Think Like a Tester

Rikard Edgren

09:00-17:00 Tuesday 11th June

Testing is primarily a thinking activity. There are hands-on aspects, and tools doing a lot of the work, but the intelligentia lies in the tester’s mind. So testing starts and ends in your head, and if you know more about your strength and weaknesses you can do a better job.

In this tutorial we will cover aspects like:

critical thinking – e.g. questioning things that aren’t as apparent as others think
creative thinking – finding new perspectives and solutions for a unique situation
logical thinking – understand how things fit together and affect each other
pragmatic thinking – finding solutions that will actually work
modelling – you are always using a model, whether you’re aware of it or not
learning – the input and output of (good) testing

Theory is one thing, but experiential learning through exercises is more important. There will be shorter thinking exercises, and longer hands-on exercises on hand-crafted applications created for this tutorial. The theory and exercises, together with Rikard’s sharing of experiences, will hopefully help you broaden your perspectives.

The goal is to learn more about our thinking, and have a bit of fun while doing it.

What you will learn

Further develop different aspects of your thinking as a tester
Practice on unique and challenging exercises
Receive supplementing material to take home

Session Details

Intermediate
7 Hours
Interactive Tutorial
New & useful skills

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Session Speakers

Rikard Edgren

Test Expert – Nordic Medtest, Sweden

Rikard Edgren describes himself as a humanistic and technical tester since 1998, specializing in generalities like test strategy and exploratory testing. Thus far Rikard has had ten speaking appearances at EuroSTAR, and won Best Conference Tutorial Award in 2014 and 2020; and Programme Chair in 2018. Rikard is a member of the think-tank The Test Eye, co-author of ‘Software Quality Characteristics’, author of ‘The Little Black Book on Test Design’, and ‘Den Lilla Svarta om Teststrategi’.

Rikard currently works as Test Expert at Nordic Medtest, Karlstad, Sweden; working with Swedish healthcare infrastructure.

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Think Like a Tester

Rikard Edgren

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Test Expert – Nordic Medtest, Sweden

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