QA Exploratory Testing QA's scope of duties is wide and involves an equal dose of structure and chaos. For this article we will be focusing on the chaos.
Process On Being a Work In Progress SpiderOak doesn't quite follow the "What Works" philosophy; we instead focus on "What Works NOW". The upside is that as our company grows and changes, we alter our processes to best suit our current needs. The downside is that this puts us in a state of constant evolution.
QA Test Case Development, an Overview Rote testing helps us check our assumptions and plans, while exploratory testing helps us see what might happen *beyond* those assumptions and plans.
Process Retrospectives You’ve just finished a big project, and everyone’s heads are swimming. You know things didn’t go perfectly, but at the end of the day you shipped on time. You’re feeling pretty good... and then your project manager schedules a post-mortem.
Process Estimation & Planning It’s 4:30PM on a Friday and the Sales rep says “I have a client meeting Monday – can you tell me how long it will take to implement the new feature we talked about today?” *Groan*.
