Some Classic Testing Mistakes

The role of testing

  • Thinking the testing team is responsible for assuring quality.
  • Thinking that the purpose of testing is to find bugs.
  • Not finding the important bugs.
  • Not reporting usability problems.
  • No focus on an estimate of quality (and on the quality of that estimate).
  • Reporting bug data without putting it into context.
  • Starting testing too late (bug detection, not bug reduction)

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