December, 21st 2017
Simon Tomes
Collaboration, Encouragement, Exploratory Testing, Note-taking
There was a turning point where I realised I’d inadvertently started a Go Encourage Life Campaign.
Cassandra Leung came up to me at UKSTAR 2017. She thanked me for being so upbeat, positive and encouraging. I was taken aback, physically trembling with a weird sense of pride and awkwardness.
Sinc...
November, 8th 2017
Simon Tomes
Exploratory Testing, Note-taking
The importance of note-taking
Imagine for a moment you share a link to your testing session notes. Perhaps you're sat next to a developer, tester and/or product owner. You walk them through your recent testing session.
What learnings do you feel are important to share? How do you communicate to...
January, 3rd 2017
Simon Tomes
Collaboration, Exploratory Testing
There's a perception that testing always delivers bad news. During an exploratory testing session we tend to spend a lot of time raising problems. But what about appreciating all the good things we discover? There's a huge opportunity to be more grateful – to share the joy of unscripted, goal-driv...
December, 5th 2016
Simon Tomes
Collaboration, Exploratory Testing, Tools
Exploratory testing helps us explore what's in front of us – far beyond only the application – to discover what a product is and what it might be. It's a fantastic way for a team to connect over what they're building. It's something your customers will be grateful for as they reach their ever-ev...
June, 22nd 2016
Simon Tomes
Exploratory Testing
I grew up listening to amazing artists such as Prince and Michael Jackson. I didn't know much about them other than their incredible music and mind-boggling videos.
Back then they had no ability to share what they had for breakfast or who they were hanging out with last night. They had an air of ...
June, 9th 2016
Simon Tomes
Exploratory Testing
"I liked it. You played well and the crowd seemed to get into most of your tunes. At one point there was a problem with the vocals cutting out but I can't remember which song."
Ciara tilted her head to get a clearer view of the email. What does Ali really mean? What songs were the crowd into? Why ...
