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Standards
Introduction to Software Standards
Capability Maturity Model - Developed by the software community in 1986 with leadership from the SEI. The CMM describes the principles and practices…
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Reports
Types of Test Reports
The documents outlined in the IEEE Standard of Software Test Documentation covers test planning, test specification, and test reporting. Test reporti…
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Defect
How descriptive should your bug/defect report be?
You should provide enough detail while reporting the bug keeping in mind the people who will use it test lead, developer, project manager, other test…
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Defect
How is a defect reported?
Once the test cases are developed using the appropriate techniques, they are executed which is when the bugs occur. It is very important that these b…
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Defect
What is a defect?
As discussed earlier, the defect is the variance from the desired product attribute (it can be wrong, missing, or extra data). It can be of two types…
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Test Planning
Major Test Planning Tasks
Like any other process in software testing, the major tasks in test planning are to Develop Test Strategy, Critical Success Factors, Define Test Obje…
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Test Planning
Test Planning – Sample Structure
Once the approach is understood, a detailed test plan can be written. Usually, this test plan can be written in different styles. Test plans can comp…
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Test Planning
What is a Test Strategy? What are its Components?
Test Policy - A document characterizing the organization’s philosophy towards software testing. Test Strategy - A high-level document defining the …
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Introduction
When can testing be stopped/reduced?
It is difficult to determine when exactly to stop testing. Here are a few common factors that help you decide when you can stop or reduce testing: De…
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Introduction
Cost of fixing bugs
Costs are logarithmic; they increase in size tenfold as the time increases. A bug found and fixed during the early stages – requirements or product s…
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Introduction
Bug Life Cycle
Bug Life Cycle starts with an unintentional software bug/behavior and ends when the assigned developer fixes the bug. A bug when found should be comm…
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Introduction
What is a bug? Why do bugs occur?
A software bug may be defined as a coding error that causes an unexpected defect, fault, flaw, or imperfection in a computer program. In other words,…
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Software Errors
Most common software errors
The following are the most common software errors that aid you in software testing. This helps you to identify errors systematically and increases th…
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Standards
Introduction to Software Standards
Capability Maturity Model - Developed by the software community in 1986 with leadersh…
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