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Presentation for http://czechtest.com/programmeSee details here http://www.testalways.com/2012/03/03/czech-test-in-prague/
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Testing is like solving puzzles
Puzzle "...In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution..." -(wikipedia)
Testing "investigating a product with the purpose of getting useful information that is relevant to stakeholders"
"put together pieces" ~ "investigating"
Examples of "testing puzzles":
Find a bug
Examples of "testing puzzles":
Find the reproducing steps/patterns of a bug
Examples of "testing puzzles":
Hack an application ( ex: upload a message/picture to a normally unauthorized part of a website)
Examples of "testing puzzles":
Prove that all known expected behaviors of the
application are met
Examples of "testing puzzles":
Find the most efficient way to cover the application from the testing perspective based on time, priorities and risk
Puzzles
Micro-puzzlesMacro-puzzles
Micro -puzzles
Find an input that is not a prime number, but the application is validating it as being prime
~5 min
It looks like testing
and
It looks like solving a puzzle
Puzzles:1)try to reproduce2)find the pattern
Patterns
Go to http://www.testalways.com/3
Puzzle: List all the relationships that you can find between entered input and generated image
Macro -puzzles
Multiple possible analogies for hidden image puzzle:
bugs that were found for a defined area of a product
Multiple possible analogies for hidden image puzzle:
bugs that were found for the whole project
Multiple possible analogies for hidden image puzzle:
bugs that were found by testers relative to all the bugs and issues reported eventually (including developers,
users, clients etc)
Puzzles
Micro-puzzlesMacro-puzzles
Conclusions:
References:
Concept: James Bach – http://satisfice.com – dice game
Exercises:Markus Gärtner - http://www.testing-challenges.org/
Environments: Ajay Balamurugadas –http://weekendtesting.com
