Rahul Verma: My Petty Bits

I had earlier talked about various introductory terms in my elaboration of the AEIOU model. With the foundational concepts in place, I can now start digging a little deeper into concepts that I’d later relate to test design in the Sampling series. Before, we get started, here’s the AEIOU model for your reference. If you

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There are only a few contrasting terms in the testing world which have helped me in understanding the subject better. The distinction between black-box testing and white-box testing is one of them. However, over a period of time, as I experimented more and more, this distinction became limiting. It puts an upper bar on the

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With a possibility of 78.5% applicability of the 4 analogies from Theater discussed in this article, I hope this article ins-pie-res testing minds. This is the best I could come up with, oder? “ओए तेरे चार की पाई! पाई-पाई का हिसाब लेगा रे तुझसे फैजल” ~ नवाज़ुद्दीन सिद्दीकी (Non-translatable, sorry. Lit.: Hey, Pie of your

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Rather than writing another one-way expression of information, I thought to reverse the sides of the table. I constructed an example to continue further discussion on sampling. Any single example used to explain a concept is a compromise. I thought about what to use for this article a lot, and decided to create something where

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When it comes to asking some pertinent questions, I have interacted with hundreds of testers closely in my work & workshops and thousands briefly when it comes to conferences . That is not an exaggeration. Personally, I am an introvert with just 4-5 close friends (that’s an exaggeration I think :-), the number could be

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This article might contain some politically incorrect thoughts for many. Is it socially acceptable to take such an earthly pleasure or should a tester be of the divine kind? Some readers of my articles find them philosophical or deep. I would have really started thinking about myself as a philosopher too seriously if I had

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I had a long, interesting conversation with Wayne Roseberry on various topics. One of the pieces of conversation was on The GOLD Heuristic . He asked shouldn’t Go One Layer Up be also important. I agreed. I had a separate model for that. However, after this conversation I thought to revise the GOLD heuristic to

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In this article, I will elaborate further on my concept of What is a Test? in light of the The Vowel Model (The AEIOU Model) of Pluralistic Testing. Note: If you are someone who is caught up in caging of testing into types of testing, strict walls around words etc, you may not be able

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This is my re-imagination of The Thirsty Crow or The Crow & the Pitcher story found in Aesop’s Fables . It’s a staple fable taught to kids in many parts of the world. The story concerns a thirsty crow that comes upon a pitcher with water at the bottom, beyond the reach of its beak.

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“ਕਦੇ ਕਦੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਦਿਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਖ਼ਿਆਲ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਏ, ਕਿ ਇੱਥੇ ਇਸ ਤਰਾਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਤਾਂ ਕਿਸ ਤਰਾਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ…” ਸਾਹਿਰ ਲੁਧਿਆਣਵੀ ਦੀ ਚੰਗੀ-ਭਲੀ ਨਜ਼ਮ ਦੀ ਜਹੀ-ਤਹੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਉਹ ਕਿਸੇ ਡੂੰਘੀ ਸੋਚ ਵਿੱਚ ਡੁੱਬਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਸੀ। ਅਜੇ ਮੀਂਹ ਪੈ ਰਿਹਾ ਸੀ। ਜਿਥੋਂ ਤੱਕ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਯਾਦ ਸੀ, ਇਹ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ ਕੁਝ ਇਸ ਤਰਾਂ ਹੀ ਰਹਿੰਦੀ ਸੀ। ਮੀਂਹ ਰੁਕਿਆ ਹੀ ਹੁੰਦਾ,

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