What mnemonic could you create to help people "Test like a tester"?

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I do love a mnemonic for a heuristic. There’s a good selection on the Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet.

Cassandra H. Leung (@cassandrahl) developed CRAIC SOURCERERS.

It’s a mnemonic I came up with while trying to think of ways to help people test like a tester – like this tester, at least

Check it out. It’s ace! :mage: :star:

I’m looking for original ideas – no cheatin’ with ChatGPT (or equivalent)!

Get creative and come up with a mnemonic that would help someone test like a tester.

What you got?

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I have no example but more of a tip; I recently saw people making songs to help with stuff like this. So a melody helps people remember things more often.

They use AI in order to create a catchy-song with lyrics specific to for example ISTQB in order to remember the things better by singing the song.

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Simplist one I could think of. S was the hardest to come up with.

TEST
T - Think, of all the things that could happen
E - Explore, the software to discover all the things it can do, even if it shouldn’t
S - Silly, what is the weirdest, silliest and out of the box thing can you try with it?
T - Tell, people what you have found and why you think it might not be (pick one of these which fit your context) right, weird, wrong, odd, strange, false, misleading, distorted, immoral, concerning, broken, your own words or feelings.

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Do the work of a scientist: Conduct experimentd to find out what the real nature of things is.

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When you come across a reproducible bug, be a prosecution lawyer. (Defend what is right)
When you come across an intermittent bug, be Sherlock Holmes. (Solve the mystery)
When you’re given a new system to test, (as Sebastian said) be a scientist. (Get experimental)

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Rearrange this to SSL :sweat_smile:

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@sebastian_solidwork and @hananurrehman, would be a mnemonic for your ideas?

Maybe Sebastian, you could create one for SCIENTIST.

And Hanan, SHERLOCK.

:thinking:

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Spot the defects before users do.
Hunt for edge cases and unexpected behaviors.
Examine requirements to ensure full coverage.
Reproduce issues consistently for better debugging.
Log findings clearly for effective communication.
Observe system behavior under different conditions.
Confirm fixes don’t introduce new bugs.
Keep learning and improving testing strategies.

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Ugh these are all so good. Depending on what you need I have one that might also be useful in general for testers, and isn’t me just throwing things at a wall to see what stuck.

FUSS BALL
Functionality
UXUI (Usability)
Security
Scalability (Performance)
Browser Compatibility
Accessability
Localization
Logging

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Having spent many years in testing, I could write extensively about “testing like a tester.”
However, the key distinction between a good tester and a mediocre one can be summed up in just a few words:

It’s the mindset to:

TEST
T - Try to
E - Explore the
S - System
T - Totally

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