Pradeep Soundararajan's Software Testing Zennoreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)Sun, 10 May 2026 00:26:16 +0530Blogger http://www.blogger.com221125http://testertested.blogspot.com/en-usnoCopyrights :: Pradeep Soundararajan :: http://testertested.blogspot.comsoftware,testing,pradeep,soundararajan,rapid,testing,program,code,test,build,tester,tested,blog,heuristics,oracles,coverage,tool,automation,manual,scripted,thinking,skillsI bring to all my listeners some of the interesting stories from India on software testing and software testers.Testing Stories from IndiaPradeep Soundararajannoreply@blogger.comPradeep Soundararajanhttp://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/10/thats-all-folks.htmlSun, 12 Oct 2014 20:12:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-1581195015000085077 I have decided to end this blog. There is no emotion or event behind this decision. I have to move on and I am moving on. I have had a great time writing for myself and to you through this blog. I am not bringing it down so whatever I have posted will stay. I am not adding anything more here either.      That's all folks! 0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-question-on-exploratory-testing-from.htmlSun, 29 Jun 2014 19:29:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-3386901732314583647 How exploratory testing differs with other testing? What is the common problems faced by a tester when performing exploratory testing? ....  And my answer: You can cook pizza by following instructions or trying it out on your own. When you try it out on your own, you learn a lot more than merely following instructions. You don't get pizza a couple of times but once you get it, you would 0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-world-of-misfits-in-software-testing.htmlWed, 7 May 2014 09:31:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-626672445084258771 I just turned in notice rather than watch the exploratory test job I love turn into writing test cases to reassure PMs that things "work." — Natalie Bennett (@bennett_nj) May 6, 2014 Natalie isn't just talking about exploratory testing, she is talking about value. However, the value she is talking and what the PMs want seem to be different. I know there are people like her across the globe.0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/04/perscholas-keith-klain-doran-jones-and.htmlWed, 30 Apr 2014 05:59:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-7927304651576064304 I hadn't heard about PerScholas till 2013. I guess Keith Klain introduced PerScholas to the testing world through his leadership activities during his awesome stint in Barclays. The idea was definitely exciting but it needed more than an idea. Every idea needs awesome people to execute.  I don't exactly know how Keith Klain found Doran Jones Inc to join as its COO but it was the best thing0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/04/bangalore-workshop-on-software-testing-4.htmlSun, 27 Apr 2014 22:47:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-7370259020533700746 The BWST is back. There was a gap of 3 years after BWST 3 to get to 4. All because I was doing things that took my time away from community activities to build Moolya. Moolya and I are doing great enough for me to resume my community activities. So, as BWST is back so is Pradeep back to the Indian software testing community activities. I am not an easy guy. I have never been one. I have grown 0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/03/all-testing-done-should-be.htmlWed, 5 Mar 2014 14:26:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-3441586951170974260 All testing done should be... Risk based : Caring to not  lose users, money, name, market share, brand value, customers, people Business driven : Focused on goals that business wants to achieve With care for users : really caring for them and not masturbating about caring for them To improve sales :  focusing on conversion, funnel, lesser cost per customer acquisition To increase 0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/02/fake-agile-test-consultant.htmlWed, 12 Feb 2014 05:26:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-5918592699606737621 I call myself a Fake Agile - Test Consultant. All consulting I have done in the space of Agile never exposed to me what some people over the internet seem to be talking about. When I first read the Agile Manifesto I was excited. It sounded a lot like Context Driven Testing to me. I was hoping that tons of problems I faced in my career with poor software engineering practices would go away and 0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/02/pregnancy-analogies-part-2.htmlThu, 6 Feb 2014 23:29:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-4147175035122490632 We look at test case pass and fail to make shipping decisions There are pregnancy tests whose results turn out to be false positives and false negatives. In the pregnancy context, it would be very disappointing if the result is false positive or false negative, especially if the expected was an opposite. In India, I have seen and heard women who cry out of pain when the result turns negative 0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-test-passes-or-fails-through-what.htmlFri, 17 Jan 2014 08:27:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-6020613556859635838 pass1 pɑːs/ verb 1. move or cause to move in a specified direction. "he passed through towns and villages" synonyms:go, proceed, move, progress, make one's way, travel, drive, fly; More 2. go past or across; leave behind or on one side in proceeding. "on the way to the station she passed a 0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/01/pregnancy-analogies-part-1.htmlMon, 13 Jan 2014 22:50:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-9214598693570908317 Everybody is pregnant with ideas all the time. Women are gifted with a capability to be pregnant beyond ideas. In 2010, I had the divine opportunity to learn about pregnancy through my wife who was carrying our first child. I couldn't stop my mind from co-relating pregnancy to testing software. I have been trying to crystallize my ideas for a long time (our child is more than two and half 0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2014/01/2013-year-of-change.htmlSat, 4 Jan 2014 16:45:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-7659971532990723815 Happy New Year! For a very long time, I couldn't blog here (or anywhere). This has been the longest gap I have had in my blogging life. I thought I would not get back to this blog but thanks to Jokin Aspiazu, Mauri Edo, Issi Hassan and my fellow Hindustanis, Rahul Gupta and Sharath Byregowda to re-inspire me to blog. 2013 was THE YEAR OF MY LIFE so far. It made me change a lot of things. 0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2013/05/emailing-skills-and-its-power-to.htmlFri, 10 May 2013 16:12:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-2985463030252450378 No matter how much you probe people who are successful they won't tell you some secrets - not because they don't want to tell you but because they don't all the time recognize the smallest most ignored thing they did great were the secrets. To me, when people talk about testing skills, they often leave out writing skill. They don't recognize it. Even if they do - there are several forms and 7noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-istqb-scam-and-why-you-should-sign.htmlTue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-8471060583996276206 If you know what I am talking about - go here right away and sign the petition. If you do not, read this: If you are my blog reader, you would know why ISTQB is a shame, a scam and faking its agenda. Despite the awesome challenge put up, its promoters are not revealing publicly how the profit is used (considering they claim it is not for profit)  When Keith Klain, Michael Bolton and 10noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-culture-bug-that-impacts-software.htmlSat, 30 Mar 2013 12:33:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-7837765850620875524 We all know the way we have been brought up has had a huge influence on how we see things. Some of us have benefited and others have not. Most of us have a mixed bag. A culture bug in India Each of our countries has a culture that has rubbed off on how we are brought up. Indian culture teaches respect. If someone is elder, no matter how stupid they are, kids are taught to respect them 10noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2013/02/testing-for-product-demo-experience.htmlWed, 6 Feb 2013 10:13:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-5688084987157865999 ~10 years ago In 2003, I worked for Impulsesoft, a start-up company that claimed to be first in demonstrating CD Quality (which is 44.1 KHz sampling, at that time) stereo music over Bluetooth. I was extremely proud to have been a tester for the world's first Bluetooth Headphones. At that time, you may have called it a bleeding edge technology. On a yet another beautiful Sunday morning I got a9noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2012/11/tested-new-un-conference-in-india-for.htmlSat, 17 Nov 2012 18:12:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-1288499916862992060 Isn't it so awesome that we announce a conference 3 weeks before it is going to happen? We made http://test-ed.in live just couple of hours ago and announced the new conference for software testers in India. We made all background work much before we did the announcement. The venue, speakers, event organizing, badge-tags for 600 people and much more secret stuff. However, what we 10noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2012/10/james-bach-live-in-india-hosted-by.htmlWed, 31 Oct 2012 12:59:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-2140879637484707662 As James Bach's student and colleague, it is such a proud moment to build a company that within its 2nd year anniversary is able to hire him to help us and fellow Indians be more inspired and challenged. A lot has changed since James came in 2003 to India. James is definitely more excited to come to India now. He sees there is a lot of potential here, a lot more than what he probably thought 12noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2012/10/in-memory-of-ola-hylten.htmlThu, 25 Oct 2012 08:42:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-4879913190866480443 In Oredev 2008, a stylish young man talked to me about testing and he turned out to be Ola Hylten. We struck a connection right from our first conversation and we started feeling friends. The conversation went online once the conference was over. We built mutual respect for each other. So much that we were thrilled to meet again last year November. Ola invited me home and he drove me to his 2noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2012/09/story-from-company-that-built-best.htmlWed, 12 Sep 2012 09:03:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-8097416985422917960 I am sure you have heard of stories of UFO and Alien sighting from many parts of the world. Ask the sales team of this famous company that built "the best software testing tool" and they would tell you that alien visits are because of their tool. The aliens, according to the sales team, needs a one stop solution to all their automation testing needs and that is why they visit us. If you 12noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2012/08/exploring-exploratory-testing-bangalore.htmlTue, 7 Aug 2012 15:50:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-7740093388904344435 Update : In less than 48 hours of this post, there are about 40+ registrations and I am not taking anymore registrations. To those who are in the first 40, they would receive an email from Yagnesh who is helping me help you. You will receive an email from Yagnesh by 12:00 PM IST on 10th August, 2012 with details. Apologies for not being able to accommodate more this time. If you don't 6noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2012/07/changing-part-of-landscape-of.htmlThu, 26 Jul 2012 19:28:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-1703461381228030733  http://moolya.com/blog/2012/07/26/thanks-so-much-for-interviewing-with-us/ 0noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2012/06/testability-stories-for-agile.htmlSun, 3 Jun 2012 17:50:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-5828083625548323841 You have blood, it has a pressure and it has to be monitored if you want to keep yourself healthy and living long enough. Blood pressure is directly related to heart and its function. As you all maybe aware, most deaths in this world are due to heart attack. We are so bloody lucky. If we were born in the 17th century and needed a blood pressure test, someone would have wanted to cut open an 6noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2012/05/fletcher-lynd-seagull.htmlWed, 2 May 2012 14:48:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-946025285403650231 I am not Jonathan Livingston Seagull. James Bach is. I am Fletcher Lynd Seagull. At a time when I was asking how do I fly fast and swoop like birds should ideally do, I met Jonathan Livingston Seagull who along with Michael Livingston Seagull and plenty others taught me how to fly and swoop. They set me free from the crowd and here I am, appearing to most likely do what they did to me.  4noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2012/03/weinberg-on-more-than-writing.htmlbookexpertshappyheuristicslearningpeoplewritingSun, 11 Mar 2012 23:14:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-6764313833817484511 11th March, 2012 in Bangalore was a beautiful Sunday. Now that it is almost over, I can use the past tense "was". Just the weather making it beautiful is one part but what about the weather within me? I decided to make it beautiful within. Everybody has a pile of books that they bought but never paid its due attention. Weinberg on Writing ( WoW as I want to call now) - The Fieldstone Method&nbsp11noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)http://testertested.blogspot.com/2012/02/conferences-workshop-update-bangalore.htmlWed, 15 Feb 2012 16:08:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-194821100584823334 To those in Bangalore, Chennai and Pune, I am here doing some workshops and conferences. Agile India 2012 - Bangalore : February 17 - 19 First, I am speaking at Agile India 2012. I am presenting a 90 minute workshop on Exploratory Testing the coming Sunday - 19th Feb 2012. There are about 750 registrations so far and this looks very exciting. Kudos to Naresh Jain for pulling things 6noreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Soundararajan)