Test Strategy: Yes.

Software: Yes.

Teach/Coach/Mentor: Yes.

Speaking: A lot.

AI - increasingly.

The commercial, research and other activiies of Paul

Gerrard Consulting

My Testing Problem

It all begins with a problem. Maybe you want to test a system. Maybe you need to convince stakeholders testing is a good idea. Or maybe you need to formulate an approach. Whatever it is, the way you think about your problem makes all the difference.

Don’t worry about how hard the problem seems. Everyone tests and hits the same problems. Your system is different, your business is different, your technology is different. It’s cold outside. But your testing story is what’s going to make this one a success.

The Testing Glossary Project

Do you think that the definitions we use in the testing business are confusing, a mess, even, would you like to see an online tool that gave you both standard definitions and other definitions for comparison? Are you actually more interested in explanations rather than terse definitions?

Check out this video series - it will prove useful to you. You might also find my Leadership in Testing online class useful: https://bit.ly/leadintest

Videos on

Test Strategy

What is a test strategy? How do you get commitment from your stakeholders? What's the difference between a strategy and a plan? How do you manage risk? Will anyone read it anyway?

Have you ever written a document that no one read?

I want to move away from documentation and encourage you to think about the kind of conversations you need to have and the decisions you need to make to capture whatever you call and whatever you record as a test strategy.

Test Strategy is much misunderstood, and badly explained. Until now