Genislab TechnologiesSoftware Testing has different goals and objectives.The major objectives of Software testing are as follows:
- Finding defects which may get created by the programmer while developing the software.
- Gaining confidence in and providing information about the level of quality.
- To prevent defects.
- To make sure that the end result meets the business and user requirements.
- To ensure that it satisfies the BRS that is Business Requirement Specification and SRS that is System Requirement Specifications.
- To gain the confidence of the customers by providing them a quality product.
Software testing helps in finalizing the software application or product against business and user requirements. It is very important to have good test coverage in order to test the software application completely and make it sure that it’s performing well and as per the specifications.
While determining the test coverage the test cases should be designed well with maximum possibilities of finding the errors or bugs. The test cases should be very effective. This objective can be measured by the number of defects reported per test cases. Higher the number of the defects reported the more effective are the test cases.
Once the delivery is made to the end users or the customers they should be able to operate it without any complaints. In order to make this happen the tester should know as how the customers are going to use this product and accordingly they should write down the test scenarios and design the test cases. This will help a lot in fulfilling all the customer’s requirements.
Software testing makes sure that the testing is being done properly and hence the system is ready for use. Good coverage means that the testing has been done to cover the various areas like functionality of the application, compatibility of the application with the OS, hardware and different types of browsers, performance testing to test the performance of the application and load testing to make sure that the system is reliable and should not crash or there should not be any blocking issues. It also determines that the application can be deployed easily to the machine and without any resistance. Hence the application is easy to install, learn and use.
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Jayanth Samala says
Testing intention is not only finding defects its objective is to find defects so that they can be fixed before delivering to customer hence delivering a quality product
Brian says
Are preventing defects really an objective of software testing? I have my doubts about that, can someone confirm this?, thanks in advance.
Abhishek Mishra says
yeah, as testing is a preventive process, like quality assurance but unlike quality control
mudassir says
yes i think its about finding defects not preventing them that is the whole purpose of testing.
Mpumelelo says
Remember testing covers two Vs VALIDATION and VERIFICATION when verification comprises of Static testing where you will be verifying user requirements, test cases, plans etc. Generally, you will be checking if the solution is testable and usable and you do not need to run the code, so yes you will be preventing bugs not looking finding them.
ISTQB Guide says
The first objective is to find defects but preventing defects is an objective as well, as per ISTQB:
A main focus of reviews and other static tests is to carry out testing as early as possible, finding and fixing defects more cheaply and preventing defects from appearing at later stages of this project.
These activities help us find out about defects earlier and identify potential clusters.
Additionally, an important outcome of all testing is information that assists in risk assessment; these reviews will contribute to the planning for the tests executed later in the software development life cycle.
We might also carry out root cause analysis to prevent defects and failures happening again and perhaps to identify the cause of clusters and potential future clusters.
mduduzi says
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