50+ ways to improve tester-programmer relationship- Ajay Balamurugadas

Beyond Functionality

• Not just Functionality testing.Can you list ten different quality criteria?

Bug Reports

Good Example: Call Log: Missing entries after five calls in twenty minutes.

Bad Example: When a user calls many times, he does not see few entries in the call log.-Detailed steps, Attachments-Why should it be fixed?-Mention the tests conducted

Attitude

• Serve them (by questioning)• Respect them and their skills• Know their timings & breaks

No one likes to be disturbed !!!

Collaborative learning

• Highlight heuristics, OFAT, MFAT

• Highlight testing challenges• Ask what does the code do?• Technical Limitations• Similar Code?

Work To-get-her

• Have programmer as one of your mentors