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48 P.Gerrard Fig. 1 The new model for testing are more prosaic––it sounds logistical. But sequencing is a generallygood thing to do––HOWyouprioritizeandsequence isyour logistical choice. The New Model for Testing is an attempt to identify the critical testing thought processes (Fig. 1).A Webinar [5] andwhite paper [6]give a full explanationof the thinkingbehind themodel,which is reproducedbelow. The model doesn’t represent a process with activities, inputs, outputs, entry and exitcriteriaandprocedures.Rather it represents themodesof thinkingwhichpeople whotestgothroughtoachievetheirgoals.Ourbrainsaresuchwonderfulmodelling engines that we can be thinking in multiple modes at the same time and process thoughts inparallel. Itmightnotbecomfortable,but fromtime to time,wemustdo this. The New Model suggests that our thinking is dynamic and event-driven, not staged. It seems like it couldbe a goodmodel for testingdynamicandevent-driven approaches likecontinuousdelivery. Using the NewModelas thebasis for thinkingfitsournewworldof testing. The ten thinkingactivitiesall haveassociated real activities (logisticsusually) to implement themandifwecan improvethewaywe thinkabout the testingproblem, we are better able to make informed choices of how we logistically achieve our goals. There are several consequencesof using the New Model. One aspect is how we thinkaboutstatus. Theother is all aboutskills. 2.7 RethinkingStatus Asacollaborative team,all membersof the teammusthaveasharedunderstanding ofthestatusof,forexample,featuresinthepipeline.Now,thefeaturemaybeplaced