Practical Software Testing Tips to become a Smart Software Tester

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Practical Software Testing Tips to become a Smart
Software Tester.

Sometime back, I was searching for “Software Testing Tips”, “How to become a smart software Tester”,
“Tips for Software Testers”, etc
on Google.com.

I come across various websites and in most of the websites, I got these tips –
“Have a good test plan", "Learn & Improve Your Skills", "Understand the product", "Write clear, descriptive, unambiguous bug report".
BULLSHIT. These are required skills of a software tester.

So here is my Part 1 of “Practical
Software Testing Tips to become a Smart Software Tester.”

Tip 1: Make sure that you
clear all your doubts during requirement analysis. Always Ask Yourself “What
If..?” (Read How to Review and analyze Software Requirements)

Tip 2: Before the
developers deliver the code, have a discussion with them on the
functionality/Business rules you have covered in the test cases. Ask them what
addition rules they are covering in the code, how the UI will look. This
discussion is very required if you want to reduce the QE / Dev conflicts and
rework time during test case execution. In case you get conflicts, get it
resolved from requirement owner.

Tip 3: Think technically –
Try to understand how the application will be designed. Think and ask the
developers/DBAs:

What will be the db design?

Any part of code is being reused in multiple places?

Tip 4: Before you report
any defect/bug, Are you discussing/confirming it with Developers? If YES, then
you are wasting your time. STOP DOING THIS. Be confident and Report defects
promptly.

Tip 5: Whenever you got a
new feature to test, do a 15¬20 minute high level test to make sure that newly
implemented feature is stable. In case you encounter any blocker issue, send a
high priority email to the Dev/QE group saying this need to be fixed on
priority.

Tip 6: Before you start
Test Case Execution, prioritize your test scenarios. For example ¬ scenarios
related to Business rules can be of high priority and need to be tested on
Priority. Usability or negative testing scenarios can be tested after that.
[This is just an example, testers need to decide based on the scope of
testing].

Total 3

vikasrao

2017-01-03 06:18

thank you
Moraj_m

2017-01-04 20:19

thanks
harshareddy

2017-04-30 15:20

thank u...

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