Test Common editor Bruce Daley commented on my "Man and Machine" article and then interviewed me about it last week. The interview is here: An Interview with Jonathan Kohl. We talked about automated testing issues, and giving testers power with...

I first brought this idea up publicly last year at the Agile Vancouver conference with a promise that I would share more of my thoughts. What follows is an attempt to fulfill that promise. This has turned out to be...

Sometimes people define exploratory testing (ET) quite narrowly, such as only going on a short-term bug hunt in a finished application. I don't define ET that narrowly, in fact, I do ET during development whether I have a user interface...

My first cover article for Better Software magazine is out this month: Man and Machine: Combining the Power of the Human Mind with Automation. This is an article describing how I bridge the gap between automated software testing and manual...

My first cover article for Better Software magazine is out this month: Man and Machine: Combining the Power of the Human Mind with Automation. This is an article describing how I bridge the gap between automated software testing and manual...

Jim Coplien has an interesting blog post: Religion's Newfound Restraint on Progress. If you are interested in "Agile Testing" and Test-Driven Development, this post is worth a read. Coplien raises some important ideas:"The answer for industry, I think, is to...

Philippe Kruchten has written an excellent article: Voyage in the Agile Memeplex for ACM Queue. I recently reviewed the article, and I'm pleased to see it published and freely available on the web. This article is worth the read; Kruchten's...

My blog has been quiet lately, and several of you have asked me what I've been up to. Since I last posted I've: Created an all new Exploratory Testing course from scratch, and presented it for a corporate client, with...