The Power of Doubt - Becoming a Software Skeptic
Outline/Structure of the Talk
INTRODUCTION
THE DEEP DIVE
THE THEORY
THE TOOLKIT
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
HEURISTICS FOR HEALTHY SKEPTICISM
SKEPTICISM – THE PRACTICE
- BE SKEPTICAL OF YOURSELF
- BE SKEPTICAL OF CERTAINTY
- THE FEELING OF KNOWING
- NOT KNOWING
DOUBT AND SKEPTICISM IN TESTING
- QUESTIONING
- REJECTING CERTAINTY
- NOT KNOWING
- USING THE (SKEPTICAL) FORCE
THE REVALUATION OF DOUBT
CONCLUSION
A SKEPTIC MANIFESTO
Learning Outcome
Target Audience
This session is suitable for all people involved with creating software. Since I am a tester, I speak from a testing angle, but the message is universally human
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This talk won the Best paper award at Eurostar 2016 in Stockholm, and was the highest scoring presentation of the conference. It was also voted as the do-over session.
The paper can be downloaded from my blog: https://testsidestory.com/2016/11/16/the-power-of-doubt-becoming-a-software-skeptic-paper/