Feelings & Emotions
Focus on people’s feelings as the indicator to quality but be careful to avoid being fooled by illusions
Objective vs Subjective vs Relative
Quality is subjective, relative truth with an objective, relative analysis and is formed from relationships between people and software
Quantitative vs Qualitative
Testing is journaling, note-taking and immersion resulting in a written evaluation of quality carefully supported by metrics where appropriate
Deduction vs Induction
Testing is constantly building and falsifying hypotheses of quality using logical reasoning to uncover information
Method
Testing scientific model and process of research question, background investigation, analysis, hypothesis, experiment, evaluation, action (reporting)
Test Plan Mind Map
Coverage mindmaps, requirements/risk, charters/questions, designs, environmental/personnel, journaling/noting results