Crowd testing involves using an online community of testers from diverse backgrounds to test software. UTest is a crowd testing platform with over 60,000 professional testers from 190 countries. It allows customers to define test scopes and select testers to test web, mobile, and desktop applications on real devices under real-world conditions. Testers on UTest are paid per accepted bug or test case executed, with payment twice a month. While crowd testing can help learn and earn money, there are disadvantages like not getting paid for duplicates or rejected bugs.

1. CROWD TESTING WITH
UTEST
Barbara Lange

2. WHAT IS CROWD TESTING?

3. CROWDSOURCING
= CROWD + OUTSOURCING
distributed group of people
undefined public rather than paid employees

4. CROWD TESTING
community that tests a given software product
people from diverse backgrounds, cultures etc.
broad set of usage patterns

5. IN THE WILD TESTING
real devices
live conditions

6. CROWD TESTING PLATFORMS

7. community of more than 60,000 professional testers
from 190 countries
functional, security, load, localization and usability
testing
web, mobile and desktop applications
testing on real devices under real-world conditions

8. UTEST CLIENTS

9. UTEST - HOW IT WORKS FROM CUSTOMER
PERSPECTIVE?

10. 1. Customer orders testing service for his application:
defines testing scope, test types, environments, devices,
countries etc.

11. 2. uTest selects testers from its community and manages
testing

12. 3. Customer pays to uTest

13. HOW IT WORKS FROM TESTER
PERSPECTIVE?

14. Anyone over the age of 18 may become a tester in uTest
community.
Previous software testing experience is not required.
Registration form on:
my.utest.com

15. PAY PER BUG MODEL
Tester is paid only for deliverables:
accepted bugs
executed test cases
Payment twice a month to PayPal account.

16. TEST CYCLES
e-mail invitation
review scope and requirements
accept test cycle
start bug hunting/test case execution
get paid

17. TESTER REPUTATION
Higher reputation = more invitations + higher payout per
bug

18. DEMO TIME...

19. HOW MUCH CAN I EARN?

20. IT DEPENDS...

21. standard bug payout about $5
test case payout - vary from $5 to $50 (or more?)
additional payout for high-value bugs
no payout for rejected bugs and for duplicates

22. WHY TO JOIN UTEST?
learn
practice English
test innovative apps
earn money

23. BUT THERE ARE SOME DISADVANTAGES...
(my subjective list)

24. IT IS A RACE:
the first tester who finds a bug is paid
quick reaction to invitation
your reputation depends on performance of other
testers

25. YOU ARE NOT PAID FOR:
duplicates and rejected bugs
preparation and time
unreported bugs
bug number limit exceeded
test cycle locked

26. OTHER PROBLEMS:
long time before getting more test cycle invitations
dispute with client in case of bug rejection is limited

27. QUESTIONS?

28. THANK YOU
e-mail: barbara.lange@gmail.com