Technology advancements are driving changes in business models and customer expectations. Customers now demand personalized, high-quality services delivered through various digital channels. This trend of pervasive computing allows businesses to gather data from multiple sources to make quicker, informed decisions. These changes require testing approaches, strategies and methods to adapt. Software testing is also evolving, with a shift from quality assurance to business assurance and more agile development cycles. Testing must become more innovative and collaborative to validate emerging enterprise solutions. Pairwise testing provides a balanced approach to maximize test coverage with fewer combinations, helping address challenges of exhaustive testing within constrained cycles.
How Quality Assurance is Important in Development Life Cycleijtsrd
In recent days the requirement of quality has grown up universally. Away back, quality culture was practiced only by software industries, today it has also been embraced by companies using technology in their internal projects. The project should not be risked due to contingency and advancement that may come along the way. This is one of the precepts of software quality. Capacity development are imminent, but must be planned for another sprint, unless there is an urgent need on the part of the customer. The software architecture must adhere to the specified requirements. It can be innovative, lasting and still try to solve, not only the predicted problems, but also the unforeseen ones. It is at this point that the development team must glimpse what is really desired and not just what was asked for. One of the biggest causes of failure in software projects is lack of scope. In the eagerness to start work soon, the scope definition phase is reduced to the extreme. The result of this is a large number of corrections made during a sprint for a feature that was not properly planned. Aayush Tiwari "How Quality Assurance is Important in Development Life Cycle" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd31580.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/other/31580/how-quality-assurance-is-important-in-development-life-cycle/aayush-tiwari
What skills can software testers provide the best testing services?NexSoftsys
Although software testers have the versatility, software testers must have both technical and non-technical skills to provide the best testing services as this skill helps the tester to fight against any circumstances.
Software Quality Assurance (QA) Testing Interview Questions & AnswersJanBask Training
Here are most frequently asked Quality Assurance (QA) Interview Questions and Answers: I would ask if interviewing a Quality Assurance engineer. The questions will emphasize more on the quality processes and the strategy, so please see that the question will not be asked for Testing.
Communication and Testing: Why You Have Been Wrong All Along!TechWell
You ran all the tests you planned for your team, you reported all the bugs with clear and to the point descriptions, and you sent a weekly email with a professional PowerPoint presentation including graphs and statistics pointing out the risk areas and project issues. However, you still feel the organization is not taking your testing seriously, management is unaware of what your team is achieving—and apparently no one is actually reading your reports. Sound familiar? Everyone else is not the problem; the way you are communicating your testing information is! Join Joel Montvelisky to review some common real-life problems and mistakes testers make while communicating the results of their work—all of which affect the way people treat their testing deliverables. Joel presents a practical model to help testers plan and perform their communications based on the very different needs of their stakeholders. And finally, he shows how you can use correct communication skills to increase the perceived value of the test team to the whole organization.
How Quality Assurance is Important in Development Life Cycleijtsrd
In recent days the requirement of quality has grown up universally. Away back, quality culture was practiced only by software industries, today it has also been embraced by companies using technology in their internal projects. The project should not be risked due to contingency and advancement that may come along the way. This is one of the precepts of software quality. Capacity development are imminent, but must be planned for another sprint, unless there is an urgent need on the part of the customer. The software architecture must adhere to the specified requirements. It can be innovative, lasting and still try to solve, not only the predicted problems, but also the unforeseen ones. It is at this point that the development team must glimpse what is really desired and not just what was asked for. One of the biggest causes of failure in software projects is lack of scope. In the eagerness to start work soon, the scope definition phase is reduced to the extreme. The result of this is a large number of corrections made during a sprint for a feature that was not properly planned. Aayush Tiwari "How Quality Assurance is Important in Development Life Cycle" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd31580.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/other/31580/how-quality-assurance-is-important-in-development-life-cycle/aayush-tiwari
What skills can software testers provide the best testing services?NexSoftsys
Although software testers have the versatility, software testers must have both technical and non-technical skills to provide the best testing services as this skill helps the tester to fight against any circumstances.
Software Quality Assurance (QA) Testing Interview Questions & AnswersJanBask Training
Here are most frequently asked Quality Assurance (QA) Interview Questions and Answers: I would ask if interviewing a Quality Assurance engineer. The questions will emphasize more on the quality processes and the strategy, so please see that the question will not be asked for Testing.
Communication and Testing: Why You Have Been Wrong All Along!TechWell
You ran all the tests you planned for your team, you reported all the bugs with clear and to the point descriptions, and you sent a weekly email with a professional PowerPoint presentation including graphs and statistics pointing out the risk areas and project issues. However, you still feel the organization is not taking your testing seriously, management is unaware of what your team is achieving—and apparently no one is actually reading your reports. Sound familiar? Everyone else is not the problem; the way you are communicating your testing information is! Join Joel Montvelisky to review some common real-life problems and mistakes testers make while communicating the results of their work—all of which affect the way people treat their testing deliverables. Joel presents a practical model to help testers plan and perform their communications based on the very different needs of their stakeholders. And finally, he shows how you can use correct communication skills to increase the perceived value of the test team to the whole organization.
Campbell & Readman - TDD It's Not Tester Driven Development - EuroSTAR 2012TEST Huddle
EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2012 presentation on TDD It's Not Tester Driven Development by Campbell & Readman. See more at: http://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/
Use Layered Model-Based Requirements to Achieve Continuous TestingTechWell
Requirements, test cases, and test data are still generally designed and created the same way they have been for the past thirty years—despite the evolution of testing techniques and tools. Requirements are still specified through written natural language, which leads to ambiguity and poor testability. Test cases are manually designed and are built on incomplete requirements. Test automation requires a human being to first manually create the automation scripts, which then have to be manually maintained sprint after sprint. Alex Martins shares how he helps organizations truly shift-left by using multilayered visual models and CAD-like (computer-aided design) technology to specify requirements such that ambiguity is inherently removed. With unambiguous and complete requirements, developers introduce fewer defects into their code and manual test cases. Join Alex to see how automated test scripts and their required test data can be generated automatically based on the requirements—without manual intervention.
Digital Transformation, Testing and AutomationTEST Huddle
The Digital Transformation is real. It is having a profound effect on how business is done and the nature of the systems required to deliver productive customer experiences and consequent business benefits.
Key Takeaways:
- What is the Digital Transformation and how does it affect testing?
- Some key findings from a recent and an ancient survey
- How to achieve testing and automation success.
To view the webinar, visit - http://testhuddle.com/resource/digital-transformation-testing-and-automation/
Join Stacey Brown, President of MindLink Resources, for a webinar that will examine the top 10 qualities of a quality assurance (QA) tester. Learn how to bring out these traits in your current QA staff and how to watch for these soft skills when screening new candidates.
When localizing products, the QA step is essential in confirming the translation and making sure the product was successfully prepared for the target market. Managers trust the QA staff to catch translation and engineering errors and ensure product readiness to avoid quality issues caught by the end customer. Many managers make the mistake of assigning this critical role to a linguist who may not have the right characteristics of a good tester. When selecting QA staff, it is important to consider skills beyond just linguistic and technical. There are many “soft skills” to watch for in a candidate that will give localization managers the confidence that even small errors will be reported by their tester.
In this webinar, Stacey will discuss the top 10 qualities of a quality assurance (QA) tester, how to bring out these traits in current QA staff, and how to watch for these soft skills when screening new candidates.
About the presenter
Stacey Brown is the Talent Management Specialist and President of Mindlink Resources, LLC.. She has a passion for surrounding herself with talented people. For the past 15 years she has successfully built teams of contractors providing a variety of services at large fortune 500 companies in the Pacific Northwest. She specifically has over 12 years of experience recruiting, training and managing QA specialists. Stacey has a degree in Communications and an MBA in Technology Management.
5 Steps to Jump Start Your Test AutomationSauce Labs
With the acceleration of software creation and delivery, test activities must align to the new tempo. Developers need immediate feedback to be efficient and correct defects as those are introduced. The path to achieving this vision is to build a reliable and scalable continuous test solution.
All beginnings are hard. Having a well-defined plan outlining the approach for your organization to create test automation is key to ensure long term success. Join Diego Molina, Senior Software Engineer at Sauce Labs as he discusses:
The importance of setting up the team correctly from the start
Choosing the right Testing Framework for your organization
Identifying the right scenarios and workflows to test
Learning to avoid common pitfalls at the beginning of the transformation journey
Test driven development and react js application go hand in handKaty Slemon
Importance of Test-Driven Development for ReactJS Application with the best tools to support TDD for ReactJS development. Pros & Cons of TDD and why you should use TDD to React apps.
Testing Transformation: The Art and Science for SuccessTechWell
Technologies, testing processes, and the role of the tester have evolved significantly in the past few years with the advent of agile, DevOps, and other new technologies. It is critical that we testing professionals evaluate ourselves and continue to add tangible value to our organizations. In your work, are you focused on the trivial or on real game changers? Jennifer Bonine describes critical elements that help you artfully blend people, process, and technology to create a synergistic relationship that adds value. Jennifer shares ideas on mastering politics, maneuvering core vs. context, and innovating your technology strategies and processes. She explores how new processes can be introduced in an organization, what the role of organizational culture is in determining the success of a project, and how you can know what tools will add value vs. simply adding overhead and complexity. Jennifer reviews critically needed tester skills and discusses a continual learning model to evolve your skills and stay relevant. This discussion can lead you to technologies, processes, and skills you can stake your career on.
Quality Jam: BDD, TDD and ATDD for the EnterpriseQASymphony
During Quality Jam 2016 I had the privilege of presenting with one of QASymphony's earliest customers, Better Cloud, on how methodologies like BDD, TDD and ATDD scale for the enterprises. Adam Satterfield is the VP of Quality Assurance at Bettercloud and has been in QA for many years; he has taught me a lot about Behavior Driven Development, Test Driven Development, Acceptance Test Driven Development. In the session we share a new way of testing-- what Adam and I believe to be the next generation of testing development.
We know that there are several ways to do testing and we are just showing one new way to do it - If this session doesn't inspire action, hopefully it will at least give you and your team something to think about.
Selenium DeTox for Achieving the Right Testing PyramidNaresh Jain
Our project was a classic example of Selenium gone wild! As our team embraced the test automation journey, we went crazy and implemented tons of Selenium tests, one for every permutation possible. Soon we realized our feedback cycles were delayed. Our builds were taking hours instead of minutes. And we had a set of complex, fragile tests, which resulted in a lot of false-negative scenarios and finger pointing.
At this point, our team had realized that this is not the path forward. We decided to seriously look at our Selenium tests. We pretty much moved 80% of our Se tests to lower-layers (non-GUI based) tests. And now we have the right testing pyramid on our project.
In this presentation, Naresh Jain explains IDeaS' journey (strategy, techniques, tools, mindset-change and approaches we took) through this transition.
QA Interview Questions With Answers from software testing experts. Frequently asked questions in Quality Assurance (QA) interview for freshers and experienced professionals.
I believe that our existing models of testing are not fit for purpose – they are inconsistent, controversial, partial, proprietary and stuck in the past. They are not going to support us in the rapidly emerging technologies and approaches. The certification schemes that should represent the interests and integrity of our profession don’t, and we are left with schemes that are popular, but have low value, lower esteem and attract harsh criticism. My goal in proposing the New Model is to stimulate new thinking in this area.
eurostarconferences.com
testhuddle.com
Campbell & Readman - TDD It's Not Tester Driven Development - EuroSTAR 2012TEST Huddle
EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference 2012 presentation on TDD It's Not Tester Driven Development by Campbell & Readman. See more at: http://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/past-presentations/
Use Layered Model-Based Requirements to Achieve Continuous TestingTechWell
Requirements, test cases, and test data are still generally designed and created the same way they have been for the past thirty years—despite the evolution of testing techniques and tools. Requirements are still specified through written natural language, which leads to ambiguity and poor testability. Test cases are manually designed and are built on incomplete requirements. Test automation requires a human being to first manually create the automation scripts, which then have to be manually maintained sprint after sprint. Alex Martins shares how he helps organizations truly shift-left by using multilayered visual models and CAD-like (computer-aided design) technology to specify requirements such that ambiguity is inherently removed. With unambiguous and complete requirements, developers introduce fewer defects into their code and manual test cases. Join Alex to see how automated test scripts and their required test data can be generated automatically based on the requirements—without manual intervention.
Digital Transformation, Testing and AutomationTEST Huddle
The Digital Transformation is real. It is having a profound effect on how business is done and the nature of the systems required to deliver productive customer experiences and consequent business benefits.
Key Takeaways:
- What is the Digital Transformation and how does it affect testing?
- Some key findings from a recent and an ancient survey
- How to achieve testing and automation success.
To view the webinar, visit - http://testhuddle.com/resource/digital-transformation-testing-and-automation/
Join Stacey Brown, President of MindLink Resources, for a webinar that will examine the top 10 qualities of a quality assurance (QA) tester. Learn how to bring out these traits in your current QA staff and how to watch for these soft skills when screening new candidates.
When localizing products, the QA step is essential in confirming the translation and making sure the product was successfully prepared for the target market. Managers trust the QA staff to catch translation and engineering errors and ensure product readiness to avoid quality issues caught by the end customer. Many managers make the mistake of assigning this critical role to a linguist who may not have the right characteristics of a good tester. When selecting QA staff, it is important to consider skills beyond just linguistic and technical. There are many “soft skills” to watch for in a candidate that will give localization managers the confidence that even small errors will be reported by their tester.
In this webinar, Stacey will discuss the top 10 qualities of a quality assurance (QA) tester, how to bring out these traits in current QA staff, and how to watch for these soft skills when screening new candidates.
About the presenter
Stacey Brown is the Talent Management Specialist and President of Mindlink Resources, LLC.. She has a passion for surrounding herself with talented people. For the past 15 years she has successfully built teams of contractors providing a variety of services at large fortune 500 companies in the Pacific Northwest. She specifically has over 12 years of experience recruiting, training and managing QA specialists. Stacey has a degree in Communications and an MBA in Technology Management.
5 Steps to Jump Start Your Test AutomationSauce Labs
With the acceleration of software creation and delivery, test activities must align to the new tempo. Developers need immediate feedback to be efficient and correct defects as those are introduced. The path to achieving this vision is to build a reliable and scalable continuous test solution.
All beginnings are hard. Having a well-defined plan outlining the approach for your organization to create test automation is key to ensure long term success. Join Diego Molina, Senior Software Engineer at Sauce Labs as he discusses:
The importance of setting up the team correctly from the start
Choosing the right Testing Framework for your organization
Identifying the right scenarios and workflows to test
Learning to avoid common pitfalls at the beginning of the transformation journey
Test driven development and react js application go hand in handKaty Slemon
Importance of Test-Driven Development for ReactJS Application with the best tools to support TDD for ReactJS development. Pros & Cons of TDD and why you should use TDD to React apps.
Testing Transformation: The Art and Science for SuccessTechWell
Technologies, testing processes, and the role of the tester have evolved significantly in the past few years with the advent of agile, DevOps, and other new technologies. It is critical that we testing professionals evaluate ourselves and continue to add tangible value to our organizations. In your work, are you focused on the trivial or on real game changers? Jennifer Bonine describes critical elements that help you artfully blend people, process, and technology to create a synergistic relationship that adds value. Jennifer shares ideas on mastering politics, maneuvering core vs. context, and innovating your technology strategies and processes. She explores how new processes can be introduced in an organization, what the role of organizational culture is in determining the success of a project, and how you can know what tools will add value vs. simply adding overhead and complexity. Jennifer reviews critically needed tester skills and discusses a continual learning model to evolve your skills and stay relevant. This discussion can lead you to technologies, processes, and skills you can stake your career on.
Quality Jam: BDD, TDD and ATDD for the EnterpriseQASymphony
During Quality Jam 2016 I had the privilege of presenting with one of QASymphony's earliest customers, Better Cloud, on how methodologies like BDD, TDD and ATDD scale for the enterprises. Adam Satterfield is the VP of Quality Assurance at Bettercloud and has been in QA for many years; he has taught me a lot about Behavior Driven Development, Test Driven Development, Acceptance Test Driven Development. In the session we share a new way of testing-- what Adam and I believe to be the next generation of testing development.
We know that there are several ways to do testing and we are just showing one new way to do it - If this session doesn't inspire action, hopefully it will at least give you and your team something to think about.
Selenium DeTox for Achieving the Right Testing PyramidNaresh Jain
Our project was a classic example of Selenium gone wild! As our team embraced the test automation journey, we went crazy and implemented tons of Selenium tests, one for every permutation possible. Soon we realized our feedback cycles were delayed. Our builds were taking hours instead of minutes. And we had a set of complex, fragile tests, which resulted in a lot of false-negative scenarios and finger pointing.
At this point, our team had realized that this is not the path forward. We decided to seriously look at our Selenium tests. We pretty much moved 80% of our Se tests to lower-layers (non-GUI based) tests. And now we have the right testing pyramid on our project.
In this presentation, Naresh Jain explains IDeaS' journey (strategy, techniques, tools, mindset-change and approaches we took) through this transition.
QA Interview Questions With Answers from software testing experts. Frequently asked questions in Quality Assurance (QA) interview for freshers and experienced professionals.
I believe that our existing models of testing are not fit for purpose – they are inconsistent, controversial, partial, proprietary and stuck in the past. They are not going to support us in the rapidly emerging technologies and approaches. The certification schemes that should represent the interests and integrity of our profession don’t, and we are left with schemes that are popular, but have low value, lower esteem and attract harsh criticism. My goal in proposing the New Model is to stimulate new thinking in this area.
eurostarconferences.com
testhuddle.com
Introduction to Investigation And Utilizing Lean Test Metrics In Agile Softwa...IJERA Editor
The growth of the software development industry approaches the new development methodologies to deliver the
error free software to its end-user fulfilling the business values to product. The growth of tools and technology
has brought the automation in the development and software testing process, it has also increased the demand of
the fast testing and delivery of the software to end customers. Traditional software development methodologies
to trending agile software development trend have brought new philosophy, dimensions, and processes having
invested new tools to make process easy. The Agile development (Scrum, XP, FDD, BDD, ATDD, ASD,
DSDM, Kanban, Crystal and Lean) process also faces the software testing model crises because of the fast
development of life cycles, fast delivery to end users without having appropriate test metrics which make the
software testing process slow as well as increase the risk. The analysis of the testing metrics in the software
testing process and setting the right lean test metrics help to improve the software quality effectively in agile
process.
[Webinar] Visa's Journey to a Culture of ExperimentationOptimizely
Join us as we hear Ramkumar Ravichandran, the Director of A/B Testing at Visa Checkout, explain how he created a high impact experimentation program. Ram will take us through the growth of Visa’s program: from selling the value, to laying down the vision, the roadmap and success criteria, to creating the right team and driving engagement with the program.
Attend this webinar to learn:
-How an experimentation program drives business impact.
-A model to drive continuous stakeholder engagement with the program.
-How to build a roadmap that goes above and beyond simple UX optimization.
How do you know if you have too much process, too little, or just the right amount? If you ignore process completely, unpredictability and chaos can follow. If you define the process to the nth degree and follow it religiously, the work grinds to a halt. Janet Gregory shares her experiences about how to find the tastiest balance of process and creativity for your projects and organization. She proposes that a formally defined process is sometimes necessary, but that it should be the exception. Explore with Janet the many variables—team size, complexity, criticality, organization structure, and culture—you must assess to find just the right balance. Learn how to make existing processes better by adding visibility to the process, getting team members’ input, and adapting documentation you need. Learn how to transform complicated processes into simpler ones—such as reporting a simple “thumbs up” or “thumbs down”—and go home with new tools to sprinkle on just enough process.
Top Software panies to Outsource.pdfTesting ComMindfire LLC
However, finding one good company is a constant concern as the demand for software testing specialists is rising, and many companies face a severe shortage of them. Getting started with a list of companies is just not the right way to do it. First, you must know how to begin your search for a company that meets your needs. Hence, unlike other blogs, we’ll help you get started on your search for the best testing companies to outsource.
Everything You Need To Know About Agile Testing Methodology.pptxConcetto Labs
Agile testing methodology is a very successful framework. In the World of software testing, the Agile methodology provides better testing in the life cycle of software development.
A history and practical guide to Agile quality, mobile automation and risk-based testing strategies.
The role of software testing in the development process has evolved. No longer do testers validate only features and functionality. They play an integral role shaping the quality of the user experience — sussing out logical holes in the development and recommending adjustments to better serve users.
The resources available to testers have changed too. From mobile automation to sniffing tools. We analyze the current state of software testing and how teams must adapt to better serve users within their project budget.
+ Download our interactive device matrix and project quality overview tool, complete with visualizations for defect trends, issue severity and close rate data.
Software testing is not what it was an era ago. In the last couple of years, it has transformed a lot. In this era of evolving technology, having a career in software is a commendable choice. When we think about our career path, the first and foremost thing that comes to our mind is the scope and potential of the domain in upcoming years. And software promises to be an ever-growing industry to give you a remarkable career.
Interested in becoming a software tester? Whether you want to improve your Software Tester skills on the job or want to know about learning methodologies to secure certification, here’s what you need to know.
This is a snippet of a more expanded learn path to explore more on this or examine several different learn paths and courses related to Information technology. You can find the link to it towards the end.
Software testing
Software Testing is an activity performed to verify the software for any defects, bugs or errors which may further lead to software malfunction in the foreseeable future. It is essential to ensure the smooth functioning of the operations on the system. It also facilitates the process of evaluating the functionality of a software application to know whether the developed software meets the specified requirements and produces the rightful results.
The software testing process includes eight stages: Test Planning, Test Monitoring and Control, Test Analysis, Test Design, Test Implementation, Test Execution, and Test Completion.
Quality assurance
Quality Assurance is different from Software Testing. It refers to a process of activities to check the quality and performance of the developed software and ensure consistency throughout its results. This is to deliver a product that is up to customer expectations and on time.
Learning methodologies
Now that you are familiar with this field, you might want to know how to take the first step toward this profession. Entering any field generally comes with a set of academic requirements. And, so there are two ways available to fulfill this requirement; they are online and offline modes of learning. Well, both have their own share of advantages and disadvantages. But at the end of the day, it comes down to your requirements and preferences. If you want to have an immersive learning experience, then the offline mode is suitable for you. And, if you are seeking a more flexible approach to learning, then the online mode is ideal for you.
As per the facts stated above, opting for an online learning model is more beneficial than traditional learning. In this tech-savvy era, online learning will perfectly suit you in regard to feasibility, cost, time, and mobility.
The Tester’s Role: Balancing Technical Acumen and User AdvocacyTechWell
Ten years ago, many of us started our careers in testing, generally moving from a different internal role. It was common for people who were product users to be hired to jump start their technical career. Now, we see the growth of tester positions that require coding experience or a computer science degree. Melissa Tondi discusses the changing landscape of the role of testers, the challenges when hiring developers with no previous testing experience, and a way to shift the pendulum back to balance technical acumen with a user advocacy role. Melissa leads a thoughtful discussion on what makes a good tester, how we can continue to promote our profession, and how to accentuate the value testers bring to organizations. She identifies factors that caused the test/QA role to become mainstream and how it shifted to become more technically focused. Melissa helps fill in the gaps with a test strategy that balances time for the test team to continue supporting the development efforts while equally emphasizing user advocacy tests. She presents recommendations you can take back to your team to achieve the right balance for your organization.
implementing_ai_for_improved_performance_testing_the_key_to_success.pdfsarah david
Experience a revolution in software testing with our AI-driven Performance Testing solutions at Cuneiform Consulting. In a world dominated by technological advancements, implementing AI is the key to unlocking unparalleled software performance. Boost your applications with speed, scalability, and responsiveness, ensuring a seamless user experience. Cuneiform Consulting leads the way in reshaping quality assurance, adhering to the predictions of the World Quality Report for AI's significant role in the next decade. Join us to stay ahead, save costs with constant AI-powered testing, and explore the boundless possibilities of AI/ML development services. Contact us now for a future-proof digital transformation!
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Agile Testing: Best Practices and Methodology Zoe Gilbert
Get more control and bug free code to ensure no crash in your application, employ agile testing which restricts your testing efforts for repetitive task. Read this blog to understand details for agile testing including all type of testing methods and best practices.
Seven Keys to Navigating Your Agile Testing TransitionTechWell
So you’ve “gone agile” and have been relatively successful for a year or so. But how do you know how well you’re really doing? And how do you continuously improve your practices? And when things get rocky, how do you handle the challenges without reverting to old habits? You realize that the path to high-performance agile testing isn’t easy or quick. It also helps to have a guide. So consider this workshop your guide to ongoing, improved, and sustained high-performance. Join seasoned agile testing coach Bob Galen as he share lessons from his most successful agile testing transitions. You’ll explore actual team case studies for building team skills, embracing agile requirements, fostering customer interaction, building agile automation, driving business value, and testing at-scale stories of agile testing excellence. You’ll examine the mistakes, adjustments, and the successes—so you’ll learn how to react to real-world contexts. Leave with a better view of your team’s strengths, weaknesses, and where you need to focus to improve.
Cuneiform engineering solutions have geared up to revolutionize business giants. Our passionate team works tirelessly to solve today’s and tomorrow’s digital business challenges. we also deal with innovative digital platforms that
Marlabs helps companies adopt digital transformation using Digital360 - a comprehensive digital framework comprising of Digital Product Engineering, Digital Automation, Enterprise Analytics, Cloud, Digital Security and Digital User Experience; delivering a next-generation Digital Customer Experience.
Marlabs’ digital life-cycle model delivers rapid innovation using prototyping, co-creation, concept-to-completion and rapid deployment.
Marlabs’ innovation labs, “marlabs .next” incubates cutting-edge technologies like Intent-Intelligence, AI, IoT, IoP, Blockchain and Hyper-Personalization.
Embracing Containers and Microservices for Future Proof Application Moderniza...Marlabs
The need for application modernization: Legacy applications are typically based on a monolithic design, which is organized in a three-tier architecture that covers a front, middle, and end layer. These monolithic designs reduce flexibility and agility due to the way it is compressed and leads to challenges in scaling as per business requirement. This challenge has resulted in modernizing these legacy applications using Containers and Microservices. Credit: Marlabs
The Dark Web consists of World Wide Web content existing on darknets, which are overlay networks that use the Internet, but require specific software, configurations, or authorization to access. The Dark Web forms a small part of the Deep Web - the part of the web not indexed by search engines - although sometimes the term, Deep Web, is mistakenly used to refer specifically to the Dark Web. Credit: Marlabs Inc
Cyber Threat Intelligence is a process in which information from different sources is collected, then analyzed to identify and detect threats against any environment. The information collected could be evidence-based knowledge that could support the context, mechanism, indicators, or implications about an already existing threat against an environment, and/or the knowledge about an upcoming threat that could potentially affect the environment. Credit: Marlabs Inc
AI & Cognitive Computing are some of the most popular business an technical words out there. It is critical to get the basic understanding of Cognitive Computing, which helps us appreciate the technical possibilities and business benefits of the technology.
The Internet of Things : Developing a VisionMarlabs
Bringing together the physical and digital worlds in ways that could barely be imagined a few years ago is what the IoT is doing. Consumer applications of the IoT have the most buzz. But B2B IoT is where organizations see the maximum value. Sensors and actuators are getting connected by networks to computers where data is getting processed—lots of data!
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Mahesh Eswar, Chief Revenue Officer at Marlabs, speaks at NJTC event, 'Breakf...Marlabs
Mahesh Eswar, Chief Revenue Officer at Marlabs, was the speaker at Breakfast Bytes, an NJTC event held at the Marlabs corporate offices in Piscataway, NJ. His presentation was titled: “The Big Data and AI revolution.” In an engaging and insightful discussion, Mahesh talked about the Marlabs framework for stepping up digital transformation, the role of big data and AI, and Marlabs’ AI & Cognitive Computing Platform -- mAdvisor. Using everyday examples, Mahesh brought what can sometimes be fairly abstruse topics into clear, vivid focus. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive, attendees said they learned a lot about these technologies. http://www.marlabs.com/mahesh-eswar-chief-revenue-officer-marlabs-speaks-njtc-event
Marlabs Capabilities Overview: Energy and UtilitiesMarlabs
Our solutions help customers improve reliability, efficiency and return on assets, and better engage customers. We also support our customers with real-time analytics to take control of grid data and implementation of enterprise applications. Marlabs’ solutions enable utilities to modernize their technology assets to support new business models while reducing cost. We can help with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and its integration with distribution automation, building newer customer information systems, consumer portals, and meter data management. Marlabs provides end-to-end support throughout the ongoing transformation. We enable seamless integration of newer systems with legacy systems, supported by cyber-security solutions.
Marlabs services cover all personal and commercial lines of insurance. Our insurance rating solutions simplify the rating development cycle by building automated rating and underwriting services from existing models. We help customers integrate policy administration systems and enable straight through processing.
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Marlabs services for the education industry include application development, infrastructure management, data analytics, data management, testing, and eLearning. We help media organizations overcome operational challenges, enhance competitiveness, monetize intellectual property, comprehend consumer behavior, and develop new business models with ease.
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Marlabs helps customers build robust applications, manage infrastructure, provide real-time analytics, tighten risk management, and improve operational efficiency. With Marlabs as the agile and experienced partner, clients can realize greater returns on their IT investments.
Our airlines solutions and services such as supply chain management, e-commerce testing, passenger handling, inflight catering, airport handling, and cargo handling can be tailored to suit specific needs of network, regional and low cost airlines, and are scalable in scope and performance in tune with business growth.
Marlabs Capabilities: Healthcare and Life SciencesMarlabs
Marlabs can enhance the clinical and administrative systems of customers to deliver more connected and integrated healthcare solutions. Our healthcare solutions help customers meet the demands of a new economic and regulatory paradigm. Marlabs partners with life sciences organizations on advanced technology engagements as well as on strategic sourcing. Our experience in the new digital technologies like Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud help us tailor innovative solutions for our clients.
Marlabs’ solutions and services help retailers leverage data to make decisions that can help improve customer experience, operational efficiency and reduce costs. Our customizable solutions—IT and infrastructure, portal development and other Web based solutions, data warehouse enhancement, and automated inventory management—provide operational efficiency, productivity and cost savings.
Marlabs Service Offerings include Application Development & Maintenance, Microsoft service offerings, Java development platform, Enterprise Application Services, Enterprise Transformation, Legacy Migration and SOA Capabilities, DW, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Enterprise Social Network Services, mobile, UI/UX – Usability Engineering, Digital Asset Management (DAM), SAP Solutions/Services, Salesforce.com, Testing Services, Infrastructure Services, and Cyber Threat Management Service
Marlabs Capability Overview: Web Development, Usability Engineering ServicesMarlabs
Our web development capabilities include Dynamic Languages Practice, Rich Internet Applications, LAMP (Perl/ PHP/ Python) Development Services, PHP Development Services, Drupal Development Services, WordPress End-to-End Services, Responsive Web Designing (RWD)
Marlabs’ independent testing services can help customers improve the quality and performance of their software applications along with faster time to market and reduced cost of testing. Our end-to-end outcome-based testing process is aligned with the client’s strategic and operational goals to provide maximum value. We offer a wide range of testing services including life cycle testing, test consulting, test automation services and specialized mobile and enterprise application testing services.
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Marlabs offers multiple models of engagement per the need of our customers. The models that we offer include Staff Augmentation, Project Staffing, Fixed Price, Hybrid, and Dedicated Development Center.
Marlabs Infrastructure Services practice partners with enterprises enabling them to maximize their IT investments and focus their activities on initiatives that drive business innovation. Leveraging our enterprise class data centers, deep technical capabilities, comprehensive tool sets, operational best practices, and security standards we manage the day to day operations of running our clients IT environment at peak performance without compromising the confidentiality, availability and integrity of data entrusted by them. Our ‘OneConsole’ is a unified service and operations management platform providing a single pane of glass for enterprises to provision, monitor, secure, and govern IT services on premise, Cloud, or both.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
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Speakers:
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In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
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UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3
Marlabs test digest Sep 2014
1. The influence of technology advancements in driving Business value across
Industries to adapt to the new digital consumer behavior is increasing by the day. The
new age consumers are highly informed, assertive and demand higher quality and per-
sonalization of services delivered to them. Another key trend impacting the industry is
pervasive computing–providing an environment for power of computing - anywhere,
anytime, any device. The biggest outcome of pervasive technology is the ability to
make quicker decisions at the right time by analyzing data and gathering intelligent
information from the abundant data sources and various channels - portals, social me-
dia, blogs, end-use behavior etc. All these trends need QA to respond with appropri-
ate QA solutions, strategies and methodologies.
We are indeed living in ex-
citing times and this is a
unique opportunity to im-
agine and create solutions
for future using the possi-
bilities of computing. We
are seeing multiple trends
in the Domain of Software
Testing: There is an increas-
ing shift from Quality to
Business Assurance; Cus-
tomers are looking at Out-
come and Value based
models. Software develop-
ment model and cycles are
increasingly becoming more
Agile. QA as a discipline
needs to be more agile,
adaptable and innovative
With growing importance of
quality, testing become
paramount in releasing
software to client
Editorial...
B U S I N E S S N A M E
and the role of tester is
even more complex - to
understand the Business,
Technology & Process as-
pects and provide an inno-
vative and smart QA solu-
tion. In addition to this,
QA is gradually becoming
more technical and has de-
veloped its own niche disci-
plines (for example: mobile
testing, cloud testing, SOA,
BI testing, Big Data testing
etc.). This journey for vali-
dating tomorrow's enter-
prise requires a lot of focus
on innovation, co-creation
and collaboration.
At Marlabs, we need to be prepared to take advantage of the emerging opportunities
to address Business challenges. This newsletter is one of our efforts to enable the Test-
ing team to connect not just with their fellow members but also with folks outside
testing realm, to be aware of Industry, Software, Testing trends and share ideas and
best practices in a spirit of shared learning.
Issue: Sept 2013
Marlab’s
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Notes from CDO 2
Why Testing is
not Dead !!!
2
Marlabs Updates 4
Quality News &
Views
5
Intro to Pairwise
Testing
6
Cartoon Space 7
2. Notes from CDO ..
Over the last 2 years, as a business strategy, we are investing on Software
Testing considerably. Though we are competing in a crowded market, we feel
that, we can be a differentiator in terms of value creation for our customers. To
enable us to be a differentiator, we have to build a passionate team who enjoys
Software testing and are ready to come up with creative ideas in Testing which is
customer centric, through productivity improvement, cycle time reduction to make
Testing cost effective.
As a career too, software testing is challenging, crea-
tive and needs very good communication, analytical,
problem solving and questioning skills. Initiating a
News Letter of this kind is very thoughtful, at the same
time continuing this with quality and timeliness is equal-
ly challenging. Wishing the Software testing team all
the best.
Anil
Raghavan
T E S T D I G E S T P A G E 2
Why Testing is not Dead ...
By Rajesh Prabhu Natarajan
During the 6th Annual Google Test Automation Conference 2011, the opening keynote ad-
dress “Test is Dead” was presented by Alberto Savoia, which you can see at below link (which I
can’t embed here due to file size limitations):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1jWe5rOu3g
What is so evident is that the fine line between white box testing and black box testing is
getting transparent and thinner by the day. Let’s go in to history for a moment. A couple of
decades back, there was not a concept of independent testing (rightfully so) because of the
lesser dependency towards online and real-time applications. It was a time when the develop-
ment process itself was very fragile. The roles in a project group was not separate and devel-
oper was almost taking care of all phases of the project. It was an OK approach just because of
the smaller size, complexity and the way applications were used.
So called Older way of software testing:
a. Requirement
b. Design and Code
c. Testing
d. Maintenance
3. Testing is an infinite
process of
comparing the
invisible to the
ambiguous in order
to avoid the
unthinkable
happening to the
anonymous.” -
James Bach
Testing Is Not Dead
After lot of years now, the value of independent testing is questioned again.
1. What if the developer either takes care of testing or does extended testing along with
white box testing?
2. What if I do not have testers or have <5% of developers with very minimal testing?
3. What if I release the app without testing and take care of defects as it comes from my
customers?
These are very valid questions that needs careful thinking. Much talked Modern way of soft-
ware testing:
Requirement ==> Testing
Design and code ==> Testing
Maintenance ==> Testing
Note that the key difference is not just in phases but also about the roles on who is doing each
of these testing. This assumes mostly that developers does testing too; which is probably a bit
going back in time before the concept of 3rd party independent testing came in to existence.
The answer to decide if testing is required may lie in the below questions.
1. What does the app do?
2. Who are the audience?
3. Is that mission-critical?
4. What is the defect tolerance level?
5. How much risk is business willing to take?
and the most important of all…
6. How disciplined is your development team to write better code?
Answers to these questions will decide the depth of testing that may be required.
While the new approach talks about a much more agile/dynamic/optimized testing approach, this
may not be applicable to all areas particularly in verticals like BFSI, Aviation etc., This approach may
apply more towards verticals like media and communication based apps which has a higher toler-
ance level towards defects.
Hence don’t get carried away when someone says testing is dead.
Testing in my view will live forever.
T E S T D I G E S T P A G E 3
continuation of ‘Why Testing is not Dead’ ...
4. T E S T D I G E S T P A G E 4
Trainings 1. The following trainings were conducted at our offshore loca-
tions
a. Automation using RFT
b. Performance Testing Best practices
C. Selenium training
2. As part of TKG session, we are had an overview of the below projects in July
a. FORTITUDE Project
b. POLARIS Project
c. ENDURANCE - MAINTENANCE PROJECTS
Certifications Congrats to Vanitha Shivakumar and Santhi Priya for clearing the ISTQB foundation
level certification
Tools The infrastructure for Testlink has been setup within Marlabs and is available for project
use. You can access this at : http://tcoe.marlabs.com/Testlink/login.php
Please contact Admin.Testlink@Marlabs.com for access
External
Conferences
Few of our colleagues recently attended the Step-In summit 2013 Testing conference at
Bangalore. The conference had many interesting and thought-provoking sessions on
current and emerging topics of testing
Publications Couple of technical articles were published in Toolsjournal.com :
a. ‘Test Data Management for Non-functional testing’
by Ramesh Viswanathan
b. ‘Maximizing the utilization of Test Automation’ by Vikas Joshi
…. Few members from Marlabs testing team have attended an STeP-IN SUMMIT 2013 - the 10th Interna-
tional Conference on Software Testing. During the conference different events have been planned to ensure
that there is maximum take-away to address different needs for all levels of professionals.
The conference theme “Next Generation Testing: Learning from the past; Preparing for the future” has been chosen,
keeping in mind the evolution of Software Testing into a sophisticated discipline over the last two decades
while acknowledging the fact that the Post-PC era is challenging old paradigms and methods of working.
STeP-IN SUMMIT 2013 endeavors to extract the best from past learning while focusing on new technologies,
models and methodologies to address current challenges.
Below are few of the interesting session which was part of conference.
1. The Value of Testing
2. How to bullet proof Releases
3. Tactics in testing social networks
4. Testing the shrinking world
from Sriharsha Kumar
5. T E S T D I G E S T P A G E 5
Free Testing Magazines
(eBooks)
May 2013
TeaTime with testers April/May
Better software magazine about agile
Testing Circus May
April 2013
Testing Circus April
Logigear magazine about Test Automation
NZTester April-June
Professional tester magazine (the trouble
with good ideas)
Automated Software Testing magazine
TESTmagazine April issue
March 2013
Tea time with testers
Testing Experience
OZTester April-June
TestingCircus March Edition
Better software magazine
Agile Record - Kanban
February 2013
Logigear Februari - the rapidly changing
testlandscape
Testing Circus
Test Magazine
Professional Tester
January 2013
Tea time with testers
Better Software magazine Lessons learned
from Ancient wisdom
News & Announcements..
Enterprise Tester 4.8 brings tighter integration with Atlassian’s JIRA
Link : http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2013/08/enterprise-tester-4-
8-brings-tighter-integration-with-atlassians-jira/
The Evolving Skill Set of Tomorrow’s Top Testers by Scott Barber
Link : http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2013/08/the-evolving-skill-
set-of-tomorrows-top-testers/
Building an efficient component-based test automation framework
(whitepaper)
Link : Click Here
Getting Started with API Testing
Link : Click Here
Why Agile Development Fails (Sometimes)
Link : Click Here
Security News You Won’t Want to Miss
Link : Click Here
SmartBear Collects 5 ATI Automation Awards at TestKIT Conference
Link : Click Here
Why HTML5 Tests the Limits of Automated Testing Solutions
Link : Click Here
6. “Everyone knows
that debugging is
twice as hard as
writing a program in
the first place. So if
you are as clever as
you can be when
you write it, how will
you ever debug it?”
– Brian Kernighan
The Software Test Manager has the challenging responsibility of ensuring highest
levels of Quality within increasingly shorter Cycle times. While Quality requires greater
Test coverage, Exhaustive testing has the practical constraints of reduced cycle time and
the need of quick testing turnaround times.
Business applications are getting increasingly complex, with multiple possible
scenarios for a given Business functionality. The need to cater to a diverse market
means that applications have multiple input conditions and a range of values for each
of the inputs.
A dilemma for the Tester is how to ensure Quality under these circumstances?
Exhaustive testing for all the inputs and their range of combinations is very time con-
suming and often impractical idea. On the other hand, an incomplete coverage raises
the possibility of slipped defects.
Pairwise testing is a test technique based on combinatorial methods and pro-
vides a balanced solution which ensures maximum Test coverage with a reduced number
of test combinations.
How does Pairwise testing work?
In any complex software system, defects or failures can be categorized as:
• Single Modal—in which something works or fails by itself, independent of other
factors
• Dual Modal—in which even though two things work individually, they fail when
paired together
• Multi Modal—in which three or more things in combination don’t work together
The underlying principle is
1. The vast majority of defects are caused by the interaction between a small
number of factors ie. single and dual modal causes .
2. The number of failures resulting from the interaction of more than 2 parame-
ters is progressively less
3. Testing a large number of random combinations results in inefficient tests
Hence, the focus is on a technique which optimizes test case design to identify single
and dual mode failures.
The below figure illustrates how the impact of test case optimization increases sig-
nificantly as the number of test factors increase :
T E S T D I G E S T
Introduction to Pairwise Testing
By Rajesh Sundararajan
P A G E 6
7. T E S T D I G E S T P A G E 7
continuation of ‘Introduction to Pairwise Testing ...
Let’s understand this better with an example:
Take the case of a software to select cars which has the below options
Manufacturer: Honda, Toyota, Maruti (3 options)
Category- Hatchback, Sedan, SuV (3 options)
City: Bengaluru, Mysore (2 options)
Exhaustive testing of all possible scenarios/combinations will require 3 X 3 X 2 = 18 tests.
Let’s apply the All pairs technique.
The number of test cases where each column pair value occurs at least once is 9. If we take the example of
“Honda” in the Manufacturer’s column, we can see that it forms a “pair” with each of the values in the other col-
umns at least once.
Original rows – 18; Optimized rows – 9; Savings/Benefit = 50% . As the
number of variables and their options increase, the benefits will be that
much higher.
The above example was simple and we could organize the All –pairs
manually. How do we do this using a tool? There are many Free and
Web-based tools listed at http://www.pairwise.org/tools.asp . Use any
of them and share your experience.
Points to note:
All-pairs is a technique and needs to be understood well and evaluated before applying it.
It is very similar to and often confused with Orthogonal Arrays. Both use the basic principle of “paired varia-
bles”, but Orthogonal arrays are “Balanced” as they have all pairs equal number of times.
Cartoon Space...