Testing Lessons from the Land of Make Believe

Rob Sabourin has discovered testing lessons in Sesame Street, the Simpsons, the Looney Tunes gang, the Great Detectives, Dr. Seuss, and many other unlikely places, but this year he journeys to the Land of Make Believe. Rob's grandchildren Jane and Suzy draw him into the Land of Make Believe. Every visit is a new adventure. By leaving reality for the realm of play, Rob has discovered many simple truths and clever strategies for solving stubborn technical, management, and people-related software testing problems. An imaginary tea party teaches role playing, simulation, re-focusing, and test leadership. Imaginary messes suggest powerful environment virtualization strategies. Are you robust enough to romp around the playground?  Can you bake mud pies with variability, combinations, and permutations? Who can enter the land of make believe without the blessing of beautiful princesses whose whimsical authority demonstrates adapting to stakeholder value systems? Open the tickle chest to discover storyboards, affinity analysis, test design, scenarios, and attacks. Join Rob to wander into the wonderful Land of Make Believe. See if the imagination of Jane and Suzy inspires you with powerful testing ideas.