Krishna During verification if some defects are missed then during validation process it can be caught as failures. If during verification some specification is misunderstood and development had happened then during validation process while executing that functionality the difference between the actual result and expected result can be understood. Validation is done during testing like feature testing, integration … Read more
Validation is determining if the system complies with the requirements and performs functions for which it is intended and meets the organization’s goals and user needs. Validation is done at the end of the development process and takes place after verifications are completed. It answers the question like: Am I building the right product? Am I accessing the right … Read more
In general, a stakeholder is someone who has an interest or is concerned with the outcome of the project or activity or decision. This could be an individual, a group or an organization. Stakeholders can impact and / or be impacted by the outcome of the project. Test Managers must be able to identify software testing stakeholders and manage … Read more
Requirement gathering and management – While determining test scope and estimating test efforts, the Test Manager should also be aware changes in requirements later into the project, undertaking control activities to incorporate the changes in testing as well. It is advisable to make Technical Test Analysts and Test Analysts a part of the requirement reviews. Project Management – … Read more
In very simple terms, test planning refers to planning the activities that must be performed during testing in order to achieve the objectives of the test. Test planning for every test level of the project begins at the starting of that level’s testing process and goes on upto the end of closing activities of the level. Planning, … Read more
Testing is a process rather than a single activity. This process starts from test planning then designing test cases, preparing for execution and evaluating status till the test closure. So, we can divide the activities within the fundamental test process into the following basic steps: 1) Planning and Control: Test planning has following major tasks: i. To determine the … Read more
It saves lots of time and effort because Sanity testing is focused on one or few areas of functionality There is no effort put in towards it’s documentation because it’s usually unscripted It helps in identifying the dependent missing objects. It is used to verify that a small functionality of the application is still working … Read more
Sanity testing is usually performed when any minor bug is fixed or when there is a small change in the functionality. It is a kind of software testing which is done by the testers to ensure that the functionality is working as expected. Sanity testing is narrow and deep. Unlike Smoke testing, Sanity testing is focused on one or two … Read more
Smoke testing does not cover the detailed testing. It’s a non-exhaustive testing with small number of test cases because of which we not are able to find the other critical issues.
It helps in finding the bugs in the early stage of testing. It helps in finding the issues that got introduced by the integration of components. It helps in verifying the issues fixed in the previous build are NOT impacting the major functionalities of the application. Very limited number of test cases is required to … Read more