March 12, 2005

Tim's Comments on Software Testing and Scientific Research

Tim Van Tongeren commented on one of my recent posts, building on my thoughts on software testing and the philosophy of science. I like the correlation he made between more scripted testing and exploratory testing to quantitative vs. qualitative scientific research. When testing, what do we value more on a project? Tim says that this depends on project priorities.

He recently expanded more on this topic, and talks about similarities in qualitative research and exploratory testing.

Tim researches and writes about a discipline that can teach us a lot about software testing: the scientific process.

Posted by jonathankohl at March 12, 2005 12:34 PM