Holistic testing is a term that I have been thinking about for a while now. There are many different types of testing that need to included in our support for better quality. In January 2021, I wrote a blog post called “Testing And Coding, Not Coding ‘Then’ Testing” to emphasize that testing and coding are […]
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Part 3: Testing vs Quality Management – What is Quality
What is Quality In my most recent blog posts ‘What is Testing’ and ‘Testing Activities’, I shared my thoughts on testing. There is a close relationship between testing and quality, but they are not the same. Testing in some ways, assesses quality, but only to a certain degree. My intention was to make this the […]
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Part 2: Testing vs Quality Management – Testing Activities
Testing Activities In my previous blog post Part 1, What is Testing, I talked about what I felt testing was about. In this second part of my series about testing and quality management, I get more specific about different types of testing and expand on models that help teams visualize testing so the whole team […]
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Part 1: Testing vs Quality Management – What is Testing?
What’s the difference between testing and quality management? Over the past few years, I’ve been thinking about quality and what it means. I’ve done a few talks on it and engaged in several conversations with different people. Recently a LinkedIn conversation sparked my thoughts in a different direction – about the relationship between testing and […]
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