It has been quite some time since I last updated my Periodic Table of Testing. The 10th of December 2018, to be exact. Creating a more accessible version of the table with a list version has been on my to-do list for far too long. I apologise to anyone who has tried to access this and not been able to do so.
Well, after a lot of procrastinating, distractions and personal shifts, I’ve finally done it, along with updating the table itself. Not including things like Quality Engineering, Continuous Quality, and Quality Coaching, among other long-overdue changes, has also been bugging me for a long time.
So here is the long-awaited Version 3 of my Periodic Table of Testing with alternative text below.
Periodic Table of Testing Version 3 in list form.
Testing elements
Customer
IL – Inclusive Language
CJ – Customer Journeys
CT – Customer Tours
UX – UX / UI
EE – End to End
AC – Accessibility (WCAG)
TF – Testing Fundamentals
Web
UB – Usability
GM – Gamification
CB – Cross Browser
RD – Real Devices
RES – Responsive
OS – Operating Systems
WM – Web / Mobile / App
Exploratory
PR – Pairing
IA – Integration Tests
VA – Value Adding
TG – Testing Goals
DC – Discovery
EP – Exploration
Data Protection
AT – Attacks (DDOS etc.)
ExP – External Penetration
IP – Internal Penetration
UA – User Access / Permissions / Roles
SEC – Security
Technical Elements
Digital
AI – Artificial Intelligence
IoT – Internet of Things
CD – Cloud
SOC – Social
MB – Mobile
AN – Analytics
Tests
AIA – AI Assisted Testing
TC – Technical ‘Testing’
SCS – Server Side / Client Side
AU – Automation
LD – Living Documents
UT – Unit Tests
Tools / Items
ML – Machine Learning
AP – API Testing
OML – Observability / Monitorability / Logs
DA – Test Data
TA – Testability
Performance
SL – Scalability
PPP – Physical PC Performance
AR – Application Resourcing
CP – Capacity
LP – Load / Volume Performance
Personal Elements
Sources
CF – Conference
CS – Communities / Social Media
MS – Media Sources
BK – Books
CO – Coaching
Communications
PR – Pairing
RP – Reporting
AI – Actionable Insights
DB – Describe Behaviour
COL – Collaboration
Aims
CG – Career Goals
YG – Year Goals
PG – Project Goals
SG – Session Goals
GL – Goals (Any)
People
ST – Strategic Thinking
LD – Leadership Development
QC – Quality Coaching
MN – Mentoring
CL – Continuous Learning
Technique Elements
Indicators
CH – Checklists
YO – Your Own
EX – Experience
HCS – Heuristics / Cheat Sheets
HOM – Heuristics / Oracles /Mnemonics
Approaches
SYT – Systems Thinking
QE – Quality Engineering
CQ – Continuous Quality
CR – Critical Thinking
PS – Personas
TC – Test Charters
RB – Risk-Based Testing
Methods
WF – Waterfall
PDD – Practice Driven Development
ScT – Scientific Theory
XP – Extreme Programming
SbE – Specification by Example
WoW – Ways of Working
AG – Agile (Agnostic)