Software Testing Services
A key area to focus on when Atticus Blog considers a software testing company is its software testers. Today there exist two popular certifications, ISEB and ISTQB. Try and ensure that the software testers at least hold these certifications at the foundation level. Another factor about software testers is the amount of experience they have. Many software testing companies state that their testers have five years of I.T. experience. But reading between the lines means that they have five years of experience anywhere in the field of Information Technology. You should really ask the software testing company how many years of professional software testing experience they actually have. Many software testing companies offer a wide range of software testing services. Caution should be used, though, as many of these companies will advertise these services but may not necessarily have the expertise to perform them. The types of software testing services that any professional company should offer are:
Test Case Creation
Clients are involved in every stage of test case development in the form of a test case review process. This top-rated service typically involves creating detailed test cases that can be used on the project under test. Due to their high quality can be re-used on future projects and form a high-quality test documentation asset. Good testers will accumulate all required information to produce the test cases, typically from design documentation, requirements, and developer interviews. Once the information has been analyzed, a software tester will create a sophisticated excel spreadsheet that includes test cases, results sheets, environment setup, version details, etc.
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Functional Testing
Today’s Typical software products include large amounts of critical functionality and complex features; added to this significant time pressure to get the product released makes functional testing one of the most important stages of any software development. A software tester’s manual functional testing techniques have been proven to be highly effective at essentially determining whether or not the functionality actually works, or not. Versatile software testers can work from their own created test cases or use any pre-existing test cases you may already have. Good software testers readily use ad-hoc techniques when executing any tests to expand the test coverage. The aim during functional testing is to highlight any issues as early as possible so the developers can resolve them. This can obviously effectively reduce the development costs to your company.
Usability Testing
To ensure your software meets the needs of the end-user; Usability Testing can be used. Not only will usability testing detect errors, but it will also detect navigational issues, language issues, workflow experience, etc. Good software testers put themselves into the mindset of the end-user and will report on the ‘look & feel’ of the software under test. Good software testers often build a set of test cases based upon real end-user scenarios or business cases to ensure the software is tested similarly to how the real end-users will actually use the software. This type of software testing has been proven to increase the ROI of software developments by enhancing the end-user experience and potentially increasing product sales. As usability testing ensures that the end-user experience is appreciated, we perform this type of testing manually.
Regression Testing
Regression testing is a surprisingly often overlooked area of software testing. This is often due to the assumption that when new functionality is working correctly, then the software is ready for release. However, more often than not, additional issues have been introduced that affect existing functionality. Software testers have the knowledge and experience to identify existing test cases that are suitable for regression. Regression test cases are commonly functional tests that are reused at regular intervals throughout the software development to ensure that the expected results remain consistent, thus providing confidence that nothing has been adversely affected by the change.
