As winter has arrived for a short while in Sweden a discussion got me thinking.
A friends mother has apparently decided that it will be slippery everywhere, as there is about 1 mm of snow on the ground and therefore is a bit scared to actually go out.
Do we experience similar behavior when testing ?
Do we test in different ways depending on the state of the software?
If the software is in a bad state, or early in development, where issues are common:
You are expecting issues and therefore test in a different way, as: “it will not work anyway”, and you catch the small issues and might miss the big one. Or even worse give up before even trying one scenario.
I.e one is expecting to slip on the ice and therefore stiffens up and walks completely different and is probably more likely to actually slip on each little patch of ice
Or do you “walk” normally but is aware of the ice and prepared that the foot might skid a bit. ie you test as you normally do and if you “slip” are prepared for it and can handle that issue and continue to the really important ones
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