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Can anyone recommend some software that can be used to document the results of functional software testing? This is not at developer level, it is for testers to follow documented procedures/scripts and then document what they find. I thought there must be some common tools that people use for this. Thanks |
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Excel provides decent tools for reporting and distributing results. Do you have specific requirements from the tool ? |
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If you are looking for tracking there are options like Jira - http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/ or MSTest if you use Visual Studio. Although you can find many options at Open Source Testing as well - http://www.opensourcetesting.org/ |
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A simple and inexpensive approach would be to record the documented procedures/scripts and the tester's findings in a spreadsheet. It sounds as if you have more than one tester. If you are concerned about the logistics of multiple testers updating a single spreadsheet, you could use an online spreadsheet, e.g. from Google Docs. There are more sophisticated systems, but it is hard to recommend them without knowing more about your circumstances. I assume you performed at least one Google search (e.g. for "test case management system") for available solutions before posing your question here. If you can summarize what your search revealed and how those findings relate to the problem you are trying to solve, I am sure someone will be glad to share their experiences and insight with you. |
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Where I work - a team of 6 testers - we use Excel spreadsheets a lot. For bug fixes, there's rarely more than a text file saved with our bug tracking tool (built and maintained by the company). Feature development usually gets a spreadsheet with a listing of test cases and results. The regression automation has a separate shared spreadsheet where the results are logged daily. A lot depends on the level of detail that's needed: for the regression automation my team has a tab per major release, and a column per test set (usually the test sets are organized around functional areas of the system). The first row lists the expected results for each run - usually something like 0 errors, x warnings and what those warnings are for. For feature development, the spreadsheet gets organized around feature sets or user stories, depending on which makes more sense in terms of testing and reporting, and wraps to a summary tab with pass/fail results for each major section. The detailed test lists are on a pass/fail basis as well, with space to describe failures and note bug reports created if needed. What I've found is that the level of detail and structure depends a lot on the complexity of the application(s) under test, the size of the team, the speed of development (if you can tell a developer who's working on a new feature and get a fix in within 24 hours, there may be no need to report a bug), and the amount of overlap between different development teams. |
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You might consider looking at the list of tools that handle planning and reporting at the following link: http://www.xqual.com/qa/tools.html I can't say how complete this list is but there are several choices. Perhaps you could find one or two that look like they might meed your needs then you would be able to post more specific questions. |
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It sounds like you're looking for some sort of Test Management Software, as semaj pointed out there is an excellent list at http://www.xqual.com/qa/tools.html though it's currently missing our new tool called TestWave (http://www.testwave.co.uk) which allows you to manage test, execute tests and record the results as you go, and if you want to raise a defect from the test execution. There's a free 30 day trial and since it's hosted you can be going in a few minutes. Disclaimer: I'm one of the developers on TestWave |
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