Now you may have found yourself in the same situation as me, the only tester working on a particular project with the usual aggressive project timelines. Although this may seem daunting at first there are a few things I have found that can help. NOTE: In this post I try and called what testers would traditionally call defects, problems. I have done this after reading this: http://www.developsense.com/blog/2014/04/ive-had-it-with-defects/ Keep Test cases simple Being the sole tester on a project you often do not have the luxury to spend a long time planning your testing. If this is the case keep you need to keep test planning simple but with enough detail so you know exactly what you want to test. A great tool for this is mind maps, which allow you to capture key tests in a quick and easy way without having to go into lots of detail. How you structure you mind map is up to you so long as a) It can be read and understood by another person b) If you have to go b