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A Rant About Thinking:Beware of Numerism and Quantasms Numerism: blind faith in numbers. Quantasm: the lapse of judgment induced in a numerist by the sight of numbers. How “Risk Magnitude”Can Outlaw the Right Answer A very severe event (impact = 10)… that happens rarely (likelihood = 1)… has less magnitude than 73% of the risk space. A 5 X 5 risk has a magnitude that is %150 greater. What about Borland’s Turbo C++ project file corruption bug? It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and motivated a product recall. Yet it was a “rare” occurrence, by any stretch of the imagination. It would have scored a 10, even though it turned out to be the biggest problem in that release. How Testers Think James Bach, Satisfice, Inc. james@ Too many textbooks treat testersas clerical wind-up toys. “This model identifies a standards-based life cycle testing process that concentrates on developing formal test documentation to implement repeatable structured testing on a software or hardware/software system. The general intent is that the test documentation be developed based on a formal requirements specification document...Once the documentation is developed, the test is executed.” Testers light the way. By our thinking, we can compensate for a difficult project environment. complete specs quantifiable criteria protected schedule early involvement zero defect philosophy complete test coverage Testing is about questions;Posing them and answering them. Product What is this product? What can I control and observe? What should I test? Tests What would constitute a diversified and practical test strategy? How can I improve my understanding of how well or poorly this product works? If there were an important problem here, how would I uncover it? What document to load? Which button to push? What number to enter? How powerful is this test? What have I learned from this test that helps me perform powerful new tests? What just happened? How do I examine that more closely? Problems