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10 things NOT to do in software testing

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Here is a list of 10 things that every tester should NOT do.

You can find all the items bellow as being the reason of many discussions between people lately. I think that it has something to do with the “agile” bubble but I might be wrong. My opinion is that all of them are valid no matter how your team is doing software.

  1. Don’t talk to the developers
  2. If you do talk to them, and they ask you out for beer, say No
  3. Always follow best practices (Come up with a process to resolve another process)
  4. Never ask for help when in distress
  5. Say No to any new idea that doesn’t come from you
  6. Keep everything you know for yourself / Don’t communicate with your colleagues
  7. Don’t look into the code
  8. Start testing only when you have the complete specification
  9. Don’t ask what to look for when testing new features
  10. Avoid peer reviews as much as possible (e.g. test documents, test cases, test media)

Leave a comment if you feel like adding your Dont’s to this list …

DISCLAIMER: The list above contains the most commons mistakes made by software testers. You should NOT follow any of it if you care about your project.

Contributing to DailyTestingTip

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It all started 2 months ago when I have first discovered the @dailytestingtip project and decided to contribute to it.

But before going thru my story let me tell you a little about this project and how it works.

The DailyTestingTip project has been started by Anne-Marie Charrett (http://mavericktester.com) and, quoting from the Daily Testing Tip website (http://www.dailytestingtip.com), “… is a group of dedicated testers who have come together to bring you little gems of testing goodness to your Twitter account.”

How does it works?

With the exception of Tuesday and the weekends, each weekday has a person assigned to it who is responsible of sharing a testing tip with the community. The tip is sent from the @dailytestingtip twitter account 3 times per day at different hours in order reach all the major time zones.

From the moment you enroll yourself in the project you have to contribute with a testing tip per week for the next 6 weeks.

Tuesday, is the day of week reserved for Tag Tuesday when people all over the glob can share their testing tips on twitter by simply adding the #dttip tag to their tweet.

How can I subscribe to these tips?

It’s easy, you just have to follow http://twitter.com/dailytestingtip

Want to contribute to the project?

If you would like to contribute to dailytestingtip and believe you can consistenly supply a daily testing tip just send a direct message to @dailytestingtip from your twitter account.

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