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In Test Logistics, the Test Manager should answer the following questions:
- Who will test?
- When will the test occur?
Who will test?
You may not know exact names of the tester who will test, but the type of tester can be defined.
To select the right member for specified task, you have to consider if his skill is qualified for the task or not, also estimate the project budget. Selecting wrong member for the task may cause the project to fail or delay.
Person having the following skills is most ideal for performing software testing:
- Ability to understand customers point of view
- Strong desire for quality
- Attention to detail
- Good cooperation
In your project, the member who will take in charge for the test execution is the tester. Base on the project budget, you can choose in-source or outsource member as the tester.
When will the test occur?
Test activities must be matched with associated development activities.
Step 3) Define Test Objective
Test Objective is the overall goal and achievement of the test execution. The objective of the testing is finding as many software defects as possible; ensure that the software under test is bug free before release.
To define the test objectives, you should do 2 following steps
- List all the software features (functionality, performance, GUI…) which may need to test.
- Define the target or the goal of the test based on above features
Let’s apply these steps to find the test objective of your Guru99 Bank testing project
You can choose the ‘TOP-DOWN’ method to find the website’s features which may need to test. In this method, you break down the application under test to component and sub-component.
In the previous topic, you have already analyzed the requirement specs and walk through the website, so you can create a Mind-Map to find the website features as following
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Step 4) Define Test Criteria
Test Criteria is a standard or rule on which a test procedure or test judgment can be based. There’re 2 types of test criteria as following
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