- Exploration, Finding, Testing, Setting up hypothesis, Manual, Bespoke, Check lists, What if
- Steps, Confirmation, Checks, Proofs, Automated, Routine, Test cases, Does it matter
Does it indeed matter …
The “box” is a solution – if the box doesn’t fit the problem, it doesn’t work. (period)
See also: Testing and checking, What if – and Does it Matter, The small changes in the big scripts Routinized and bespoke activities left and right side of the brain
Complexity is a Matter of Perspective 
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Also catch up on Alan Pages “http://angryweasel.com/blog/?p=349” It’s all just testing:
the world is still compelled to proclaim they are “exploratory testers”, because they like to use their brain while they’re testing. All of this is fine, of course, one can use whatever terms they like, but to me, at least, it’s all just testing.
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[…] Black or white – it is the same box […]
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[…] It’s probably 6) All of the above […]
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[…] The same thing with your testing – that is: Is you dare to take a holistic approach and not only focus on the mechanics. See also: Mapping testing Competencies , Learn to think like a business, When do testing happen? 3D model for testing contexts Black or white – it is the same box […]
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[…] UAT seems to be the very same thing, so why test it twice. What the business really wanted was not window dressing of words, but results no matter what the […]
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