quality assurance Questions

when is it acceptable to reference the results of another test script to validate the current test?
By Lisa Breedlove - April 19, 20171 Answer

can you validate a test case at the device level by pointing to the results of a test case at the functional or unit level? (Can a Uit test be used for validation of a Device level test?  Can a Unit test be used to validate an Integration level test?)

Can you validate a test case by pointing to another test case at the same level? (i.e., can one DFS test be used to validate another DFS test?, can one Unit test be used to validate another Unit test?)

Looking for a tool that checks through code and generates list of aspects that can be tested
By Istvan Fay - April 5, 20173 Answers

Hi!

I am looking for a tool that would go through a piece of code and would generate a list of all aspects that could / should be tested:

  • the interesting values of a variable: especially the values where decisions are based upon
  • all the possible combination at logic brenches: the combinations that lead the execution of the code to a specific path

That are two kinds of code that are actual at the moment:

  • C code
  • model-based development

Thanks for  your ideas and support!

Is automatic test design / preparation is long way to go? Can someone suggest me the set of platforms where it's feasible?
By VIJAY VENKATARAMAN - March 20, 20171 Answer

Is automatic test design / preparation is long way to go? Can someone suggest me the set of domains / platforms where it is feasible and acheivable? Note: I am not referring Automatic Test Execution.

Having projects in several programming languages, which agnostic testing tools do you know (e.g. cloc to count lines of code)?
By Luis Gil - March 19, 20172 Answers

A compay having projects in several programming languages and frameworks, which agnostic testing tools do you know that can be used in all or several of them?

One example is cloc that counts lines of code.

Which others do you know for static analysis, traceability and other common testing tasks ?

Retail Banking Interview questions in the perspective of Testing
By Karthika J - March 14, 20172 Answers

As i have worked in Retail Banking domain as a Sr.Test Engineer(6 years),What kind of technical questions be asked in interview?

functional testing for embedded software
By Resham Ach - March 10, 20172 Answers

Hello All

 i am a fresher form  application background . iIwant to know what is the basic process to perform functional testing on embedded software using automated tool.

thanks

 

 

What are some best practices for testing applications built upon a dependent SaaS API (i.e. Eloqua or Salesforce)?
By Rick S - February 28, 20171 Answer

One of the challenges our QA faces is being able to test our application, which abstracts behavior from the SaaS API, such as the SF API, Eloqua API, Google API, etc., and ensuring the applicatino is behaving correctly.  Some SaaS sources have data that changes and we DO need to also verify data.  Since some of the SaaS sources are also not updateable programatically, you can't know if the SUT is in the state you need it.  Thoughts?

Your requirements to an automated visual regression testing tool?
By Michael Tomara - February 14, 20172 Answers

It seems that a popular approach to QA automation is a quick start to cover a most critical area with automated tests ASAP and then proceed automating other areas of testing. This second phase requires more dedicated tool(s). So, what features are most important for such a tool so that it could be useful for your web application?

  • Visual baseline: to compare with results of new test runs
  • Smart CSS selectors: to find and interact with CSS elements on a web page
  • Ignore from comparison: selecting areas on a page which should not be checked for differences
  • Clone, parameterize and invoke tests: reuse existing tests for quick creation of new ones, with the same or new parameters (such as start URL, text entries, login credentials etc)
  • CI-friendly: test execution via Jenkins jobs or with the help of any other popular CI tool
  • Codeless/code-based
  • Your own options?
What Are the Proper Phases of New Product Development Life Cycle (NPDLC)?
By Costas Chantzis - February 13, 20171 Answer

All of us have our own view of what MUST be the proper New Product Development phases. I believe those are:

1. Ideation: Come-up with an idea you think it could be a market winner.

2. Patenting: Evaluate the merit of getting Intellectual Property (IP) protection for your new product idea.

3. Design: Develop non or partially functioning models of your new product idea and start soliciting user feedback.

4. Feasibility Proof: Perform various technical/business studies to determine IF your new product idea is feasible.

5. Development: Develop a product/process to yield a number of fully functioning new product prototypes as if each of them were to be used by the final user/customer.

6. Controlled Field Use Trial: Let potential users use the new product as IF it were purchased by them and generate feedback based on a previously approved protocol.

7. Design-Verification/Validation: Fine-tune new product design/development and complete design verification/validation studies to confirm the new product meets User Requirement Specifications (URSs) per its respective Labeling Claims.

8. Regulatory Filing (if required): Prepare any required documentation and submit it to appropriate Regulatory Authorities for securing their approval to market it.

9. Full Field Use Trial: Repeat above phase 6 but using a comprehensive pool of potential users/customers.

10. Scaling-up: Scale-up your process so your new product could be manufactured in high quality/low cost conditions.

11. Technology-Transfer: Develop documents' list for new product's production in high volume.

12. Process Validation: Validate your process so it produces final product consistently meeting specifications.

13. Manufacturing: Start manufacture and ship product to market.

14. Launch: Launch product and monitor its acceptance by the user.

15. Line Maintenance/ Improvement: Compile, analyze user feedback and continuously improve product.

What is your opinion? Please explain, if you could.

Graphical flow of Client requirements
By Farhan Sabir - January 31, 20173 Answers

Hi, 

I am curenlty working in an agile environment as a manual tester and having a hard time in explaining the user stories to the developers so they can implement it properly. Althought the user stories are self explained but still they come to me and ask many questions. I don't have enough time to explain and then test it.

Previously in waterfall we used to make a requirement doc. and then get it approved from client, only after that we start working on them but i am not sure about agile as documents are not made in this process. What porcess should we follow here? I was thinking of a data flow diagram or something else? What can be done to improve it?

Need a very good advise in this matter, Thanks. 

 

 

 

 

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