This document discusses software testing fundamentals. It defines key terms like testing, bugs, and defects. Testing is described as a quality control activity done throughout development to find defects before customers. There are different types of testing like unit, integration, and system level testing. Test management refers to planning testing activities and includes elements like test basis, test objects, and test conditions. Test automation involves automating manual testing processes using tools to replay test cases for comparison to expected results.

1. TESTING FUNDAMENTALS
Sunila Burkhijala

2. Context
 Key Points
 Introduction
 Testing Classification
 Test Management
 Test Automation

3. Key Points
 Testing:
 A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the
presence, quality, or truth of something; an examination, or
experiment.
 A basis for evaluation or judgment.
 A series of questions, problems, or responses
designed to determine knowledge, intelligence, of ability.
 Bug:
 A bug is the result of a coding error.
 Defect:
 A defect is a deviation from the requirements.
 Inspection:
 Disciplined practice for detecting and correcting defects.

4. Introduction
 Testing is the most widely used quality control
activity for defect correction and for ensuring
delivery of defect-free software.
 Principles of Testing
 Testing should be done to find defects before
customer find them out.
 Testing is carried out through out the software life
cycle as soon as the coding begins and is not an end-
of-cycle activity.
 Test cases have to be revised to find new bugs.

5. Testing Classification
 Testing can be applied at the unit (module),
components, sub-system and system levels.
System
Subsystem
Component
Unit/Module
Unit/Module
Component
Unit/Module
Unit/Module
Subsystem
Component
Unit/Module
Unit/Module
Component
Unit/Module
Unit/Module

6. Test Management
 It refers to the activity of managing the
computer software testing process.
 Terms used while test management are
 Test Basis: Requirements document
 Test Object: Component to be tested.
 Test Item: Individual element to be tested.
 Test Condition: An item or event of a component that
can be verified.

7. Test Management
Requirement
Analysis
Test Planning
Test Case
Design
Test Environment
setup
Test Execution
Test Closure
Test Progress
Monitoring and Control
Software Testing Life
Cycle

8. Test Automation
 Test Automation involves automating a manual
process that uses formal testing methods and
supplements manual testing.
 Test automation tools provide record and
playback features that allow users to
interactively record user actions and replay it
any number of times, which helps in
comparing actual results with those expected.

9. Test Automation Framework
Test Manager
Editor
Event
Handler
Debugger Compiler
Test
Driver
Tools
Test
Script
Generato
r
Navigatio
n
Guideline
s
Test case
Generato
r
Databas
e
Test
Report
Log File
Scenario

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