"Non Functional Test Lead" http://denver.craigslist.org/sof/287621770.html Does that mean that not only would I be non-functional, but that I would also manage...
... also manage a non-functional staff? That's why I prefer Cem Kaner's term for "tests other than functional tests": parafunctional tests. It helps to avoid...
We call them "technical" tests in our place.
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STEURS Stefan
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Mar 5, 2007 12:40 pm
... Thanks. "Non-functional" breaks the rule "state things positively", and "parafunctional" is just a weasel-word around that. -- Phlip ...
Regarding Chris' initial post - I agree, that's an hysterical miss-use of language. It reminds me of a white fellow I knew in college who commented after being...
... Priceless; compares favorably (or unfavorably) to the old Doonesbury cartoon where Uncle Duke is appointed Ambassador to China because of his "experience...
Well, there are many ways to group tests.
A lot of testing is "feature driven". We have a use case, story,
scenario, function specified in an artefact that...
STEURS Stefan
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Mar 6, 2007 12:29 pm
Hi Stefan, I appreciated hearing more detail of how you name tests, and how you use terminology to avoid losing tests/ideas. It's not the way I'll name them, ...
Following on to the example you gave ... we have to reduce the number of
different terms that float around. I still don't understand why
'acceptance' testing...
STEURS Stefan
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Mar 8, 2007 6:55 am
Hello, STEURS. On Thursday, March 8, 2007, at 1:55:09 AM, you ... Would you like to understand why I prefer the term "customer testing" to "acceptance...
Steurs, I agree with Ron that the terms actually causing lots of problems for many testing teams. Especially since the terms come from other industries and...
I know there are 'views' behind the use of 'new terms', but usually the
difference in view is limited to the eye of the beholder :-)
The examples given about...
STEURS Stefan
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Mar 9, 2007 6:30 am
It does happen: years ago at university I was testing some code changes and my monitor began belching smoke. ... -- This email, and any files transmitted with...
Mike Kernaghan
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Mar 9, 2007 5:00 pm
... different terms that float around. I still don't understand why 'acceptance' testing has to be referred to as 'customer' testing. In a talk that I give, I...
... Because linking the test to the role that owns it is less ambiguous. Suppose a developer says, "that test is breaking but the code works. Can I..?" Another...
Hello, Michael. On Thursday, March 8, 2007, at 1:46:55 PM, you ... Oh, nice! Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once...
... Errr, http://testingjeff.wordpress.com Perhaps it's time for me to stop typing my sig manually, and find some way of automating its insertion, eh? ;0P...
I love the way that after dinner discussions at conferences start off very functional, then later in the evening both the discussion and the discussees are...
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