Taking Up The Challenge From Matt

Matt Heusser has posted a great " How would you test this ? " challenge. It's a great idea and gives a real world problem to solve

Here is my answer:

Day 1: Find company template for Test Strategy and write strategy

Day 2: Send draft test strategy out for review to CEO, CIO, CFO, D0BEDO, Support Team Manager, Training Team Manager, Documentation Lead, Old McDonald and The Janitor ( a mild-mannered one )

Day 3-5: Spend time explaining difference between test scope and test types to various people. Change font of document after feedback from CEO. Receive Out of Office reply from CFO. Add diagrams to document at request of Old McDonald

Day 6: Send out Final Test Strategy for official sign-off.
Receive Out of Office reply from CFO

Day 7: Find company template for Test Plan and write plan

Day 8: Send draft test plan out for review to CEO, CIO, CFO, D0BEDO, Support Team Manager, Training Team Manager, Documentation Lead, Old McDonald and The Janitor ( a mild-mannered one )
Receive Out of Office reply from CFO

Day 9-12: Spend time explaining difference between unit, system, integration and UAT testing to various people. Change font of document after feedback from CEO. Receive Out of Office reply from CFO. Add diagrams to document at request of Old McDonald

Day 13: Send out Final Test Plan for official sign-off.
Receive Out of Office reply from CFO

Day 14: Fill out form HBR-786-ABC-911-999-FOR to request access to test environment

Day 15: Fill out form RRR-987-ASDF-ASDF-GHJ to request testing resource

Day 16: Form HBR-786-ABC-911-999-FOR returned as I hadn't filled in section 16.5.4

Day 17: Form RRR-987-ASDF-ASDF-GHJ as I hadn't filled in section 14.5.9

Oh dear, just re-read Matt's blog

"Keep in mind, this is an agile shop that delivers working software every two weeks"

FAIL