http://czechtest.com/programme

6. Testing is like solving puzzles

7. Puzzle
"...In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put
together pieces in a logical way in order to come
up with the desired solution..." -(wikipedia)
Testing
"investigating a product with the purpose of
getting useful information that is relevant to
stakeholders"
"put together pieces" ~ "investigating"

8. Examples of "testing puzzles":
Find a bug

9. Examples of "testing puzzles":
Find the reproducing steps/patterns of a bug

10. Examples of "testing puzzles":
Hack an application ( ex: upload a message/picture to a
normally unauthorized part of a website)

11. Examples of "testing puzzles":
Prove that all known expected
behaviors of the
application are met

12. Examples of "testing puzzles":
Find the most efficient way to cover the application from
the testing perspective based on time, priorities and risk

13. Puzzles
Macro-puzzles
Micro-puzzles

14. Micro -puzzles

15. Find an input that is not a prime
number, but the application is
validating it as being prime
~5 min

17. It looks like testing
and
It looks like solving a puzzle

18. Puzzles:
1)try to reproduce
2)find the pattern

19. Patterns

20. Go to http://www.testalways.com/3
Puzzle: List all the relationships that you can find
between entered input and generated image

21. Click on slide to go to video demo

22. Click slide to go to video demo

23. Macro -puzzles

29. Multiple possible analogies for hidden image puzzle:
bugs that were found for a defined area of a product

30. Multiple possible analogies for hidden image puzzle:
bugs that were found for the whole project

31. Multiple possible analogies for hidden image puzzle:
bugs that were found by testers relative to all the bugs
and issues reported eventually (including developers,
users, clients etc)

32. Puzzles
Macro-puzzles
Micro-puzzles

33. Conclusions:

34. References:
Concept:
James Bach – http://satisfice.com – dice game
Exercises:
Markus Gärtner - http://www.testing-challenges.org/
Environments:
Ajay Balamurugadas –http://weekendtesting.com

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