CHANGE YOUR MINDSET — THE KEY TO TEST AUTOMATION
Moving from manual to automation starts with rethinking tools, ROI, framework design and how the team works together.
Topic: manual-testing
16 articles in this topic.
TEST REPORTS
What progress reports and test completion reports need to answer so the team understands current progress, quality and risk.
TOOLS FOR MANUAL TESTERS
The tool groups testers commonly use to manage tests, track bugs, call APIs, query data and collect evidence.
BUG LOGGING
What a bug report needs, how to write actual and expected results, and how severity, priority and evidence help the team handle it.
WRITE YOUR FIRST TEST CASE
Turn a high-level test case into a detailed case with preconditions, test data, steps and expected results that someone else can run.
HIGH-LEVEL TEST CASES AND RTM
Move from requirements to high-level test cases and a Requirement Traceability Matrix to manage coverage without getting lost in individual actions.
TEST DESIGN TECHNIQUES
How to apply equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, decision tables, state transition and basic white-box techniques.
TEST TYPES
Classify functional, non-functional, confirmation and regression testing so you know what is being tested and why.
TEST PROCESS
A test process moving from planning, monitoring, analysis, design, implementation and execution to completion in a sprint.
READING AND CLARIFYING REQUIREMENTS
How testers read functional and UI requirements and ask clarifying questions before writing test cases.
TEST PLAN
How a Test Plan agrees testing scope, resources, schedule, risks and stop conditions.
TESTING LEVELS
Distinguish component, integration, system and acceptance testing by their object, objective and participants.
ERROR, DEFECT AND FAILURE
Distinguish root cause, error, defect, failure, severity and priority through real situations in software projects.
AGILE AND WATERFALL
How Waterfall and Agile apply the SDLC to a project, and what a tester does in a Scrum sprint.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE
The stages of the SDLC, what development models are for, and where testing enters the software life cycle.
WHAT IS SOFTWARE TESTING?
What software testing does, why teams need testers, and the seven testing principles to understand before going further.
