We organized a bug hunt for our latest release, inviting developers, PMs, pre-sales, tech writers and IT people to test with us in short fun sessions.
I wrote these tips for the non-testers - see if you want to add something:
A few tips on how to be successful in bug hunting, collected from veteran hunters:
Be pessimistic, but energetic
you know that everything that can go wrong WILL go wrong, but you do it anyway (and report it)
2. Don’t look for bugs under the street-light
go for the less travelled paths
3. Think negative
The positive paths are working
4. Size matters
Go for big inputs (files, compliance content, number of jobs in workflow, etc.)
5. Do it again, and again
Jobs will run the first time, but the second time?
Create, Delete, Re-create – BOOM!
6. Be quick, but thorough
Use existing resources (user guide, SDD) for quick checklists
Good luck
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