Public Class: ONLINE Rapid Software Testing Coached (US)

James Bach is a consulting software tester. The founder of Satisfice, Inc., a software testing consultancy, he has been in the tech field as developer, tester, test manager, and consultant for 39 years. James is at the forefront of testing craftsmanship. He is a founder of the Context-Driven school of testing, a charter member of the Association for Software Testing, the creator of Rapid Software Testing methodology and Session-based Test Management, and has been an expert witness on testing and software quality in court proceedings. If you've ever heard of exploratory testing, it's because of him: he was the first to talk about it in public conferences in the 90's and the first to create an exploratory testing class. He is also the author of two books: Lessons Learned in Software Testing and Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: How Self-Education and the Pursuit of Passion Can Lead to a Lifetime of Success. James' work has been much influenced by the humanistic ideas of Jerry Weinberg, as well as Cem Kaner.

James Bach

Rapid Software Testing coaching is a systematic expertise-based approach that promotes a culture of craftsmanship and continuous learning.

In the technical world, everyone learns on the job. That process goes a lot better with good coaching. Coaching is more than giving pep talks, it is an interactive exploration and leadership of work in progress. A good senior tester needs to involve the whole team in testing, explain and demonstrate testing, learn from the testing of others, evaluate progress, and report status. Coaching encompasses all these activities.

In the typical project, the builder’s mindset dominates. Builders are optimistic, and that’s good. But the testing mindset has to be different. When you test you must look for trouble. Good test coaching can help people put on the testing hat when needed.

The RST method of coaching is not generic. It requires that the coach be a reasonably skilled tester. Using a framework of coaching heuristics developed by James Bach while helping hundreds of online testing students.This course is taught online in a 2-day (three 90-minute webinars per day with 30 min breaks in between, total 5.5 hours) format.Starting Time 9am Pacific Time<a href="https://www.satisfice.com/rapid-software-testing-coached" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.satisfice.com/rapid-software-testing-coached</a>

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