The document discusses testing of the healthcare.gov website which cost $840 million to build but had only 6 users register on the first day. It went over budget to $2 billion and took 2 months to recover technically. The document provides an overview of testing types like functionality, usability, compatibility, performance, security, localization, and 508 compliance testing. It discusses concepts like critical path analysis, risk-based testing, mind mapping, and testing web applications using a case study of the Triangle App.

1. exploratory & context driven
some unstructured gyaan by Younus Poonawala

2.  $840mn invested in building the site healthcare.gov
 6 users registered on the first day
 The site took 2 months to recover technically
 And the budget shot to ~$2 bn towards the end of campaign
 Research has shown that over the past 10 years,
94% of large federal information technology projects were unsuccessful, more than
50% were delayed, over budget, or didn’t meet expectations and a total of 41.4%were judged to be complete failures.

3.  YES, we are pessimistic
 YES, we are picky
 YES, we know what sucks and why
 BUT, we don’t know what would happen if we don’t test

4.  Web Based Applications
 Triangle App – Case Study
 Testing is not checking
 Different Hats of a Tester
 Critical Path Analysis
 Risk Based Testing
 Mind Mapping
 Q&A

6.  Triangle App by Michael Bolton
 Lets Think of Some Tests for this one?

7.  Why was the site built?
 What’s the objective behind this?
 Who is it targeted to?
 Is the site complete ? Is it ready to be tested?
 Does the original requirements reflect on site now?
 What is the critical path?
 What is at Stake?

8. Analogy of Checks & Tests

9.  Functionality
 Usability
 Compatibility/Responsiveness
 Performance
 Security
 Localisation
 508 compliance

10.  Clarify your mission
 Analyse your product
 Analyse risks
 Define Strategy
 Plan Logistics
 Share the Plan
• Structure
• Function
• Data
• Interfaces
• Platforms
• Operation
• Time
• Smoke/Sanity
• Learn/Explore
• Retest/Regress
• Report
• Repeat
Context Driven Plan Things To Test Roadmap

11.  Understanding Critical Path
 State Transition Testing
 CPM (Critical Path Method) Diagram

13.  Make a list of risks.
 Product Risks
 Project Risks
 Risk catalogs/watch lists/matrices
 Risk Prioritization
 Perform testing that explores each risk.
 As risks evaporate and new ones emerge, adjust your test effort to stay focused on
the current crop

15.  FEATURE MAPS
 COVERAGE MAPS
 TEST DESIGN MAPS

18.  Does your site need compatibility testing?
 Is your site built on a responsive (mobile
friendly) framework?
 If yes, does it work so?
 How do we test it for compatibility
 How to choose for which browsers to pick up
 Is your site performance optimized for
Mobile and low bandwidths?
 If yes, does it work so?
 How do we test for AMP

19.  We all know Jmeter, but have we understood
our applications performance needs yet?
 Is the application built around high speed
response or it will be done later?
 What is concurrency and how do I calculate it?
 I want to know single page performance for a
web-page?
 I want to understand my servers performance
 I want to make sure my website is not
penalized by Google for its shabby
performance

20.  What is the ultimate goal of security testing?
 AAA
 Authentication
 Authorization
 Availability

22.  Ever realized the importance of localisation?
 Ever wondered how to test for i18n?
 How to start
 Where are the caveats?
 What is the reward of testing for i18n?
 Case Study

23.  Know what is 508 compliance testing
 Know the need of compliance
 Know how it can be tested
 Few examples
 Case study

24.  James Bach: www.satisfice.com
 Michael Bolton: www.developsense.com
 Ministry of Testing: http://www.ministryoftesting.com/resources/exploratory-
testing/
 Presentation on Mindmaps and Exploratory Testing By
 Ajay Balamurgadas
 Meeta Prakash
 Lots of Stats available on wikipedia and leading online publishers

25.  12 years of overall working experience in the core industry
 Worked for Education, Finance & Travel sectors
 Switched roles between a developer, QA engineer, Business
Analyst and many more
 Now an entrepreneur running a web development firm and a test
consultancy
 Easy to connect with and loves to travel
 Call/Whatsapp - 9920996021
 Email : younus@rethinkingweb.com