esting in modern times: A story about quality and value
summary
Argues that testing is about informing decisions and managing tradeoffs, not just finding bugs; claims automated checks detect regressions like dashboard lights but usually cost more time than they save while enabling faster delivery; recommends routine risk analysis in refinements and measurable learnability improvements using models like the 10Ps and James Bach heuristics; recounts a three‑week regression suite cut to one week by rethinking scope and testability and treating testing as continuous team learning.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Start
- 4:48Testing and quality?
- 7:13Quotes
- 9:32Value to our customers
- 9:55Software Development = R&D
- 10:20Software is complex
- 12:26During software development we have to deal with unknown unknowns
- 14:25Business case of testing?
- 15:21Testability you say?
- 15:38Learning about testability
- 15:50More about testability
- 16:31Automate everything?
- 17:58Can everybody test?
- 19:31About critical distance
- 20:13Learning in teams: it's all about loops!
- 24:50What is a learning organisation?
- 25:27Characteristics of learning organisations
- 27:04Building a learning organisation
- 29:00Continuous learning is a given...
