Comments on: The added value of testers http://www.testingthefuture.net/2009/11/the-added-value-of-testers/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:10:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ewald Roodenrijs http://www.testingthefuture.net/2009/11/the-added-value-of-testers/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Ewald Roodenrijs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:44:29 +0000 http://www.testingthefuture.net/?p=748#comment-699 Robin, I agree with you. Testers have that natural 'critism' to help get rid of those assumptions. Thanks for your comment. -Ewald Robin,

I agree with you. Testers have that natural ‘critism’ to help get rid of those assumptions.

Thanks for your comment.

-Ewald

]]> By: Robin http://www.testingthefuture.net/2009/11/the-added-value-of-testers/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Robin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:25:24 +0000 http://www.testingthefuture.net/?p=748#comment-698 What I see as perhaps the greatest added value of a tester is the tendency/habit to challenge assumptions and the drive to get rid of uncertainty where possible (since uncertainty leads to assumptions: "We don't know exactly what the customer wants, so we'll just assume ..."). This holds true for all types of testing; if a design document says X, why is that? What is it based on? Why is something modeled the way it is? Is that accurate, does it represent the actual way of working? Are the people you invite for a UAT indeed a good representation of the future users? This, for me, is much more important than actual test execution...if the team realizes what needs to be build and why, odds are slim that large issues are found in actual test execution. What I see as perhaps the greatest added value of a tester is the tendency/habit to challenge assumptions and the drive to get rid of uncertainty where possible (since uncertainty leads to assumptions: “We don’t know exactly what the customer wants, so we’ll just assume …”).

This holds true for all types of testing; if a design document says X, why is that? What is it based on? Why is something modeled the way it is? Is that accurate, does it represent the actual way of working? Are the people you invite for a UAT indeed a good representation of the future users?

This, for me, is much more important than actual test execution…if the team realizes what needs to be build and why, odds are slim that large issues are found in actual test execution.

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