In the right hands, combinatorial testing can be a powerful testing strategy to reduce the number of tests. Unfortunately, when used improperly, it can hurt more than it helps. Ingo Philipp explains that there is not one single combinatorial testing technique that guarantees success. Rather, success lies in creating a tight interaction among all of the techniques, since each is intended to serve a different purpose. In nearly every test project, even small test sets are overrun with countless business-related dependencies. The number and nature of these dependencies do not necessarily...Learn More
Ingo Philipp
Tricentis
After several years working as a scientist in particle physics and computational fluid dynamics, Ingo Philipp immersed himself in the multifaceted worlds of functional software testing and development. Ingo is on the product management team at Tricentis where his responsibilities range from product development and product marketing to test management, test conception, test design, and test automation. His experiences with software testing embrace the application of agile as well as classic testing methodologies in the insurance, banking, commerce, telecommunications, and energy sectors.