Summary

This chapter tried to widen the idea of testing, asking about all the activities done to reduce risk, who does them, and when. To that end, we explored the idea that testers are out of fashion, then gave you the tools to look at the wider picture in your current organization and steer toward improvement as you defined it. We took one more crack at discussing test tooling and whether your approach is based on data or faith. The chapter then went on to expand the view of quality, to the left and the right, and covered the concept of adding the exploration of risks as a broad topic with a tracked list of risks ordered by a decision maker.

Make no mistake, we’re strong advocates of an actual person who thinks of their role primarily as a tester of software. We realize this is against the spirit of the age, to which we shrug. Organizations that eliminate the tester role and try to push it down to everyone else will then need everyone to have a higher knowledge of testing...