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How Could I Miss That Defect? Inattentional Blindness
Summary
Andrew Brown discusses why some defects slip unnoticed to testers, explaining how to notice or pay attention to an event or object.
Bio
Andrew Brown is a principal technical consultant at SQS. Recently, he has developed an independent line of research into understanding why humans make the mistakes that lead to software defects. He has 25 years’ experience in the software industry. Previous roles include Head of QA at HMV, Head of QA at a financial software house and a test manager in Japan.
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