The usual view of a variable and a value is of very little use when a tester has to think in terms of test design and sampling. A tester typically deals with what I call a Wanderer – data that goes through transformations and wanders through a system and outside it. In the process, the variables can only be imagined, many don’t technically exist and are imaginary. Along with it, the 4 dimensions of data, namely Representation, Value, Length and Type are fluent. This talk is an introductory view of my mental model of this Wanderer.
Talk Takeaways
I help professionals find the truth about their work and about themselves. That means uncovering assumptions and expectations buried in the daily to-do list.
• 22 years of presenting at about 100 testing conferences, workshops, and meetups (keynotes, tutorials, and plenary tracks)
• 200-person Conference President (Association for Software Testing): 2007 & 2011
• Creator of Open-Book Testing – a test-chartering technique using open-ended questions to find important bugs quickly
• Co-creator of Session-Based Test Management – a way to manage and measure effort from exploratory (improvisational / investigative testing)
• Wrote articles for testing magazines “Playing the Expert Game”, “When You’re Tested”
• Blog: http://jonbox.wordpress.com
• Created a practical testing “audition” interview process and 8-week intern program
