Bob Legrand

Test Plans: Don’t Overdo It

For the Testing part of a project a Master Test Plan is required from the Test Manager. It presents the outline of the project: the testing strategy, planning and resources. Why would we waste our time on Detail Test Plans for each test type?

Risk Management Tools

Risks can be regarded as actions that have to be taken. That means that you can use just about any “action-driven” tool you can think of to manage risks - a findings management tool for instance. In this article Bob Legrand explains how to...

Risk Analysis and Risk Management

In this article we will show that risk analysis and risk management are continuous processes and not just the mandatory activity that it often is in projects, because "you have to manage your risks you know...". Risk analysis and risk management...

Organization of UML Diagrams and Testing

UML diagrams are primarily used for creating the architecture of new software products. These diagrams can also be used for testing purposes. Every diagram can be used for testing purposes. In this series of articles we will demonstrate how. First we...

Offshoring: How to Let It Flow

In this article, Bob Legrand will discuss how his employer utilized process flow diagrams to improve the quality of testing that was outsourced to an offshore company to India.

Obtaining Business Commitment for Testing

How do we get commitment from the employees who will have to work with the new product? Should we involve them in every step of the development process or should we keep them on the sideline? In this article we try to show what we should and what...

Learn How to Set-up Test Scripts to Save Time and Money

If you set-up the test scripts in a structured way you will gain a lot of time - and money during scripting and testing. Definition of a test script starts with structured modeling of the requirements. In this article Bob Legrand will show how to improve...

General Development Process Model

In this article Bob Legrand will get to the bottom of the development process... literally. You will see triangles you have seen before - put into a new perspective, which clarifies the coherence between general process development models and why they...

Should We Redefine the Role of Testing?

In the development of a project, the testers usually get involved when the specifications are ready. Too late. Testers should be involved in the analysis phase, to find the problems early and to save a lot of time and money. But how?

Chain Testing is Risky Business

Chain testing is becoming more popular and is regarded to be of vital importance for testing systems and their interactions. There is a danger to do too much and spent a lot of money on tests that are not important. Risk analysis should show what needs...