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Drawing to Learn Sketching for Testers

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The Context

Testing is learning about the product in order to evaluate it.

– James Bach

Drawing is a powerful technique for visual learning.

Guernica by Pablo Picasso

The Problem

How to make an image more powerful than the blast of 50 tonnes of bombs?

How to make it live on, long after the dust and debris has settled?

How to make it linger in the mind’s eye, even when people have stopped looking?

Sketch #1: composition study

Sketch #8: head of horse

Sketch #12: composition study

First state of the painting

Sketch #24: hand of warrior with broken sword

Guernica by Pablo Picasso

The Solution

Ro Chair by Jaime Hayon

The Problem

Let’s make a comfortable seat.

A comfortable seat?

What is that?

Is it a sofa, is it a chair, is it a dining chair?

Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen

Ro Chair by Jaime Hayon

The Solution

Artists and designers are problem-solvers...

From problem to a solution is a creative process

Problem-solving ...who use visual learning

techniques...

to design solutions to problems.

Testers solve testing problems

Developers design a solution

to a problem

Testers investigate and evaluate solutions…

…by building mental models from different perspectives

Drawing the Problem

thinking

feelings

models

External Memory

Good sketches are accurate and precise in structure and message, but rough in an expressive way

Drawing to Learn

thinking

feelings

models

In visual learning, information is processed and understood through images and visualizing

techniques

Visual Learning

A Lighting Problem and Solution

• Design a lighting system for car parks that consumes less energy than current systems

• Don't compromise on comfort feelings and safety

• ROI

Context analysis: 1st iteration

Idea sketch of the Product Ecology

Hand-sketching

Presentation sketch of the Product Ecology

Flexibility

thinking

feelings

models

1. Configuration 2. Operation

3. Observation

4. Evaluation

Ah, problem!

Ah, new test idea!

The complex interplay between drawing and testing

Test Design Luminaire

Nth iteration State Transition Diagram and Domain Analysis

Group Thinking

Problem

Me Group

Idea sketch

Presentation sketch

Research Investigate Experiment

Observe Structure

Think Learn

Explain Discuss

My Visual Learning Method

The Context

Testing is learning about the product in order to evaluate it.

– James Bach

Drawing is a powerful technique for visual learning.

Drawing to Learn

External Memory

Problem-solving

Visual Learning

Hand-sketching

Flexibility Group Thinking

Ruud Cox [email protected] ruudcox

References

Hand-Sketching: Things You Didn’t Know Your Doodles Could Accomplish by Laura Busche The Power of Art – Picasso (youtube) Funtastico: Jaime Hayon Looks to the Future Rapid Software Testing slides– James Bach, Michael Bolton Wikipedia Google Images

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/10/10/things-you-can-accomplish-with-hand-sketching-doodling/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/10/10/things-you-can-accomplish-with-hand-sketching-doodling/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/10/10/things-you-can-accomplish-with-hand-sketching-doodling/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNC92dP_RRc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNC92dP_RRc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNC92dP_RRc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNC92dP_RRc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNC92dP_RRc http://www.designersandbooks.com/blog/funtastico-spanish-designer-jaime-hayon-looks-to-future http://www.designersandbooks.com/blog/funtastico-spanish-designer-jaime-hayon-looks-to-future http://www.satisfice.com/rst.pdf