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Stop being a NON-Technical Tester!

By on December 19, 2011 in Best Practices, On-Going Improvement

There is an on-going discussion in the World of Testing around whether a tester should be more or less technical in his work… (and this is without even asking if we should call someone technical or not!)

The truth is that I believe testers SHOULD be technical, and that there is a marked added value for a tester that is technical over one that is not.

This doesn’t mean we should be only technical and stop concentrating on understanding our users, or that we should strive to be more technical than our programming peers. But there are many ways in which we should start getting rid Non-Technical tester each of us carries inside of us.

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10 reasons why You are NOT a Professional Tester! — Part 2

By on December 5, 2011 in Management, On-Going Improvement, Testing Intelligence

This is part 2 of the article I published last week with the 10 Reasons why You are NOT a Professional Testers. As I started on the first part of this series, I think the bulk of the blame is on us, the testers, for not looking at our jobs as a profession.

Without going into the specific reasons, for that you can read inside, I think we need to improve the way we look at our tasks, how we communicate with our teammates, and how we look at the future of our profession.

I am looking for your feedback, so please feel free to let me know what you think!

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