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Category: Communication

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Translating “Don’t Test Thoroughly”

20th February 20179th May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 8 Comments

    While trying to construct a test strategy for a difficult project, I was recently given this advice: “Don’t test thoroughly”.   The droning siren already in the back of my mind loudened to a shrill alarm bell that it made it hard to concentrate.   Don’t test thoroughly?  Why do you hate me?  […]

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The Lonely Tester: Whats My Team Again?

9th February 20179th May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 1 Comment

    What’s in a team? We’ve all heard about testers and developers being placed in different teams (or silos), as opposed to having both roles and skillsets in the same team.  But what about testers placed in the client-facing team?  Being part of the team that deals with client onboarding, training and support, whilst […]

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Why I Don’t Report Bugs

10th November 20169th May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 18 Comments

    Be still, your beating heart.  I’m a tester, of course I report bugs.  But what about when I’m not being a tester, and I’m just a normal user?   I can only remember four occasions when I’ve reported bugs to the people that could actually do anything about it, but I actually find […]

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Communicative Illusions – The Testing Community’s Affliction

5th October 20169th May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung Leave a comment

    TL;DR: Why do testers keep falling out with one another?  Perhaps because of communicate illusions.  A communicative illusion is like an optical illusion – a fixed thing that appears to change, be multiple things, or be something completely different. They are influenced by the actual words we use and how we use them, […]

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MVP: Images Examined

26th July 20169th May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 8 Comments

  One of the first discussions that caught my interest when I joined the Twitter testing community in April was around MVP.  I’d seen a few people comment on the image below, that you’ve probably seen before, despairing that it’s still in circulation and being widely used as a visual aid to explain MVP.   […]

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Blogs about testing, UX, and software production from Cassandra H. Leung (she / they) - a quality coach, software tester, UX enthusiast and international speaker.

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