How to Fake a Test Project

It has never been easier to fool your manager into thinking that you're doing a great job testing! James Bach covers all of today's most respected test fakery. These techniques include: misleading test case metrics, vapid but impressive looking test documentation, repeatedly running old tests "just in case they find something," carefully maintaining obsolete tests, methodology doublespeak, endless tinkering with expensive test automation tools, and taking credit for a great product that would have been great even if no one had tested it. James covers best practices for blame deflection. By the time you're through, your executive management will not know whether to fire the programmers or the customers. But, you know it will not be you. (Disclaimer: It could be you if an outsourcing company fakes it more cheaply than you do.)

• Cautionary true stories of test fakery, both purposeful and accidental
• Why surprisingly common practices often go surprisingly wrong
• Signs that your testing may be fake