QA-Testing

Software Quality Assurance / Testing

Why we need a tester / QA – Software testing

“Why Testing”, “Importance of Software testing”, “Scope of testing”, “How to become a tester”, “Training for software quality assurance / software testing” … Stop there… Above are the topics well discussed and explained at a lot many places and a lot many times, but this is not what we’re here for. I happened to face the question recently “Why’d you need a software tester as a dedicated resource?” I did not want to get into deep technicalities of the SDL or STL Cycles to prove the roles but in plain simple words I’d try explaining the importance of the role...

Selenium vs QTP differences and usage-quick reference

This article will describe you about QTP vs Selenium point by point in a easy to understand way. In the field of Software Quality Assurance (QA) automation tools, Selenium and QuickTest Professional (QTP) are often compared for their features, usability usecases and differences. Whether Selenium or QTP is a better automation tool or tool of your choice!! Both are distinctively unique and good in their functionality and successful tool individually. To have a quick look, below is a tabular comparison of Selenium and QTP on different parameters. Selenium versus QTP Parameter Selenium QTP Licensing Cost It is open source. So,...

Software Quality Attributes-Parameters Explained

What is a software quality and what attributes are used to measure it? A very common question you might have faced during Testing or QA Interviews. Many of the Software Testers or Software Quality Analyst don’t know about the attributes at all. This post would help you understand the attributes in simple and sober words. Software Quality: Software quality is the characteristic of the software that defines how well the software meets the customer requirements, business requirements, coding standards etc. It can be divided into two categories: Software Functional Quality:  characteristics that define how well the software meets functional requirements,...

Bug / Defect Priority vs Severity Matrix

In Software Testing, deciding how important the defect is and how soon the defect should be fixed is as important as finding a defect! This depends on how you actually place the defect into Priority-Severity matrix. I have come across a lot many test engineers, who get confused between priority and severity of a defect. Definition is important but understanding is even more important. Definitly customer (guidelines) plays a major role in the decision but I’d like to convey in terms of the general scenario. I’d like to add some easy words to clarify the confusion (probably forever). Defect Priority:...

QA-Testing Definitions-Interview Questions: Part-III

QA-Testing Definitions-Interview Questions: III (T – Z): Race Condition: A cause of concurrency problems. Multiple accesses to a shared resource, at least one of which is a write, with no mechanism used by either to moderate simultaneous access. Ramp Testing: Continuously raising an input signal until the system breaks down. Recovery Testing: Confirms that the program recovers from expected or unexpected events without loss of data or functionality. Events can include shortage of disk space, unexpected loss of communication, or power out conditions. Regression Testing: Retesting a previously tested program following modification to ensure that faults have not been introduced...




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