notes from a problem solving tester consultant
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Notes from a problem solving tester consultant
Pradeep SoundararajanDirector @ Moolya Software Testing Pvt. Ltd.,
[email protected] / http://moolya.com
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Pay close attention!
You are listening to the “NLTE Problem Solving Expert of Year 2010”
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Warning!
This presentation might appear arrogantand that’s purely intentional.
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All testers have problems
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Some of you have some problems in common
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Now your common problem is…
You have to listen to “Pradeep Soundararajan”
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Give me 40 mins, I will solve that problem for you
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So, as you see, I can solve problems quickly
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“Put your trust in the Lord, your next 40 minutes belongs to me”
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“A problem is the difference between things needed and things perceived” –
Don Gause & G Weinberg
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So a tester either suffers from
• …things needed OR• …things perceived
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Story # 234
Once upon a time, there lived a tester, who stillis living, by some name that doesn’t matter.
After joining a big company, he found a criticalbug that was in the product for last 5 years thatno one had found it. That created a problem forhim!
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Story # 463
Once upon a time, there was a tester whothought the developers were intentionally notpaying attention to his bug reports.
He felt de-motivated by the behavior of thedevelopers and thought he should quit thecompany and move on but actually …
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Story # 983
In an organization, there was a test team whose culture was to run to the developers desk each time to reproduce the issue they reported.
They found a lot of good bugs and they were too happy for a long time until…
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Story #1031
There was a tester who used to read my blogand email me his comments thinking his Englishwas too bad to post in public.
I urged the tester to start blogging on his ownand he thought his English wasn’t good enoughbut
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Story #2322
Not too far away from here lives a tester whowas hired to do “checking” work and he hated it.
Yet, he continued to do without telling hismanagers about it. He was considered a poorperformer. But one day…
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Slide 56 Why I got the NLTE award & you didn’t!
• I read books that you were supposed to but might not be reading.
• I interact with people who are smarter than me & you too were supposed to be interacting but might not have.
• I am trying to build a good heart whilst building a good mind that you were supposed to but might not be building.
• I practice testing & problem solving that you were supposed to but might not be doing.
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Solving these problems weren’t tough for me
• Lateral Thinking• Creative Thinking• Cognition• General Systems Thinking• Are your lights on• Malcolm Gladwell• Birbal• Tenali Rama
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Thank you for your time but one last info.
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You should know what NLTE stands for
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Nothing Like That Exists!
• Stop being fooled by people who can make you think something exist and put you into Wonderland of testing
• The only way you can work against being fooled is to increase your skills.
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So whom to trust?
• Trust the guy who honestly confessed that he fooled you
• Now that you trust him: All stories were true and the slide 56 can help you become a better thinker and hence better tester.
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Free Consultation!
After this conference is over, I encourage and welcome you all to talk to me and I would
offer free consultation to you.
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