When do we stop?
by Kyung Joon Kim
1. 7.The Pause That Refreshes Heuristic
1.1. tired? bored?
1.1.1. need coffee break, to refresh, to concentrate more
1.1.2. instead of automatically doing things, start to think differently
1.2. research
1.2.1. learning
1.2.2. investigate in other areas, go further and wider
1.3. reflect
1.3.1. planning
1.3.2. priority
1.3.3. crucial findings
1.4. not to stop reason
2. 8. The Flatline Heuristic
2.1. program crash
2.2. program stable
2.3. not to stop reason
2.3.1. lack important test?
2.3.2. enough variation?
2.3.3. enough load?
2.3.4. soak test is needed (e.g. memory leak)
2.3.5. enough information?
3. 9.The Customary Conclusion Heuristic
3.1. follow existing test cycles/cases/procedure
3.2. not context driven
4. 10.No more interesting questions
4.1. no risk big enough to worth continuing testing
4.2. not to stop reasons
4.2.1. potential information/points might be missed
5. 11.The Avoidance/Indifference Heuristic
5.1. laziness
5.2. management decision: no caring about testing result, go ahead to release it.
5.2.1. forced by business pressure.