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Will a new tool help? Here’s an IDEA-T to think about…

17 Oct 2025
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Choosing or designing a new tool can feel like the solution to every testing problem until it becomes shelfware. In this talk, Isabel Evans shares insights from years of academic and industry research into how testers acquire, design, and evaluate tools.

In this talk, you’ll learn about IDEA-T, a framework of heuristics Isabel developed to help teams ask better questions before adopting or building tools. Drawing on real-world stories and evidence from interviews, workshops, and case studies, she reveals how testers can use IDEA-T to make more thoughtful, people-centred decisions about tools that genuinely support testing work.

Resources

Isabel Evans.pptx.pdf

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