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... QA and Organizational Culture On average, proper software testing takes up as much time as designing and building a software application After you have written and compiled your software application, you don’t throw away the source code: that is your investment.

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... A software tester also looks for logical errors during the functional testing phase. ... Releasing software without proper testing is like sailing in a ship without enough resources. ... A good testing team not only helps eliminating serious errors but also contributes lot of additional features to...

Software Development Life Cycle by Anirban Bhattacharya
Software development life cycle (SDLC) is a process adopted and followed during the development of software. Also known as software life cycle and software process, there are quite a few stages for SDLC. Requirements analysis Being acquainted with the specific requirements of the desired... This is the most important stage of any software development life cycle where extensive testing is done to ensure that coding done by different software developers work together in harmony. ... Ideally, training is an important part of the software development life cycle where end users have all their...

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... In a project life cycle which performing upgrades to an existing software version, the regression test activity is critical and must be considered as one of the project millstones. ... Regression test activity of existing software, which simply upgraded due to functionality added or changed or...

Acceptance Test by Uzi Shuri
This article is presenting two acceptance test approaches. The article presents the two acceptance test phases. In addition the article is emphasizing the acceptance test importance main goal of being the last quality gate before implementing the software in real live environment. ... In a project life cycle the acceptance test activity is starting right after system test is completed. ... Financial value – Usually one of the payments is being paid after software delivered to acceptance test phase.

System Test by Uzi Shuri
The purpose of this article is listing system test team roles, emphasizing the importance of the main role and ways to achieve it. In addition, this article will explain the importance of system test group in general and in a project life cycle. I will say that being part of system test group... It does not mean that system test will not positively impact the software quality by testing simple software. ... In a project life cycle system test team is starting testing right after development phase is finished.

Defect Tracking by Uzi Shuri
This article will present the benefit of setting defect tracking procedure which centralizing and managing all defects. Recommendation for implementing this procedure is presented. Suppose the current project phase is system test or UAT. Until now 150 defects were detected with four different... The problem is in production, meaning in real live software and not in any testing software (unit test, sub system test, system tests or UAT). ... Define a reasonable and workable defect life cycle. ... The most basic defect flow is including the following ordered statuses: New Assigned Fixed...

Automated Website Testing by Umair Khan
You just finished building your company's website. You have tested it yourself and had other company employees test it. The website now goes live. A few weeks later you start getting emails from irate customers who complain that they are unable to place their orders because certain steps in the... Enter automated software testing. ... Functional testing tools are an important weapon in your development arsenal whose use provides a huge productivity gain and allows for small testing groups to accomplish significantly more work.

All About Software Engineering And Development by Gabriel J. Adams
Software engineering, known as SE, is the development, design, maintenance and documentation of software by applying practices and various technologies from fields such as computer science, engineering, application domains, project management, digital asset management and interface design. ... Software Development Life Cycle Software Development Life Cycle, or SDLC, is a sequence of events done by designers, analysts and users to develop and execute an information system. ... Software can be system software or application software.

Introduction to Software Development by Cinoy Ravindran
Software is a part of the computer system which allows or enables the hardware to operate. Computer software can be classifies as system and application software . System software includes the operating system and other utilities which help in the smooth functioning of the computer and other... Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) It is a sequence of events carried out by analysts, designers and users to develop and implement an information system. ... The phases are Preliminary investigation (feasibility study), Determination of system requirements (analysis), Design of system,...