As a tester, you might recognise this feeling. The world wants your tests to “pass.” Developers, Product Owners, Project Managers, Executives, everyone is looking at you, waiting for you, wanting the tests to “pass.” Wanting […]
Tag: fallacies
The ‘Just Testing Left’ Fallacy
I am mindful that many of my blogs are descending into mini tirades against the various fallacies and general abuse of the lexicon of software development. Humour me, for one last time (thats not true […]
The name of the thing is not the thing
I often ponder the question ‘should we care about what we call things in the software development world?’ One could argue that as long as everyone has a common understanding, then it shouldn’t matter right? […]
The Fallacy of the Single Point
Ever heard of the ‘Fallacy of the Single Cause?’ It refers to the rarity of single causes resulting in particular effects, it turns out the world is more complex than that. Many different inputs […]
