warning.. there is an attempt at humour in here..
A lot of people like to use simple diagrams to explain their test approach on a project or system. One that crops a lot is the test pyramid as described in
Alister Scott's WatirMelon blog. I love this diagram, and thought that it gave people a high level understanding about what and how you are going to be testing, both automatically and as a human on a project. I was wrong! After a recent series of criticism about a test strategy I produced, I realised that not everyone sees the world like I do. So here are a couple of takes on the test pyramid to help other people understand the diagram a bit better. Its so difficult to be all things to all people!
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| Pyramid at sunrise |
Obviously, the sun is what humans do, with their minds etc.. and the pyramid describes the effort invested in certain test automation activities.
When I was looking at the diagram above, I couldn't help noticing similarities to pac-man, so here is my second attempt.
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| pac-man tests |
For more information see my brief entry on the
test pyramid.
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