Well, the first step is done. We have just had the first ever WTAZ session! And it went great! *yay*
The objective was here:
http://groups.google.co.nz/group/software-testers-new-zealand/browse_thread/thread/6cbee3a6fb040310
The raised bugs can be seen on http://bugrepository.com – project WTANZ01
The transcript is here: WTANZ Session 01 18-04-2010
As you can see the session was very lively and we had a really good attendance for a first time Weekend testing session. We pretty much kept to the time-frame of 2hrs.
The goal was to test the mortgage calculator on Sorted.org.nz. This is a popular website in NZ to learn about finances and things like retirement amongst others. From the word GO everybody really dug their heels in. One of the first insights was that there seems to be quite a big discrepancy when comparing results between various interest calculators. We really didn’t quite get to the bottom of that but it was interesting that a simple seeming thing can have so many “interpretations”.
Further testing quickly showed the obvious. This website has NO validation checking but….. it doesn’t fall over either. No matter what you threw at it it would process the results. Never mind if the answer was correct. For details see the raised defects.
The testing then focused on usability more general usability and browser testing. This might have all been bit much for one session but nonetheless there were some good learning points to take home (check from log time 19:25 onwards).
The discussion after highlighted that in such a high pressure testing situation most used the ET path. Some ideas around planning were done and shared with some good insights. I’m sure everyone could take something home from this.
All in all great fun and great sharing. It all made my facilitation role so much easier 
So after all the butterflies I’m glad it all went well and we’re all looking forward to Marlena’s session in a fortnight.
Also have a look at Ram’s blog entry that gives even more detail on what we did.
Cheers & till next time!
Tags: Testing, Weekend Testing
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