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Subject:RE: From TWer to QAer and tester From:"Steve Hudson" <steve -at- wright -dot- com -dot- au> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:28:04 +1000
List all program functions, and the elements involved in them. The elements
include dialogs, controls, windows, menus, multi-media.
Ensure context sensitive help is. Randomly sample topics.
Develop extreme test data suites for the more important/low level parts.
Eg - if a field is allowed to have 1-100, use the following test data : -10,
200, 1, 100, 50. Obv the first two should fail, that is a quick validate
test.
Develop "use cases" and follow them. An eg would be creating a dummy
employee record, and completing their HR details for a HR app.
Smack your softies into writing test modules for every code module, then
ensure these are all run compliantly each time they enter the lab.
Steve Hudson
Principal Technical Writer
Wright Technologies (Aus)
steve -at- wright -dot- com -dot- au
(612) 9518-1822
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