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Software Testing Techniques

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Software Testing Techniques

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  1. 7 Important WaysToBeA Perfect Software Tester qatestingtips.com

  2. 01 Organizeeverything Preparingeffectivesoftwaretestingenvironmentsandtasksrequirescommunicationwithmany people.Ifyoudonothaveamethodtostorethisinformation,thenyouwillmissimportantdetails. Detailsthatcouldendupsavingyouhoursofyourtime.Peoplearecommunicatingthrough multiplemediums.It’seasyforamessagetoslipthroughthecracks. You’vebeenthere.You’retalkingwithyourtestleadandtheyinsistthattheymadearequest weeksago,butyoudon’tunderstandwhatthey’retalkingabout.

  3. 02 Writedetailedbugreports Ifyouwritecleananddetailedbugreportsthenyou willdoeveryoneonyourteamanenormousfavor. TherearethreepointsIwouldliketostresshere. Write with detail Write withclarity Write forothers Thepeoplewhowillreadyourbugreportswillnot understandorseewhatyoudidtoexposethatbug. Whenyouwriteindetail,youallowtherestofyour team and the developers to save an enormous amountoftimebynothavingtoguessanypartof yourenvironment.

  4. 03 Testcasesareanimportantpartofthesoftwaretestingprocess. Testersonyourteamwillbereliantontheinformationdisplayedtocarryout theirtasks. Theefficiencyofyourentireteamdependsonbeingabletowritecleartest cases. Muchlikewritingclearbugreports,whenyouwritecleartestcases,this makestheworkofthedevelopersandothertesterseasier. Don’tcreatelongtestcases.Whenyouaddmorestepstoatestcase,you increasetheprobabilityofsomeoneonyourteamfailingtoexecuteatask. Experienceshowsthattheoptimallengthofatestcaseisbetween3-8 steps. Writecleartestcases

  5. 04 Testingisateameffort. You’llfindkeepingeveryoneintheloopfromthe beginningwillsaveanenormousamountoftimedowntheline. Whenyouexposetesterstoagreateramountoftheproject,theywillfeel muchmorecomfortableandconfidentinwhattheirgoalsshouldbe. A tester is only as efficient as their QA team.Your goal is to make sure everyoneinvolvedintheprojecthasasolidunderstandingoftheapplication. When everyone understands what the application entails, testers can effectivelycoverthetestcases.Communicatewiththetestleadormanager toallowtesterstobeinvolvedinthedecisionmakingmeetings. Givingtestersaccesstoearlyknowledgewillallowthemtoprepareearly testenvironments.Thiswillavoidanyunforeseenissues,preventingany delaysorriskswhilealsobeingcost-effective. Takepartandcommunicate

  6. 05 Testingisaprocess.Youaregivenanapp,andyoumustdecidewhatshould betested,whattheresultshouldbe,andapplyatestingtechnique. Askyourselfwhatquestionyourtestsareanswering. Yourtestingtechniquesareavaultofanswers. Onceyouunderstandwhatthequestionis,youjustneedtopickwhich answermakesthemostsense. Whenyoucreateaprocess,youendupreachingyourdesiredresultfaster. Filterthetechniquesthatmakelittlesenseandapplytheonesthatdo.If thosedon’tworkthenyoucangobackandtrythelessobvioustechniques. Askyourself questions

  7. 06 Atester’smindsetcanmeanthedifferencebetweenfindingthemostcritical bugintheappandfindingnothing.Ifyoutestanappwithoutanexpectationto findanybugs,thenyouwillnotfindany. Noappisflawlessandyouarewellawareofthat.Thereareaninnumerable amountofsituationswhichcanbreakanapp. Bytellingyourselffromthebeginningyouwill uproot that elusive critical bug, you’ll end up findingotherbugsintheprocessandignitea sparktoyourcolleagues.Whenyoutestwith apositiveattitude,yourteammatesnotice. Whenyourteammatesnotice, theywillfollow you. Again,youareonlyasefficientasyourteam. Whenyouexciteyourteamtoworkharder, you improve your team’s software testing efficiency. Bepositive

  8. 07 Contrarytopopularbelief,oneofthemostimportantstepstotaketobecome anefficientsoftwaretesterinaprojectistonottestatallatthestart.Instead, takeamomentandplaywiththeapp. Figureoutwhattheapp’sgoalsare.Whenyouunderstandwhatthegoalofthe appis,you’llbeabletounderstandthegoalofeachindividualfeature.Whenyou understandthedetailsintricatedetailsoftheappthenyouwillbeabletoplana veryefficientandeffectivetestcasestrategy. Whenyourgoalsasatesteralignwiththegoalsoftheapp,youwillbeable todelivertremendousresults. Don’ttest

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