software testing is usually a chaotic
which this mean this can be done randomly
any one who has been working in the field for any extent of
tome has experienced
unreasonable lack of organization , poor scheduling , and daunting bug reports
this mean that a lot of people that they are been in the
career of testing face the problem
of lack to organize their
stuff specially the bug reports one
and although this fact but working in the mess is a task of
its own , the best way to avoid this
situation is to create order in your own habits . that mean
you should have the ability to be an organized person
and this can be done if you can create a common and
consistent order for any work you touch then set an example of your colleagues
by avoiding mess testing , you will save hours of your time . hours you would spend searching
and gathering test case details are now spend
executing tests . when you can focus on less the
administration work of your testing . you are free to capture and report more critical
bugs.
an efficient software tester can not only find more critical
bugs , but they can contribute more their energy to help their team
so how do you became more efficient ?
here are five steps to improve your software testing
efficiency
1- organize everything
preparing effective
software testing environment and tasks
requires communication with many people
if you do not have a method or approaches to store
information , then you will miss important
details . Details that could end up saving your hours of
your time
people are communicating through multiple mediums
it is easy for message to slip through the cracks
you have been there . you are talking with your test lead
and they insist that they made a request weeks ago
but you do not have
understand what they are talking about
when you create organized structure it store all of your
important
details
you can gather the relevant details and from your testing strategy
it is important to
have one place for communication between team members
as you may be need to revisit the information exchange
between you and your team members
you will do your future safe
self favor by making it accessible
1- write a detailed bug report
if you write a clean and details bug report then you will do everyone on your team
an enormous favor .
there are three points
I would like to stress on here
write with detail
write with clarity
write with others
the people who will
read your bug report will not understand or see
what you did to expose that a bug
when you write in detail you allow the rest of your
team and the developers to save an enormous
amount of time by not having to guess
any part of your environment
when you write in detail, it is easy too much . it is
impressive you write only
what is necessary . you do not need to have a conversation inside of your bug report
we prefer a simple
and documented method
when you write a bug report it is a best to pretend the
person you ware writing it for is a person who has never used the app in their
life
if you can create reproducible bug report with this level of
understanding . then you will make everyone one happy
write a clear test cases
test case are an important part of software testing process
. testers on your team
will be reliant on the information displayed to be carry out
their tasks
the efficiency of
your entire team depends on being able to write
clear test cases
much like writing a bug report when you write a clear test
case it makes
the work of the developers and other testers easier
do not create a long test case when you add more steps to a
test case you increase the probability
of someone on your team failing into execute a task .
experience shows the
optimal length of a test case is between 3-8 steps
take apart and communicate
testing is a team effort you will find keeping everyone in
the loop from the beginning of the cycle
will save enormous amount of time down to the line
when you expose testers to a greater amount of the development,
they will fell much more
comfortable and confident in what their goals should be . a tester is only as efficient as their team
your goal is to make sure
everyone involved in the project has a solid
understanding of the application when everyone understands what the application
entails can effectively cover test cases
communicate with the test lead or manager to allow testers
to be involved
in the decision making meetings . giving testers access to early knowledge will allow
them to prepare early
test environment
this will avoid unforeseen issues preventing any delays or
risks while also being cost effective
ask yourself
questions
testing is a process . you are given an app and you must
decide what should be tested, what the result should be , and apply testing technique
ask yourself what question your tests are answering , your
testing techniques are a vault of answers once you understand what question is
you just need to pick which answer makes the most sense
when you create a procedure you end up reaching your desired
result faster . filter the techniques that makes little sense and apply the
ones that do if those do
do not work then you can go back and try less obvious
techniques
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