False Failures: Worse than Real Failures by Jason English
Better to fail for real than fail to really fail. Huh? We know you've experienced this. Let's say you just added some new functionality into your software, and you run a new build. And let's say that 50% of your test cases fail. What is the first thing you assume? ... Rather than using the test to validate the application, you are using the application to test the test case - which is a program you coded! ... Then you dig into the test scripts to try to figure out why the test case is no longer passing, and rework them until they pass.

Software Testing and Quality in Real World by Karthikeyan Pappaiyan
Why Sofware Testing? To reduce risk: Customer dissatisfaction Decrease of market share Higher service costs To verify To ensure that the system operates according to the requirements “Passive” testing; the positive attributes of the system are tested To validate To ensure that the... Everyone involved in the delivery of the software, including business users, analysts, designers, programmers, testers, managers, executives, systems personnel and quality assurance people, must understand that you are fundamentally changing the way you build and test software.

Software Testing: Part 1 by Prakash Chakkunny
The other day a friend asked me what a tester does. In other words what is software testing? What’s a bug? What are the key terms associated with testing? This is a humble attempt to address these questions and initiate the uninitiated to the world of testing. ... The test lead/ senior test Engineer develops Test cases which is basically a set of test inputs, execution conditions, and expected results developed for a particular objective, such as to exercise a particular program path or to verify compliance with a specific requirement.

Advantages and Guidelines of Automated Testing by Vamseedhar Sane
"Automated Testing" is automating the manual testing process currently in use. This requires that a formalized "manual testing process", currently exists in the company or organization. Automation is the use of strategies, tools and artifacts that augment or reduce the need of manual or human... Minimally, such a process includes: Detailed test cases, including predictable "expected results", which have been developed from Business Functional Specifications and Design documentation A standalone Test Environment, including a Test Database that is restorable to a known constant, such that...

Testing a Software by Gijo George
Software testing assumes a very important role in Software life cycle. Without proper testing software is incomplete. Testing should adhere to some general standards. To help a software tester, a test plan is prepared. This test plan broadly describes the approach towards testing particular... Another document that is generated for testing is the test plan is test case. ... A test case contains various inputs and expected results. ... For this, he can sit with functional experts in order to better understand the functional aspects the tested software is intended to accomplish.

Automatic Test Cases by Uzi Shuri
This article will present the dilemma of automating test cases and will bring the advantages (values) and disadvantages (obstacles) of implementing it, solutions for these obstacles are also presented. What is the goal you would like to achieve by automating the test cases? ... Let’s assume that currently a documented manual test case exists, testing team is very professional and the customer is satisfied with software quality. ... In case of simple software, meaning one or two modules with simple functionality, the implementation will be relatively fast for an experience developer.

Free DVD Burners by Marcus Peterson
Free DVD burners are DVD burners that can be obtained free of cost. It may be either a hardware piece or software that is capable of burning information onto a DVD disc. It is possible to read and write a large amount of digital data using DVD burners. ... Another way to get free DVD burners is to attend test marketing campaigns. ... In this case, there will be some cost for the refurbishment process. ... Some companies provide free DVD burner software through the internet. ... Test marketing services are advertised by many companies.

Software Migration Test by Uzi Shuri
The purpose of this article is to describe the recommended method and approach of testing new implementation of migrated software. The coverage and effort of testing migrated software is extremely high. Although from business component point of view there should not be any difference between the... The suggested test approach presented below feats to new implementation of migrated software projects and based on personal experience, but need to be adapted in case of specific and special needs are required.

Regression Test by Uzi Shuri
The main purpose of this article is to list all aspects of implementing and executing an optimal set of software regression test cases. What is regression test activity? Well, the answer is not straight forward and should be detailed explained. The common opinion of regression test definition is... Regression test activity of existing software, which simply upgraded due to functionality added or changed or by performing technical infrastructure changes, is absolutely different from a new software implementation.

What Kinds Of Software Testing Should Be Considered by Jerry Ruban
Black box testing – This kind of Testing is not based on any knowledge of internal design or coding. These Tests are based on requirements and functionality. White box testing – This is based on knowledge of the internal logic of an application's code. ... For example, if the new software is crashing systems in every 5 minutes, making down the systems to crawl or corrupting databases, the software may not be in a normal condition to warrant further testing in its current state. ... Compatibility testing - testing how well the software performs in a particular hardware/software/operating...