The Purpose of Testing. Or Is It?
summary
The talk examines the true goals of software testing, arguing that common teachings (courses, ISTQB, Wikipedia, quick online articles) have led to incomplete or incorrect ideas. It presents the speaker’s modern view of testing—aligned with several leading experts—aimed at clarifying purposes of testing to improve testers’ practice and shift the testing paradigm away from superficial “best practices.”
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:33Testing purpose
- 8:06Testing as info service
- 16:55Delivering info
- 21:11Matching goals
- 25:06Cost and efficiency
- 26:56Testing vs QA
- 27:38Summary
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