Test automation services and tools are very hyped by our software testing and QA industry. They are an integral part of our business application development lifecycle. With automation testing becoming an indispensable part of our software testing life cycle (STLC), various people are involved in the cycle.
Let’s have innovation in automation with our old-school software testing best practices to add value to our software.
- Software Requirement Specification Phase
While preparing this document of SRS, the scope of activities can introduce test automation opportunities. Here, one more document can be prepared for the internal purpose to list down the various test cases that can be tested using automation testing for a software being developed.
- Testing Criteria For Entry-Exit Points
Learn your software application being tested effectively. Here, we take care of when and how the testing of a specific testing phase will start and end. This will help you out to decide which automation testing framework can be required for a particular testing stage.
- Checking For Bugs
It is not important to ask the other members of a software development team to inspect the software application for bugs all the time, as they may skip testing a few scenarios as per the user’s requirements. Rather, we can require dedicated software testing, QA, and test automation teams by outsourcing your software testing processes to a leading software quality assurance companies.
- Automation For Cross-Platform Testing
There are many test automation tools which support headless testing. Headless testing avoids graphical user interface while performing web testing across various browsers and platforms.
Failure in Software Testing
Unique Terminology
Defining failure in the test environment is usually a matter of prospect. Who encounters a difficulty, where and when this happens will all play a role in determining the correct diagnosis. An ISTQB Exam Certification website gave a more in-depth breakdown of these words and their meanings:
- Errors: Mistakes done by programmers due to misunderstanding, miscalculation or misinterpretation.
- Defects: Defects in code that enter the test conditions and are addressed by testers.
- Failures: Bugs that are executed during the testing phase and cause the software to fail.
Learning from Mistakes
While the vocabulary of developers and testers might seem oriented in a negative way, it’s necessary to keep in mind that there is a practical reason behind this terminology: to develop the software in a fast and accurate manner, at minimal risk. The ISTQB Exam Certification resource emphasized that these terms are used with the best interests of the stakeholders in mind.
Tools of the Trade
Just as software testers bring a distinct set of terminology to the table in their discussions of failure and success, they can work with specialized tools that help them navigate the process with greater fluidity and better results.
Misperceptions in Software Testing
Misperception #1: “You missed bugs!”
Yes, this is one of the scariest phrases testers don’t want to hear from their bosses. This comes from the misperception that a software tester is a gatekeeper (or goalkeeper) whose responsibility is to find out all bugs from escaping to the end-user. Yes, we could find all bugs if we could apply all testing procedures, test approaches, types of tests, etc. And we could have enough time and money to do all that stuff.
Misperception #2: “Software testing is a cost-center, not a profit-center”
While I don’t see much of this type of misperception these days, it still exists. I still see various software quality assurance companies are putting focuses on software development because they believe they are having great developers who can write clean bug-free lines of code.
Misperception #3: “Everyone can do software testing”
Various people perceive that testing is an obvious, tedious job. No programming skills are needed. What a software tester does is to sit in front of a computer, opens the application, clicks here and there to see if the application works. I’ve been in testing for many years and I wish testing could be that simple. Actually, testing can be easy to be approached.
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