Testing Folklore

• Every test must have an expected, predicted result

• Effective testing requires complete, clear, consistent, and unambiguous specifications.

• Bugs found earlier cost less to fix than bugs found later. – I might still believe this – only for those bugs that you could reasonably expect to find

• Testers are the quality gatekeepers for a product

• Repeated tests are fundamentally more valuable.

• You can’t manage what you can’t measure.

• Testing at boundary values is the best way to find bugs.

• Test Documentation is needed to deflect legal liability.

• The more bugs testers find before release, the better the testing effort.

• Rigorous planning is essential for good testing.

• Exploratory testing is unstructured testing, and is therefore un-realiable.

• Adopting best practices will guarantee that we do a good job of testing.

• Step by step instructions are necessary to make testing a repeatable process.