Testing Toolkit

A categorised list of tools for software testers and quality engineers that I have written about.

I also wrote about why I think such tools are needed and how they can help.

📖 Learning

Knowledge is an important asset for a tester. To gain that knowledge, we need to learn. These tools will help you learn.

• 45 Questions Testers Can Ask When Joining a Project to Get Started

• 26 Questions Testers Can Ask to Learn About a Feature

• The Benefits of Understanding the QA Measures in Your Project

📝 Knowledge Management

When you learn, there is a lot of knowledge. Relevant and irrelevant. These tools help you to manage the knowledge you gain and to use it in your testing approach.

• How Feature Maps Can Assist Your Testing

📈 Improving and Change

As engineers, we face challenges that require solutions. Some of these solutions affect only our role. Others may affect the whole organisation. The tools listed here will help you identify opportunities for improvement and approaches to implementing them.

• Seven Questions to Ask Yourself to Identify Dependencies Worth Resolving

• Four Questions to Ask Yourself for Better Bug Reports

• Kaizen: With Marginal Gains to Long-Term Improvements

🗓️ Project Management

Testing skills can help with project management. Here are some of the tools I use when managing projects or collaborating with project managers.

• How Risks Can Be Used for Prioritisation

• 17 Questions to Ask When Reviewing a Plan