The Evil Tester Show - Software Testing and Development with Attitude

Software Testing a retail site becomes really important at specific peak times of the year. In this Black Friday Special of The Evil Tester Show Podcast we consider lessons we can learn from discount sales, retail under pressure, and confidence tricksters and expert provocateurs. We discuss: - The Black Friday Software Testing Game - Oracles - Observation - Evidence - Belief - UK Sale of Goods Act - what is a sale? - What is an expert? - How to communicate like an expert - Automating through the GUI - Options for Automating - Testing for Confidence - Communicating Confidence - You can be confident that something is wrong - Confidence doesn't mean Goodness  Show notes: http://eviltester.com/show/003-black-friday-2017/ 

Software Testing often means challenging beliefs and changing minds. Where can we learn those type of skills? The book Provocative Therapy has had a big impact on my life as a tester and a consultant. Also I want to discuss the Tester's Role in Modern Software Development and the current vogue for Quality Coaches (that might be a bit provocative)

- What is provocative therapy?

- The Goals of provocative therapy

- Humour in provocative therapy

- How to use provocative therapy as a consultant

- What is the tester's role in modern software development?

- Why are people confused about a Tester's role on Agile?

- Why is Agile Testing Hard?

- Why will Quality Coaching help?

- What does a tester really do?

- What makes a good tester different from other people on an Agile team?

- What are the dangers with Test Coaches?

- How do we define our own role on Agile Projects?

- What does a tester do on Agile Projects?

- Can programmer's test their own code?

Show notes at http://eviltester.com/show

http://eviltester.com/show/002-provocative-2017

Software Testing is the act of entering into the unknown, we don't know what we will find. We are in the Uncertainty Business. We find and investigate anomalous Phenomena Anomalous - "deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected." We are part of a long tradition of Anomalous Phenomena seekers. Show notes