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What are the tables in test plans and test cases?
Test plan is a document that contains the scope, approach, test design and test strategies. It includes the following:-1. Test case identifier2. Scope3.Features to be tested4. Features not to be t...
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How can new Software QA processes be introduced in an existing organization?
A lot depends on the size of the organization and the risks involved. For large organizations with high-risk (in terms of lives or property) projects, serious management buy-in is required and a forma...
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Why does software have bugs?
1. Miscommunication or no communication - as to specifics of what an application should or shouldn't do (the application's requirements). 2. Software complexity - the complexity of current software a...
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Why is it often hard for management to get serious about quality assurance?
Solving problems is a high-visibility process; preventing problems is low-visibility.This is illustrated by an old parable:In ancient China there was a family of healers, one of whom was known throu...
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What kinds of testing should be considered?
Black box testing - not based on any knowledge of internal design or code. Tests are based on requirements and functionality. White box testing - based on knowledge of the internal logic of an applic...
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What's the difference between black box and white box testing?
Black-box and white-box are test design methods. Black-box test design treats the system as a "Black-box", so it doesn't explicitly use knowledge of the internal structure. Black-box test design is us...
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Will automated testing tools make testing easier?
- Possibly. For small projects, the time needed to learn and implement them may not be worth it. For larger projects, or on-going long-term projects they can be valuable. - A common type of automated...
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What is Extreme Programming and what's it got to do with testing?
Extreme Programming (XP) is a software development approach for small teams on risk-prone projects with unstable requirements. It was created by Kent Beck who described the approach in his book 'Extre...
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How can World Wide Web sites be tested?
Web sites are essentially client/server applications - with web servers and 'browser' clients. Consideration should be given to the interactions between html pages, TCP/IP communications, Internet con...
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What is a good test case
What is a good test case
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How to Write Better Test Cases
How to Write Better Test Cases
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How can Software QA processes be implemented without stifling productivity?
By implementing QA processes slowly over time, using consensus to reach agreement on processes, and adjusting and experimenting as an organization grows and matures, productivity will be improved inst...
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What can be done if requirements are changing continuously?
A common problem and a major headache. - Work with the project's stakeholders early on to understand how requirements might change so that alternate test plans and strategies can be worked out in adv...
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What if there isn't enough time for thorough testing?
Use risk analysis to determine where testing should be focused. Since it's rarely possible to test every possible aspect of an application, every possible combination of events, every dependency, or ...
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[译文]要怎样才能知道什么时候停止测试呢？
原文：How can it be known when to stop testing?这个问题很难直接回答。由于现在的软件系统是如此的复杂，并且是运行于相互依赖的环境中，因而测试工作是一项永远都不能停止的工作。但是，人的生命是有限的，软...
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How can it be known when to stop testing?
This can be difficult to determine. Many modern software applications are so complex, and run in such an interdependent environment, that complete testing can never be done. Common factors in deciding...
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What if the software is so buggy it can't really be tested at all?
The best bet in this situation is for the testers to go through the process of reporting whatever bugs or blocking-type problems initially show up, with the focus being on critical bugs. Since this ty...
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What steps are needed to develop and run software tests?
The following are some of the steps to consider: - Obtain requirements, functional design, and internal design specifications and other necessary documents - Obtain budget and schedule requirements ...
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What's the big deal about 'requirements'?
One of the most reliable methods of insuring problems, or failure, in a complex software project is to have poorly documented requirements specifications. Requirements are the details describing an ap...
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What's the role of documentation in QA?
Critical. (Note that documentation can be electronic, not necessarily paper.) QA practices should be documented such that they are repeatable. Specifications, designs, business rules, inspection repor...
