There are plenty of ways to become a software test automator and we’ve talked to a number of people curious about how to break into the field. If you ask current test automators what their background is here are some answers you may get: (more…)
A Test Lead usually manages the testing for a project or a subset of a projects depending on how big it is and what’s required overall. A test lead role is not typically a managerial role but in some cases it may to lead to that. (more…)
There are plenty of ways to become a software tester and we’ve talked to a number of people curious about how to break into the field. If you ask current testers what their background is here are some answers you may get: (more…)
Two weeks ago we provided A How to on Quality Management? This week we want to look how you get Value from Quality Management.
We often hear people questioning the value of Quality Management, and rarely hear the same question on the value of Software Testing. Testing has a tangible and more immediate outcome. Quality Management, on the other hand, doesn’t always show its value and activity immediately even though it provides longer term and larger rewards. The key to getting value from Quality Management and Quality Assurance activities is that all findings must be acted upon. If they aren’t, value isn’t achieved and efforts will be wasted. (more…)
Think of stress testing in software testing as the confirmation that any sudden increase in transactions per unit time can be accommodated by the program being tested and won’t cause the program to stop working or degrade its operation in any manner. i.e. a short sharp peak. (more…)
NVP Software Solutions will be participating in the following two software testing and quality assurance events happening this October in Ontario, Canada. The events are located in Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and London in the coming two weeks. Check out the relevant websites for more information and to register. This is a great opportunity to connect with other software testing and quality assurance professionals. We hope to see you there! (more…)
Volume testing confirms that any values that may become large over time (such as accumulated counts, logs, and data files) can be accommodated by the program and won’t cause the program to stop working or degrade its operation in any manner.
Risk if not completed – It may not be possible to operate the complete system with all data in place if the volume of expected records is not checked during testing and verified to work correctly and completely. (more…)
Negative Testing
In many software testing scenarios, testers can use positive testing and/ or negative testing methods. Positive testing means that the item being tested reacts as expected when the expected input is entered. Negative testing typically means that the system can handle invalid input or unexpected user behaviour. However, if the system responds by rejecting the data and providing an error message, that is what was actually expected, meaning that was positive testing rather than negative testing. (more…)