In Praise of Data-Driven Management (AKA "Why You Should be Skeptical of...
Jeff Fry recently linked to a fantastic webcast in Controlled Experiments To Test For Bugs In Our Mental Models. I would highly recommend it to anyone without any reservations. Ron Kohavi, of...
View ArticleWhat Else Can Software Development and Testing Learn from Manufacturing?...
Tony Baer from Ovum recently wrote a blog post titled: Software Development is like Manufacturing which included the following quotes: “More recently, debate has emerged over yet another refinement of...
View Article25 Great Quotes for Software Testers
All the quotes below are from the inside cover of Statistics for Experimenters written by George Box, Stuart Hunter, and William G. Hunter (my late father). The Design of Experiments methods...
View ArticleA Fun Presentation on a Powerful Software Test Design Approach
Combinatorial Software Test Design – Beyond Pairwise Testing I put this together to explain combinatorial software test design methods in an accessible manner. I hope you enjoy it and that, if you do,...
View ArticleMaximize Test Coverage Efficiency And Minimize the Number of Tests Needed
Hexawise test coverage graph showing 83.9% coverage in just 20 tests Among the many benefits Hexawise provides is creating a test plan that maximizes test coverage with each new scenario tested. The...
View ArticleHexawise TV
We have created a new site to highlight Hexawise videos on combinatorial, pairwise + orthogonal array software testing. We have posted videos on a variety of software testing topics including:...
View ArticleGetting Started with a Test Plan When Faced with a Combinatorial Explosion
A combinatorial explosion is when the configuration settings and user actions and data entered etc. makes it impossible to test everything. The number of tests required to individually test every...
View ArticleDesign of Experiments is about Learning ASAP and, in Software Testing,...
Design of Experiments in Software Testing - Pairwise and Combinatorial - Hexawise Justin Hunter@Hexawise: Removing inefficiency is good, sure, but it is not why Design of Experiments is so friggin’...
View ArticleLanette Creamer Provides Suggestions on Reducing Test Case Bloat
A client informed us that they had created (and used) approximately 3,500 test cases to test the search functionality of their application. They had a strong suspicions that (a) they should be able to...
View ArticleWhich is Better, Orthogonal Array or Pairwise Software Testing?
Many teams are trying to generate unusual powerful and varied sets of software tests by using Design of Experiments-based methods to generate many or most of their tests. The two most popular software...
View ArticleHigh-Profile Obamacare Bug Entirely Avoidable
Recently, the following defect made the news and was one of the most widely-shared articles on the New York Times web site. Here’s what the article, Computer Snag Limits Insurance Penalties on Smokers...
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