New to testing - Information Overload
Submitted by Phil Kirkham on Thu, 19/01/2006 - 12:45.
general software testing
Finally, after a year of pressurising management, the small company I work for is ready to start with some proper test processes and procedures. At the same time there is also a push from the developers to try out an agile approach and use SCRUM for the new projects that are planned to happen. A developer who wants to move into testing could be very very busy....
As I am that developer I've been trying to learn as much as I can about testing. I now have a decent library and can casually namedrop Kaner, Pettichord, Bach, Black, Crispin, Jeffries with the best of them. Found some forums to lurk on and ask the occasional question. Found some groups to join so now I have daily email digests to read. Found some blogs of people out there walking the walk as well as talking the talk
Very easy to be overloaded with all the information out there so I'll try to use a testers approach to it. Firstly do some exploratory testing and find out what is out there. Then try to work out which seem to be the best and offer the most so I can then focus my attentions on those areas. Look for places that are active but not just active with with newbies like me asking "New to QA, where do I start ?"
And so the journey from developer to tester begins, a journey that is usually travelled the other way but it could be quite the ride. Will it be too much too soon or can we learn to Embrace Change ? I will try and share any lessons learned here so I can give something back to the testing community
As I am that developer I've been trying to learn as much as I can about testing. I now have a decent library and can casually namedrop Kaner, Pettichord, Bach, Black, Crispin, Jeffries with the best of them. Found some forums to lurk on and ask the occasional question. Found some groups to join so now I have daily email digests to read. Found some blogs of people out there walking the walk as well as talking the talk
Very easy to be overloaded with all the information out there so I'll try to use a testers approach to it. Firstly do some exploratory testing and find out what is out there. Then try to work out which seem to be the best and offer the most so I can then focus my attentions on those areas. Look for places that are active but not just active with with newbies like me asking "New to QA, where do I start ?"
And so the journey from developer to tester begins, a journey that is usually travelled the other way but it could be quite the ride. Will it be too much too soon or can we learn to Embrace Change ? I will try and share any lessons learned here so I can give something back to the testing community