1. Inspiring Testers
Stephen Blower
Test Bash 2014
@badbud65
Sheffield Test Gathering Organiser

2. Boredom
can be an
Inspiring State
of
Mind

3. My Journey
from a
Factory Schooled Tester
to a
Context Driven Tester

5. Feature: How to stop being bored and
underutilised
In order to not get bored
As a tester
I want to do something interesting and
worthwhile with my time at work
Scenario: Stop being bored
Given I’m bored
And doing the same thing day in day out
When outside of work
Then I’m going to look for a new job

7. I Know how to Test to Realising I Know Little
Anyone can Test to Testing Requires Skill
Test Scripts to Check Lists to Exploration
Estimation to Guesstimation to Negotiation
Automated Testing to Automated Checking
ISTQB to BBST and RST

8. What are some of the challenges facing software testers
James Bach, Software Testing Naturalist

9. How Do I InspireOthers?

10. Basically: Do as I say, not what I Do
Whisky Priest

11. Integrity
With Oneself and Others

12. When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Pragmatism

13. Use Facts not Assumptions
FACTS are objective, observable, and verifiable
ASSUMPTIONS refer to things we believe to be
true, but may not be

14. Use Oracles
Stephen Blower:
“Oracles are powerful heuristics used during testing
that can help us determine if a thing is a problem or
not.”
Work In Progress
Michael Bolton:
“An oracle is a heuristic principle or mechanism by
which we recognize a problem.”

15. Positivity & Solutions
Stop Moaning and Complaining
and do Something About it

16. Paired Testing
Two Minds are Better Than One

17. Trust
Without Trust You’re
Doomed to Failure

18. Praise
Praise where praise is due
not where expected

19. Testing Games
Take up Challenges and
Dare to Fail

20. Questions?
He must be very ignorant
for he answers every
question he is asked
- Voltaire -