Showing posts with label software testing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label software testing. Show all posts

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Common Use Cases to Generate User-Input Test Cases

The most common and underused tool available for gaining good test coverage on your product or application regardless if it's automated or manually done is a checklist. A checklist dictates what process or steps to take when encountering a particular use case similar to how an expert would know what to do given that he had substantial experience over the matter. Thus, it can also be used as an effective way of rapidly transferring knowledge over to other individuals later on. It can also help you prevent from forgetting obvious tests when you are engaged with a very complex test suite.