Online Resource Center for Software Quality Assurance and Software Testing containing handy information for QA and testing interviews.noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:26:14 GMTBlogger http://www.blogger.com82125http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/en-ushttp://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2009/03/barcode-scanners-for-small-businesses.htmlbarcode scannerssmall businessesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:55:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-1353561176458915592Though this post might go little off topic, it would be certainly interesting. Specially when I thought about it while going through a bar code software. I thought couple of times, why bar code software has been very useful for the businesses.The retail sector has become an integral part of our lives. All the malls, small and big ones, are equally full of shoppers all the time.Products being 1http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2009/03/database-testing.htmlDatabaseDatabase AuditingDatabase ModelingDatabase Testingnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:33:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-1714569339707737257Databases are an integral part of any software developed today. Whether you are a Software Tester or an owner of a web site, it is of an utmost importance to know about the underlying database.The simplest task in dealing with databases is to write queries in order to communicate with a database. Web masters owning web sites or database administrators for complex or large software need certain 2http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-am-advertising-on-yahoo-using-free-25.htmlAffYahoo search marketing couponnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:59:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-4681636048463689309This blog has been very successful to bring technology minded people through search engines. One of my friend in internet marketing suggested me to use other methods than search engine traffic as well to promote this quality blog.The best method he suggested is to use Yahoo Sponsored search coupon that offers me considerably big money when I deposit $30 cash only in my account. This is really a 0http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2009/01/iseb-istqb-foundation-software-testing.htmlExam PapersISEBISEB FoundationISEB Sample QuestionsQuestion Papersnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 1 Jan 2009 12:31:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-2116556663761721781Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2009!I just told you about my success in ISEB Foundation Software Testing Certification and the books I referred for preparation.Along with the books, it would always help you to understand what kind of questions you might see in the online exam at Prometric center or paper examination.I have three sample exam question papers on ISEB Foundation 11http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2008/12/iseb-istqb-books-for-foundation.htmlISEBISEB FoundationISTQBSoftware testingnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:52:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-2276332612178484600I just appeared for ISEB / ISTQB foundation certificate examination in Software testing and passed it with 87.5%. Moreover, couple of friends also cleared the certificate examination with flying colors. As ISEB exam is conducted through Prometric centers, you can get your results right after the examination.I would like to share my experience with ISEB / ISTQB software testing certificate 2http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2008/11/business-process-management-is-need-of.htmlBPMBusiness Process Managementnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:48:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-5573591651976903305Being in testing field, we should be always keen on knowing what's the buzz in Information technology. One of them is BPM. BPM stands for "Business Process Management" and it's about management of business processes as the name suggests. A business process is managed by a business person in the organization; someone who understand the "business" and works on deciding the strategy for doing that 1http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-are-ieee-829-test-plan-standards.htmlStandardsTest Planningnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:36:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-8102327609072374955Hi All, I know I have been away from posting on this blog since long and I apologize for that. There were few things which needed to be taken care of so my blogging activity was side lined. I would try to be more regular in posting new articles on this blog now onwards.Recently, I have been searching a lot on testing jargons and come across a list of IEEE 829 Test Plan Standards as it was 9http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2006/12/what-is-traceability-matrix.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:13:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-116703832591617104The concept of Traceability Matrix is to be able to trace from top level requirements to implementation, and from top level requirements to test. A traceability matrix is a table that traces a requirement to the tests that are needed to verify that the requirement is fulfilled. A good traceability matrix will provide backward and forward traceability, i.e. a requirement can be traced to a test 8http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2006/06/quick-test-professional-qtp-questions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:55:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-115071834137124223Here's a good resource for Quick Test Professional (QTP). You can find here answers for FAQs regarding QTP. If you have any question to be answered, which is not present in the list, please drop in a comment.http://qtpro.blogspot.com11http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2006/06/link-for-qtp-quick-test-pro-14-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 8 Jun 2006 15:10:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-114977639089873860Click here for HP's QuickTest Professional Free 14-Day Trial. Choose the link for Quick Test Professional Evaluation on the page.Note that you'll have to register to download the same.1http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2006/01/winrunner-interview-questions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:35:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-1137425929810143791. How to recognise the objects during runtime in new build version (test suite) comparing with old guimap?2. Wait(20) - What is the minimum and maximum time the above mentioned synchronization statements will wait given that the global default timeout is set to 15 seconds. 3. Where in the user-defined function library should a new error code be defined?4. In a modular test tree, each test will 3http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2006/01/have-i-tested-enough.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:15:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-112689539214583818One of the most intriguing and difficult questions to answer in any software development life cycle is whether the software is defect free. No matter what the level of maturity of software application, it is next to impossible to say that a software application is defect free. We can answer this question to a certain level by collecting data with regard to the performance and reliability of the 3http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/12/security-testing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:20:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-113509372776464700Security Testing:Testing which confirms that the program can access to authorized personnel and that the authorized personnel can access the functions available to their security level. Security testing is testing how well the system is protected against unauthorized internal or external access, or willful damage.The purpose of security testing is to determine how well a system protects against 2http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/12/funny-replies-developers-give-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:01:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-113500821371944321Top 20 replies by Programmers to Testers when their programs don't work:20. "That's weird..."19. "It's never done that before."18. "It worked yesterday."17. "How is that possible?"16. "It must be a hardware problem."15. "What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?"14. "There is something funky in your data."13. "I haven't touched that module in weeks!"12. "You must have the wrong version."11. 10http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/12/link-for-winrunner-demo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:14:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-112689453225789639Click here for Free trial version of WinRunner, Mercury Interactive's enterprise functional testing tool.Note that, you'll need to contact their sales department in you region.0http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/12/what-is-testware.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 3 Dec 2005 00:30:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-113356992749781454As we know that hardware development engineers produce hardware. Software development engineers produce software. Same like this, Software test engineers produce testware.Testware is produced by both verification and validation testing methods. Testware includes test cases, test plan, test report and etc. Like software, testware should be placed under the control of a configuration management 3http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/12/levels-of-testing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:54:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-112688972827863918A step into the world of software testing might seem like a nightmare, with memories of unending test scriptsproviding weeks of tedious repetitive testing and mountains of problem reports. Even after apparently exhaustive testing, bugs are still found, there is rework to carry out and inevitably yet more testing. But with careful planning, software testing can go like a dream.Levels of 2http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/11/checklist-for-acceptance-test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:30:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-112739703422359362Test Preparation - Has the plan for acceptance testing been submitted? - Have all possible interactions been described? - Are all input data required for testing available? - Is it possible to automatically document the test runs? - Have the customer specific constraints been considered? - Have you defined acceptance criteria (e.g. performance, portability, throughput, etc.) on which the 0http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/11/writing-effective-test-cases.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:42:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-112688930347610794Testing cannot ensure complete eradication of errors. Various types of Testing have their own limitations. Consider Exhaustive black box and white box testing, which are practically not "Exhaustive" to the verbose as they are required to be, owing to the resource factors. While testing a Software Product, one of the most important things is the design of effective test cases. A Tester tries to 3http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/11/system-testing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:18:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-113206804637110942This type of test involves examination of all the system for software components, all the hardware components and any interfaces.The whole system is checked not only for validity but also for met objectives. The complete system is configured in a controlled environment, and test cases are developed to simulate real life scenarios that occur in a simulated real life test environment. System 0http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/11/more-testing-types-funny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:32:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-112688844035787072Have you ever done Testing to Obsession?Well, we did it once and with that particularly long and painful bout of regression testing, we came up withthe list of other types of testing we ‘d like not to see – Aggression Testing: If this doesn't work, I'm gonna kill somebody.Compression Testing: [ ]Confession Testing: Okay, Okay, I did program that bug.Depression Testing: If this doesn't work, I'm 2http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/11/responsibilities-of-test-manager.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:24:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-112732359301189841Responsibilities of a Test Manager:− Manage the Testing Department.− Allocate resource to projects.− Review weekly Testers' status reports and take necessary actions− Escalate Testers' issues to the Sr. Management.− Estimate for testing projects.− Enforce the adherence to the company's Quality processes and procedures.− Decision to procure Software Testing tools for the organization.− Inter group0http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/11/responsibilities-of-test-lead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:26:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-112732362924206127Responsibilities of a Test leader:− Prepare the Software Test Plan. − Check / Review the Test Cases document – System, Integration and User Acceptance prepared by test engineers. − Analyze requirements during the requirements analysis phase of projects. − Keep track of the new requirements from the Project. − Forecast / Estimate the Project future requirements. − Arrange the Hardware and software1http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/11/boundary-value-analysis-bva.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:45:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-112992395971536178Boundary value analysis is a technique for test data selection. A test engineer chooses values that lie along data extremes. Boundary values include maximum, minimum, just inside boundaries, just outside boundaries, typical values, and error values. The expectation is that, if a systems works correctly for these extreme or special values, then it will work correctly for all values in between. An 6http://quality-assurance-software-testing.blogspot.com/2005/10/testing-estimation-process.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:36:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775571.post-113050777003717130One of the most difficult and critical activities in IT is the estimation process. I believe that it occurs because when we say that one project will be accomplished in such time by at such cost, it must happen. If it does not happen, several things may follow: from peers’ comments and senior management’s warnings to being fired depending on the reasons and seriousness of the failure.Here are a 2