Almost a thousand years before the birth of modern computing, the polymath Ibn al-Haytham, advocated the importance of asking questions and then testing them. Galileo built on that and detailed his experimental methods in 1638 with the publication of “Two New Sciences”. He believed that knowledge could be acquired through reason, then reinforced through observation and experimentation. The Scientific Method has been honed for this very purpose and here, I will cover the steps involved. These steps are not set in stone and would be best considered as a set of general principles to work by; use them as another tool, not a straightjacket.
You can read the complete article on TestLodge's blog where it was originally published.
