hiccupps-f-heuristic

Overview

HICCUPPS-F is Michael Bolton's oracle heuristic - a mnemonic for the kinds of references a tester consults to decide whether an observation is a problem. It's published at developsense.com/blog/2012/07/few-hiccupps.

The point: a "bug" is a relationship between an observation and some expectation. Different expectations come from different oracles. HICCUPPS-F gives the tester a checklist of oracle types to consult before deciding "no oracle ⇒ probably not a bug" or "oracle says X ⇒ behaviour Y is wrong."

This skill is a pure reference consumed by individual testers during sessions (session-based-test-management-reference).

When to use