The Value and Importance of Testing

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The Value and Importance of
Testing
By
Govind Kulkarni
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Agenda … because am a GoodTester
• What reduces testers value – 5 minutes
• What increases testers value – 5 minutes
• Process and methodology
• QA
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What reduces testers value! … because am a GoodTester
• Oh sorry, I should have tested this?
• Can I log this defect tomorrow?
• I really do not know what I tested, looks it was working before
• Its a communication gap, I should have given better details in the defect
• The status I reported yesterday contained mistakes, here is corrected one
• I think, we should have got the tests reviewed from domain analysts
• Yes, It worked before, God Promise, no idea why it is not working
• I was not knowing that the requirements have changed, I tested for old ones
• I should have asked for help from domain experts before, it is too late now
• I cannot trace tests with requirements
• Its too late in the game to find this critical defect
• Even after several releases, we do not have tests for production defects found before
Testers earn respect from project, the management and others by
their actions and the contribution they make.
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What increases Testers Value? … because am a GoodTester
• Good Testers are those Who stand by an application / Product
• It is not the test result Pass or Fail that counts
• But Testsurance
Testers confidently stating : This works , this will not work and is risky if used and the
loss is quantified to $$, injury…
•Those expensive defects that would have cost business, life if they had not been fixed
•Locating the defects early
•Communicating to right stakeholders and getting them fixed
•Preventing those in future releases
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Your contribution counts … because am a GoodTester
•Methodology Questions
• What are the key testing methods should we use? When to use and how to use
• How do we improve on defect migration and improve defect finding capabilities
• How can we leverage on testing standards, maturity models
• How do we focus on Most important tests within timeline and budget
•Leadership Questions
•How do we organize testing effort which is measureable , controllable
• Where do our current test productivity stands and how do we sustain or improve
• How do we improve capabilities of testers
• How can we automate in less cost and reduce repetitive testing
Management views your contribution by the successful releases you
bring to production, timely and within budget
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Yes! What do I do now? … because am a GoodTester
Estimation, Test Planning, Re planning, Test Management , Monitoring and Control
Requirement Scenario or Test case
Test Data Exploration Test Execution Release Closure
Understanding Design
• Elicitation • Design tests using • Explore transaction, • Test Execution plan • Lessons Learnt
• Missing, extra, EQ, BV and other master, user data • Test cycle • Recommendations
incomplete, incorrect methods needed to test management • Process
, inconsistent • Traceability • Attach with test • Smoke Tests improvements
requirements • Change control cases • Progression, • Metrics publishing
• Create • Review and sign off • Change control Regression tests, Non for the release
Understanding • Upload in central functional Tests
document Rep •Metrics collection
• Issue clarification • Risk Assessment
• Log effort spent • Build Readiness
Assessment
Daily Status Report (DSR), WSR - what is going well and what is not, risks, issues and their
status. Flag unattended issues, Log effort leakage.
Use Test and Defect management tools as prescribed by the customer or utilize open
source tools
Set and define acceptance criteria (Quality gate) for moving code from phase to phase
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How do we measure success? … because am a GoodTester
• Is it by number of defects logged?
• is it by number of defects fixed?
• Is it by defects found post production?
• Is it by training attended
The success is – Locating a defect , locating it early, getting it fixed
and ensuring that the same defect does not repeat.
• Critical defects found , date, age of fix, root cause, occurrence count ….
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QA … because am a GoodTester
You can reach me at govind@enjoytesting.com or call me at 9922930376
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