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.

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. ... Acceptance test second approach – Vertical testers Each tester in acceptance test team will have cross application knowledge and will be able to test vertical scenarios. ... Since applications and interfaces are integrated, acceptance test team will work like a chain work, one test output which produced by...

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 good testing team not only helps eliminating serious errors but also contributes lot of additional features to the software.

Test Driven Software Development by Chetan Patel
Indian software outsourcing industry has grown to become world leader in Offshore Software Development. It has seen many different trends technology wise as well as ups and downs. Test driven Software Development also known as first test programming or first test development, is an approach that... Replacement for Traditional Testing: Although test design in Software Development is a programming technique, you also gain 100 percent unit-test coverage for the code if that’s done correctly and perfectly, which is important by product.

Mercury Automated Testing by Tom Millichamp
What’s all this test automation about? Since the millennium bug there has been an explosion in test automation. The expansion of automated tools from vendors such as Mercury Interactive, IBM Rational, Segue and others has really delivered automated testing into the heart of just about every... Test Management Tools such as Mercury’s TestDirector or Quality Center offer Test Management facilities; a central repository to store test requirements, test scripts, execution results and defect tracking, integrating seamlessly with the automated tools such as WinRunner, LoadRunner and QuickTest Pro.

Development And Testing of Systems by Hans Bool
Testing is an activity in which users -– called testers -– compare the functioning of a product or system with the described features and requirements. There are a variety of systems that are used within organizations. A personal computer is a system with limited functionality. ... Black-box testing for example is a way in which a system is examined without "looking under the hood;" you check the output of the system without the knowledge of the system itself.There are at least two phases of testing; during the development of the system or product (a test by developers) and one during the...

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... From experience, other testing groups as Sub System Test or Unit Test can provide high quality for simple software changes or one module as well as system test. ... Test Cases Design – System is responsible for documenting new test cases due to new software changes as well as maintaining the...

The Insider's Test Management Tool by Marc Keller
The testing stage of software development is definitely the most complex and arguably the most important. From my experience most organizations break down and drop the ball during the crucial testing stage. Success requires very effective test management. ... TestDirector has four modules: requirements, test plan, test lab and defects management which are integrated to enable a smooth flow of information between various aspects of the total testing process. ... There are many different test management tools to choose from.

Is Software Tester a Most Infamous Person in a Software Project Team? by Syed Feroz Zainvi
The fact that a software tester is a most infamous person in a software project team has some grounds underneath it. This is because a software tester usually speaks of the bugs in the developer’s code. For a developer to take this pin-pointing personally hurting is humane. ... This article presents some of the aspects which both the developer and the tester should know about each other and work harmoniously in a team. ... Before reporting a bug, it is important for a tester to know if his test procedure was correct.

Software Testing: Part 2 by Prakash Chakkunny
Classic Testing Misconceptions and Mistakes Let's take a look at some of the common mistakes or misconceptions that actually reflect on a Testers quality, his efficiency and effectiveness. A couple of assumptions that are the key culprits, are the assumptions that all defects in the software... What are the characteristics of a Good Test Engineer? ... From a testers point of view "incomplete evaluation of the related projects documentation", "ignoring the testing of installation procedures" and the "failure to identify risk areas accurately" can also lead to the degeneration of the...