tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948141587422980338.post5704244362680839593..comments2023-07-29T14:44:21.646+02:00Comments on The Tester's Headache: Carnival of Testers #7Simon Morleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10629592766073538811noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948141587422980338.post-40889848454972604782010-03-01T21:22:09.899+01:002010-03-01T21:22:09.899+01:00Yes, shrewdness wouldn't work for all... I exp...Yes, shrewdness wouldn't work for all... I explored this a little more - the <a href="http://testers-headache.blogspot.com/2010/03/testers-from-animal-kingdom.html" rel="nofollow">pudding</a> grouping could cover the not so shrewd cases.<br /><br />Like the idea of "seven types of testers" - Rob Lambert & Rosie Sherry did a "tester types" <a href="http://api.ning.com/files/i*eW06Cb6TvhaKiW0YMISUQISOfmspxyCh7YhHf8gBAsqGjSDdtadxvpDlGnfuTilR3pDuAbL27zmnMUQqiPzUDcWHmABRF6/testertypes.pdf" rel="nofollow">e-book</a> a while back. Some of those seven are in there.<br /><br />Prisms? Yes, maybe. I think of it as needing to be part investigative journalist, part experimental scientist, part philosopher and part diplomat - not an easy gig!Simon Morleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629592766073538811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948141587422980338.post-55996150215686929902010-03-01T17:40:37.474+01:002010-03-01T17:40:37.474+01:00Nice idea about a shrewdness of testers but it int...Nice idea about a shrewdness of testers but it intimates that all testers are sharp and awake. Occasionally, that may not be the case .... ahem.<br /><br />What about a 'Seven of testers' to reflect all the different modes of testers out there: Grumpy, Happy, Dopey, Bashful, Pernickety, Boastful, Asleep in the loos, etc.<br /><br />I like the idea of a Prism of testers to reflect all the different sides (types) of testing and to pay homage to the different angles many testers will take to get to the root of a particular issue.ElizaFhttp://www.knowledgemill.com/what-a-software-tester-really-doesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948141587422980338.post-37809523192397260742010-03-01T12:39:45.648+01:002010-03-01T12:39:45.648+01:00Yes, a carnival could be a good group name but it&...Yes, a carnival could be a good group name but it's the connotations that are the problem - I would just think of a bunch of people in harlequin costumes and entertaining - so maybe it's not a bad fit :)<br /><br />I looked through a list of animal groupings when I was writing this - a skulk, a brood or a pack sound slightly menacing... A school (as in dolphins & whales) could work but I thought was slightly boring.<br /><br />Our closest animal cousins (ape) have troop (a bit circussy again) or a shrewdness - a shrewdness of testers might work :)Simon Morleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629592766073538811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948141587422980338.post-73925906313321328792010-03-01T10:46:04.008+01:002010-03-01T10:46:04.008+01:00Hi there, thanks for the mention in your carnival ...Hi there, thanks for the mention in your carnival of testers (I suppose that is as good as name for a collective of testers as any :)<br /><br />I am flattered to be in such distinguished company as the rest of the bloggers you mention.ElizaFhttp://www.knowledgemill.com/what-a-software-tester-really-doesnoreply@blogger.com