Software testing: Good Practice vs. Bad Practice

Defining your testing approach has to account for many factors, a lot of which are not within your control. It is therefore extremely important that the testing you decide upon should be aligned with your business objectives and be flexible enough to change should the objectives alter. The IT world pontificates about adopting best practice, but everyone knows that this is seldom a reality (or even necessary). This article offers pragmatic thoughts around adopting good testing practice as opposed to best practice to actually suit the needs of the business.