Comments on: The Problem with TheApp

By: Shmuel Gershon

Shmuel Gershon — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:57:56 +0000

Phil,
“almost as good as pairing with him” … That is praise for Rapid Reporter and the way it leads a tester to share his mind.
I’ve seen once and again sessions that are made intelligible by Rapid Reporter. Yay.

Alan,
“I do almost as much investigation into why things don’t work as I put into discovering what works (and doesn’t work).”. Nice point, and good approach.
However, while the extreme of “problem detection only” can be harmful (and boring), the other extreme of insisting too much on an investigation can also be harmful. I was once told by a (good) manager to consider investigating less, as when it is too much I could invest this time into finding more and new problems. I think often times this is a valid consideration, and the right answer of course follows rule #17.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:27:26 +0000

Thanks Alan. Shmuel post was very insightful and lots of insights for myself.

By: Ariel Silverman

Ariel Silverman — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:20:15 +0000

I enjoyed very much the thrill of reading Shmuels investigation. This is a great way to improve my tests skills. Thank you Alan and Shmuel

By: Phil Kirkham

Phil Kirkham — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:17:40 +0000

It was great to read Shmuels write-up of his investigation, almost as good as pairing with him.

I’ve dabbled a bit with Procmon, I’ll have to dabble some more

thanks for the challenge, it could have fallen flat with no responses but turned out to be a good learning opportunity