An approach for testing for defects when the tester acts like an end user, attempting to use the software product or its individual features.
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When writing manual test cases and scripts, how much detail is too much detail when documenting the steps?
One of the things that I try to balance when writing out test scripts for manual testing is trusting that the person executing the test (which may not always be me) is reasonably competent to know how ...
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How to obtain “fresh mind” results?
I noticed that when you start on a project with a beginner mind (for that particular product) you have a fresh approach and start noticing a lot of bugs.
After a while and some experience with that ...
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Does automating your manual tests give you good automated tests?
I notice that the tag wiki for the "automated testing" tag contains the following sentence: "Commonly, test automation involves automating a manual process already in place that uses a formalized ...
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Capture screen during exploratory testing
While doing exploratory testing it would be nice to be able to record the screen (in a non-intrusive way), so if a defect is found the steps to reproduce it can be easily reviewed.
Are there any good ...
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What benefit does having developer experience or background have on the effectiveness of a tester?
One thing that I've benefited from in my testing career is that I do have some knowledge of software development coding methods and concepts. While I probably could not code my way out of a paper bag ...
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Typical software & tools short-list for *manual* QA specialist (tester) working environment
For QA workstations preparation (Windows-based PCs) our IT department uses typical batch deployment tools. I'm not at all interested in the details of such process, but IT guys ask me:
What ...
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How to deal with automation naysayers?
In my team, there are a number of experienced QA people. I work mostly on developing tools to make the QA process easier for these guys, such as developing test automation.
The uptake has been slow, ...
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Transition from all manual testing to automated testing
Right now my company only does manual testing. We've talked about starting some automated testing for a while but it hasn't taken off at all. It seems like automated testing would be a good way to ...
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Testing in Open Source Projects
This is a bit of a general question. I'm trying to practice my testing skills and perhaps get some better experience with manual testing mature applications. In particular, I'm interested in desktop ...
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How can I spoof HTTP request data while testing?
I'm testing a Windows desktop application, that requests data from a server during certain operations. I want to make sure the application can handle all possible responses, including bad ones.
What ...
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Test Case Management Software
I currently write automated tests using WebDriver/Selenium 2 and utilize the Page Object model. I'd like to start documenting manual tests but our current process is only creating test cases in MS ...
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Testing with no QA team in an agile development environment
I'm currently working on a small team of a few developers, but even a small team of productive developers can develop a lot of functionality in one iteration (2 weeks in our case). We don't have a QA ...
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What are some small, standalone or web applications for test new QA staff on?
I'm permanently stuck with the following trouble: being Senior QA I need to quickly check and hire people for short-time testing projects. I specialize mostly in manual testing, while the range of ...
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What is the difference between sanity and smoke testing?
When there is a new build we perform smoke testing,in few projects they call it as sanity testing.Can someone please elaborate on the difference between the both.
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I want to enter the SQA field specifically automation
I am working hourly for low wage as a QA intern/tester. I want to learn more about this field. I have already graduated, so everything I have learned is self taught or learned somehow on the job. At ...
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Internal Acceptance Test (not automated): How long should it take?
Given that each test environment is different, is there a general rule of thumb as to how long an internal manual acceptance test should take?
Definitions / clarification:
Where I came from, when we ...
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Is Selenium the right tool for browser compatibility testing?
I have been seeing a lot of customers pushing for browser compatibility testing using Selenium. Was wondering whether this is really necessary. The push is mostly due to Selenium grid supporting multi ...
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Test Data Bank creation: approach, important points, useful links, data generators, file storages?
Being Senior QA, I often face one and the same problem: for every project I'm involved in I need to prepare / collect / generate various sort of testing data. It might be VERY different - below are ...
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What are the challenges around the integration of Manual and Automated Tests?
This is more a request for your professional opinion than a question...
We are seeing how test automation is spreading to more and more organizations. This in itself is a good thing, but at the same ...
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SQL “sandbox” for new QA staff training: DB structure, approach, deployment and maintenance?
Complex DB solutions are not rare nowadays, so I have an idea to deploy a SQL "sandbox" for staff training before real projects come. Mainly I interested in 2 things to have:
Oracle 11+ DB instance.
...
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Is there a name for these kinds of tests?
In our company we have established some rule that from time to time (once a week or every few days) the whole team spends half an hour of testing their own software in its current state. We ...
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Should A Formal Test Plan For Dynamic String Testing Include All Combinations?
Situation:
Large enterprise web application
Formal test plan in HP Application Lifecycle Management (née Quality Center)
Many dynamic text strings in the web application with several variables
An ...
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Is there a test management tool that I can associate tests with multiple projects?
I am looking for a test management tool (mainly for manual testing) that would allow me to associate tests to multiple projects.
We are a consulting firm that has many clients with different ...
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What is the sense of having a monkey tester execute your test script?
In our organization project managers are responsible for writing manual tests scripts that are to be executed later by testers. However, we found hard to find the right level of details. The right ...
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Any good UI evaluation documentation tools?
I am looking for a specific tool which will help me document what I see when I perform web site usability evaluations. At the end of each evaluation, I need to create an report for my client. The ...
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Who writes stories and tests in Agile? BA or tester?
I am currently a business analyst, but increasingly as I am working on agile projects. I am including test cases as acceptance criteria for my user stories. I am also interested in becoming more ...
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What are the test cases or test scenarios for palindrome
In the interview, the employer asked me to write test cases or test scenarios to check the Palindrome of the word.
I said one with positive test case and another with negative test cases. But employer ...
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Radiobutton group with NO default option: bug / acceptable / it depends?
I'd like to have an independent opinion / samples of whether radiobutton group should have an option selected by default: some colleagues tend to submit missing choice as an issue, while others say ...
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When should I do regression testing during each sprint?
I am in a small Agile development team with no automated testing. We use Scrumwise to keep up with development. The above answers address the question with automated tests and hardening testing at the ...
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depth vs. breadth
I am on a small team (3 developers and one UI person, no QA resource). We have a template that we maintain and use to put together small registration sites for a variety of external clients. I am the ...
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How important is it to test a build against a clean data set?
Our web application is complicated, as are most modern apps. Typically, at the end of a release cycle, we branch our code and perform a regression test on the code. Additionally, all new features are ...
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Can you trigger a credit card declined message through the PayPal Sandbox interface?
Can you somehow configure a test account in the PayPal Sandbox testing environment to return a credit card declined failure message when that user tries to submit a payment or trigger a failure ...
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How to write a test case for CAPTCHA code
In our project we have a user to sign on after filling the CAPTCHA code. Right now it's working fine and I am a beginner to this field.
I am confused how to write a test case for the CAPTCHA code
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Complex registration forms examples for test cases creation practicing
Could you please suggest some non-trivial web forms for test case preparation training? The form should concern different field validation warnings, number autocomplete, dynamic fields, etc. Nice ...
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List and role of different types of testing environments
There are numerous of different testing environments that I have come across with, and ALL of them seem pretty useful and helpful but which ones are necessary.
For example ... I have seen:
...
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Deployment Testing - when to perform
In order to put an updated service live we have a test team who conduct SAT, UAT etc and the desktop support team will create a Rapid Install Package (RIP) for deployment. My question is when is it ...
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How in depth does a test plan have to be in agile environment?
I am currently working in a small agile team and I am trying to decide if a test plan is worth creating or if it is then what to include. Currently working on a story that I believe could do with some ...
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Any good test plan/cycles or experiences without using crowdsourcing?
I'm trying to rethink our test cycle that we use at my company and am wondering if anyone could give any leads, examples, experiences, etc. to how you test without the use of crowdsource data. The ...
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ISTQB: testing = analysis but dynamic testing != dynamic analysis?
This is more like an academic question. Although, common perception is that dynamic analysis is testing itself, most of advanced sources (but AFAIK also the ISTQB) distinct between:
dynamic testing ...
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Testing database transformation mappings
If regularly testing the creation of different datawarehouse tables using mappings from source tables. What do you suggest is the best approach or specific SQLs to do the trick?
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In HP Quality center 9.2, Manual run Popup window is coming but immediately minimizing and not able to open to execute the each steps of test case
In HP Quality center 9.2, when start running the test set
In test lab module, Selecting the test case of test set and click on Run->Manually Run.
then the 'Manual run:" Popup window is coming but ...
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Shortcut key to move the cursor from Expected to Actual in QC
What is the shortcut key to move the cursor from Expected to Actual during test execution in test lab?
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What to expect when you're the client
I just asked a question about best practice for providing feedback to a 3rd party dev shop, and this question's more about what to expect from them, and basically how to review an iPhone app.
Right ...
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Testing random number generation
I have a program which generates random numbers. How can I test if the random number generator is generating actual random numbers?
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Is there an easy way to verify all elements of an application have been translated?
The current method is to click through every dialog, and manually verify all captions have been translated. One of the major problems with this approach, is that it's very time consuming. This is ...
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How to convince BA that her software requirement may cause problems?
In one of our portals, I am testing one page which prompts user to upload his/her documents required for verification. However, I am able to upload batch or executable files which is incorrect I ...
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Alpha Testing via Company Testing Day?
In a server-client environment we want to test / observe interaction of several clients and stress of the server.
As it's a product the whole company is familiar with (we use it ourselves), I've ...
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Testing a software with limited resource
I am currently developing a software.The major problem is that I have very limited resource, only a single my PC. So, I can't test my software in different windows, PC with different configuration. ...
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What are the different test scenarios to be checked for giving license to a client
i have a web app .License is given to the customer to use it.What could be the possible test scenarios that has to be checked before deploying it.I have found out a few
1)Change the server time zone ...
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QC Report: Which test cases have not been linked to at least one test set?
I am still pretty new here, but couldn't find an answer so far.
I want to know if there are any test cases (if possible of a specific folder in the Test Plan) that have not been linked to a test set, ...
