Exploratory testing is a technique to examine a running system to find defects that were not considered in the requirements or only become apparent when the whole system is assembled. This differs from unscripted ad-hoc testing by applying some rules to guide and limit focus, and can be a very…
All pairs testing is a combinatorial technique to achieve adequate test coverage where testing all possible combinations would be resource intensive and the risk of less than complete testing is acceptable. The fundamental concept is that you test pairs of variables, rather than all possible combinations to achieve good statistical…
Continuing on from the previous post, some additional specification based test techniques. Decision tables testing Decision table testing can be applied to test the behaviour of logical conditions found within the specification. The decision table lists all possible inputs and all the corresponding outputs. Each column in the table corresponds…
Two of the most intuitive testing techniques, these help to derive test cases from documentation on how the software should behave and are specification based (or black box testing) techniques. Equivalence Partitioning Probably one of the most recognisable test techniques in the testers armoury is equivalence partitioning – a technique…
When it comes to development conversations most people think of having an experienced person in your field as a source of advice, giving suggestions on areas of focus, directing you to learning resources and providing an overall direction. This is more accurately described as mentoring and may happen either: Formally,…
