do list every since I found the ebook Was thinking of putting something simple together and hosting it on my blog. I better get on it now that the idea is public! Once I get a POC together it would be fun to crowd source questions; I’m thinking a bunch of “would you rather” questions that contrasts pairs of tester types.

[cassandrahl (Cassandra H. Leung)]

Just here to add these specific keyword strings for when future me forgets what these are actually called again and tries to search:

Ministry of Testing monsters
Ministry of Testing personas

[plaguna (Paul Laguna)]

Do we have an updated e-book with the new monsters?

[heather_reid]

Unfortunately not Paul. We’ve just updated here as new ones joined

[ThePirateTester (Lee Marshall)]

Is it wrong I’d love a tester type dressed like a pirate…?

[katepaulk]

The Pirate - raids systems and makes off with the best tests. The Pirate tester prefers to engage bugs in single combat and may in extreme cases try to sink developers. Pirates often claim to be white hat hackers, independent consultants, or team leads. They are never ordinary team members.

(Just what came to mind at the thought of a pirate tester)