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A Complete Overview of End-to-End QA Software Testing Process Flow:

Note – We are re-publishing this useful post with updated content.

The job of a software testing professional is not an easy one. It is filled with challenges, which is equally demanding as well.  Testers are supposed to be alert and enthusiastic in each and every phases of the application lifecycle.

Though there are challenges, there are several tremendous opportunities as well to learn and explore the various aspects of testing methodologies, processes and of course the software in detail.

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Introduction to Field Validation Table (FVT) test design technique:

In this digital world, “QUALITY” is the term that is more widely used in any industry.

Any organization for that matter always thinks and works on how quality can be ensured with their product or how a quality product can be delivered or how the quality of the product can be improvised? No matter whether it’s a customer or an end user or common people, everyone expects quality in whatever they buy.

The prime goal of any organization is to serve the business with good quality.  Continue reading →

A Comprehensive Test Data Design and Management Guide (Part -I):

At current epic of Information and Technology revolutionary growth, the testers commonly experience extensive consumption of test data in software testing life cycle.

The testers don’t only collect/maintain data from the existing sources, but also they generate huge volumes of test data to ensure their quality booming contribution in the delivery of the product for real world use.  Continue reading →

Can a Defect Management Tool Make You a Better Tester?

I am not a big fan of tools that are single-purpose. Whether the tool in question is a kitchen gadget or a work management software, you want it to serve you multiple ways.

The benefit of a defect tracking tool is not just effective management but, did you know that defect tracking tools could help you be a better tester?  Continue reading →

In the previous post of this series around Manual Testing, I tried to throw as much light as possible on the basics of Manual Testing.

If you missed it, you can read it here.

I hope it was successful in taking you as close as possible to the answers you were looking for.

In that case, wouldn’t you love to know more about the practical implementation of Manual Testing, how to get more familiar with it and how to actually start a career in it?  Continue reading →

The Complete List of 100+ Manual Testing Tutorials.

This is going to be the most in-depth series of tutorials on the manual software testing topic. Go through the topics in this series to learn the basic and advanced testing techniques.

I will explain it in my own way and try to keep this manual testing tutorial series as simple as possible.  Continue reading →

A component is the lowest unit of any application. So Component testing; as the name suggest, is a technique of testing the lowest or the smallest unit of any application.

Component testing sometimes is also referred as Program or Module Testing.

An application can be thought of a combination and integration of many small individual modules. Before we test the entire system as a whole, it is imperial that each and every component OR the smallest unit of the application is tested thoroughly.

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Software Go-Live is always a big event for any software product. It is important to absolutely make sure that everything works and that we are releasing quality software to the users.

A bad or premature or unstable or difficult to use product can cause a lot of losses financially and could also make the user lose trust in the brand itself.

Often times, we hear that testing should be done until we meet the exit criteria. We also hear that defects have to be fixed to an acceptable level.  Continue reading →

Don’t you all love the compare and contrast themed articles? I know I do. It is such a great way to invite thoughts, comments and maybe even, strong disagreement.

Today’s topic is the difference between Retesting and Regression Test.

Let’s begin with Retesting:

Retest means to test again. The reason does not matter. When you repeat a test, you retest. You could retest current version functionality. Or a bug fix, previous version functionality, a test case you just ran, etc.

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Before we go ahead with suggestions about how to create an effective test report, look into below reports and ask yourself, which one would you prefer when you are a decision maker or even a team member (any recipient of the report).

Report #1:

Tested following modules:

• Module X: Login page.
• Module Y: Home page and relevant tabs.

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