A testing persona is a fictional character that represents a typical user group of your product. They are built, where possible, using real data about your users’ demographics, behaviour, goals, and pain points. Think of them as a quick way to step into your users’ shoes when testing. For example:  Non-tech-savvy users: They want simple, intuitive interactions.  Experienced users: They expect advanced functionality and shortcuts.  Users with disabilities: They may need accessibility features like screen readers or keyboard navigation.  Testing with these personas helps you cover a wider range of potential user experiences. Why use testing personas? Testing personas help you go beyond just checking if features work. They let you see things from the user’s point of view. They make it easier to understand what real users, especially those with disabilities, might struggle with. This helps testers make sure everyone can use the software and have a similar experience. By bringing these user stories into testing, you can focus on what matters for each user group.  Focus on User Behavior, Not Just Features: Personas push you to look beyond just testing if a feature works. Instead, you’re testing if it works for the user. Different users have different needs and expectations, and personas help you account for that.  Optimise for Business Value: Testing personas ensure that you’re not just testing in isolation but also aligning your testing efforts with the business goals of the product. If a feature doesn’t provide value to the persona, it likely won’t provide value to the business.  Improved User Experience: Testing with diverse personas helps testers have empathy for different users and contributes to creating a product that’s easier for everyone to use.  Enhanced Reputation: A product that meets various user needs can build trust and loyalty among users. This also keeps a product reliable enough for its team to focus on innovation.  Less Frustration: Addressing different user challenges helps in reducing confusion and frustration during use. This can help in building the best possible experiences.  Higher ROI: By meeting user needs, a team moves ahead in innovation. Hence, your work can increase sales and profits. 

Start testing before any code exists by using the RRM to uncover risks, clarify ambiguity, and prevent costly rework.

Bugs come in many forms and have many names. Defects, errors, failures, faults, issues, exceptions, glitches, inconsistencies, or system failures, but most teams simply call them ‘bugs’ for simplicity. While testers play a critical role in identifying bugs, their resolution requires collaboration with different roles including developers, product managers, and stakeholders. 

A sudden surge in users is like a workout for your product

Explore the differences between them and learn how to use both to enhance problem-solving in software testing

Exploratory testing is a human-led approach that brings creativity, intuition, and adaptability to uncover issues that structured tests might miss. It allows testers to learn about the system, identify risks, and discover unexpected behaviours that structured tests might miss. For example, when testing a mobile shopping app, a tester might explore different input methods, e.g. typing, voice search, or barcode scanning, while adapting their approach based on observations.

Every requirement has boundaries, often called acceptance criteria. These criteria help to understand what the requirement covers, and what it doesn’t. Defining scope through acceptance criteria prevents wasted effort on unnecessary tests and keeps your focus sharp.

What is a model? Simply put, it’s a simpler version of something complicated. Think of a map, it doesn’t show every tree, hill or crack in the road, but it gives you enough information to get where you’re going.

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Found this in drive - the presentation I gave in my first community meetup as speaker.

When developers give me same bugs on repetitive testing.