7: Nuance Matters... Sometimes

In this episode, Ian and Andy ramble on about nuance and how it matters (sometimes). They talk about testing and checking, bug and defect, meander into audio panning, and wrap up with bug advocacy. Peeping Tom the turkey guests, adding occasional commentary.Show Notes:Testing vs. CheckingThinking like a robotMichael Bolton's tweet on testers not preventing defects (and subsequent replies)Friend of the Show Mark Tomlinson's tweet poking us to talk about bug vs. defectJames Bach's definition of "bug"Positive vs. Negative testingMagenicGeek SquadBest BuyThe Little Big DetailsQuality Characteristics Cheat Sheet from Rikard Edgren, Henrik Emilsson, and Martin JanssonCem Kaner & Becky Fiedler's BBST Bug Advocacy course (many of the points Andy makes about reporting bugs are elaborated further here)Jerry Weinbergs' definition of qualityMichael Bolton's 3 stories of reportingDeveloper & Tester Conflict (This paper takes a bit of a pessimistic view and is based on a small survey of deve