Question by Dicky_funk: How do you approach Software Testing?
If you’re asked such a question in an interview, although very generic, how would you answer or how would you suggest to answer? especially where you know they have both manual and automation testing, with Quality center, and Rational Clear Case & ClearQuest. Please help answer “how an ideal approach should be” for a new software application or for enhancing an existing one. Thanks.
Best answer:
Answer by LoverOfWine
Your focus should not be on the tools as they are aids only, it is how you attack the problem they want to understand, you ability to analyze.
First, this will vary based on the type of testing. But some of the basics will be
1) get a basic understanding of there requirements
2) Come up with a strategy for the testing. What areas you will focus on, what areas need to be validated, what approach would be taken.
3) Important, next get your strategy validated by those that wrote the requirements and those that develop the solution.
4) Next, begin to develop the test case areas. Deciding what data you need, how you will test, etc.
You should talk about tracking and reporting your progress during testing.
If you are talking about enhancements then hopefully the above will already be available (strategy, et al). If it is then you update with the code changes. If not, then you would do that just for the new code.
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