What is good to have in a Test Case:
| Test Case is a scenario created to validate or test any program using sample data. The outcome of the test case determines whether the test is successful or failed. Successful execution of test case implies that business requirements met and program produces the desired results. It is imperative to have test cases efficient, covering all the aspects of programs in order to validate. A test case may contain multiple steps. Following are the characteristics of a test case:
In general, test cases should be written in plan simple sentences, referring to Use Cases as and when required with complete traceability for requirements. Quality Engineers write test cases based on different types of testing. Scope varies from Unit to System to Acceptance test cases. Irrespective of the type, each test case must have its basic characteristics. Happy writing test cases! (Thank you Rashika, Test Engineer, Aithent Inc for sharing her experiences with test cases.) |
Quality of Test Cases is directly proportional to Use Cases : Why to Review Use Case thoroughly
| Quality of Test Cases is directly proportional to Use Cases : Why to Review Use Case thoroughly As a principle, every QA Engineer follows the use cases to design Test Cases irrespective of methodology they adopt. Completeness and coverage within Test Cases fully depends on how the Use Cases are written and organized. It always recommended having a QA review of Use Cases before releasing and freezing it for next usage, i.e. development or writing test cases. The focus should be bring sufficient business cases and identify gaps as early as possible to help teams in avoiding defects. A lot written on use cases and what it should contain, primarily, it should have:
Once QA does a comprehensive review of use case, it certainly got value added and qualifies for writing test cases. A nicely written use case always makes job easy for QA Engineers and Developers. More to cover about test cases in next blog..... |
Adding Reminders to your plans
| It really becomes important to keep track of all projects, when you are responsible for multiple projects. You know teams are doing great they are capable of doing what is required though being a leader you need to make sure things are in right direction. How frequently you keep reviewing the items in different projects and how early you want to review before it slips. It really becomes important to keep track of all projects, when you are responsible for multiple projects. You know teams are doing great they are capable of doing what is required though being a leader you need to make sure things are in right direction. How frequently you keep reviewing the items in different projects and how early you want to review before it slips. Created some basic rules should be useful for everyone. a. Always create a reminder list for each milestone and set two reminders one is before the n days and another 1 day before. Before n days to give enough time to review. b. Use tools to set tasks and reminders for yourself and your team. Create one distribution list of Email address that goes to everyone in team. c. Always keep two sets of task list for yourself 1. Regular, when you review each project on a fixed duration. 2. When you review critical items on demand. d. Apart from your deliverables, you need to plan for Performance Reviews, Training of resources, holidays and your own activities. Set a frequency to review such items once in a month and don't forget to add a reminder. Use whatever tools you like and are more comfortable using it but the use is most you cannot remember everything.
Created some basic rules, should be useful for every one. a. Always create a reminder list for each milestone and set two reminders one is before the n days and another 1 day before. Before n days to give enough time to review. b. Use tools to set tasks and reminders for yourself and your team. Create one distribution list of Email address that goes to every one in team. c. Always keep two set of task list for yourself 1. Regular, when you review each project on a fixed duration. 2. When you review critical items on demand. d. Apart from your deliverables, you need to plan for Performance Reviews, Training of resources, holidays and your own activities. Set a frequency to review such items once in a month and don't forget to add a reminder. Use whatever tools you like and are more comfortable using it but the use is most you can not remember everything.
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What should be reported in Weekly/Monthly reports!
| It always remains an art to report the current health of your project to your stakeholders. If this is done carefully and diligently, it helps a lot and reduces the follow-up questions. Few tips from practices following/followed: Try to include the status of last week's target and you have any unplanned tasks accomplished. No one likes to postpone the planned tasks for unplanned tasks but if it adds value in any form, which can be shown in report, justifies everything. Define the next week's targets with risks and expectations. Do not give warnings as these items are planned by you! Most important part of any status report are incomplete items, which could not be completed due to any reasons. You must highlight these with clear reasons and do not forget to give the next target date for each of these item. Do not forget to include summary or comments for each of these items. It is always beneficial to include occurrences of formal discussions/meetings happened with Stakeholders with dates. I used to provide duration but that could be optional. <<Week Summary>> <<Week#>> <<Activities Planned, Completed/Progressed>> <<Activities Planned, Not Done>> << <<Activities Planned for Next Week>> << <<
Hope this is useful. Share your experiences as well.
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Multitasking
| Multitasking – Reality or Myth Organizations want their resources to multitasking. Is really feasible? Can human brain do parallel processing. Not at all possible; brain can not do the parallel processing. What does it really mean multitasking? Handling different tasks from different buckets such a way that all task from each bucket is done with full control over bucket. How it can be done? Prioritize – Tasks from each bucket must be prioritize such a way….one bucket at a time All buckets are becoming Empty! |
