Basic testing fundamentals are the key features of testing a software. The presentation briefly summarizes the testing fundamentals.

1. Swati Jitendrakumar Patel
Testing FundamentalsTesting Fundamentals

2. Contents
Examining the specification
Getting Started
Black-box and White-box Testing
Static and Dynamic Testing
Static Black-box Testing: Testing the Specification
Performing High-Level Review of the Specification
Pretend to be the Customer
Research Existing Standards and Guidelines
Review and Test Similar Software
Low-Level Specification Test Techniques
Specification Attributes Checklist
Specification Terminology Checklist

3. ExaminingExamining thethe specificationspecification
 The product Specification is examined to discover bugs
before the affect the software
 Finding bugs at this stage can potentially save your
project huge amounts of time and money

4. Getting Started

5. Black-box and White-box Testing
Getting Started Cont..

6. Static Testing:
Examining and reviewing something that is not running
Ex: 1. kicking the tires
2. Checking the paint
3. Looking under the hood
Dynamic Testing:
Examining and reviewing something that is in running state
Ex: 1. Starting it up
2. Listening to the engine
3. Driving down the road
Getting Started Cont..
Static and Dynamic Testing

7. Static Testing:
Examining and reviewing something that is not running
Ex: 1. kicking the tires
2. Checking the paint
3. Looking under the hood
Dynamic Testing:
Examining and reviewing something that is in running state
Ex: 1. Starting it up
2. Listening to the engine
3. Driving down the road
Getting Started Cont..
Static Black-Box Testing: Testing the Specification

8. Pretend to be the Customer
 To think who the customers would be
 Know about the end user from marketing or sales
people
 If product is an internal software project then find out
who will be using it
To communicate with end users about their expectations
To generate a QUALITY product.
Performing High-Level Review of the Specification
Research Existing Standards and Guidelines

9. Research Existing Standards & Guidelines
Performing High-Level Review of the Specification cont.
Research Existing Standards and Guidelines
 Corporate terminology and
conventions
 Industry Requirements
 Government Standards
 Graphical User Interface (GUI)
 Security Standards

10. Review and Test Similar Software
Performing High-Level Review of the Specification cont.
Research Existing Standards and Guidelines
Some things to look for when reviewing
competitive products include
 Scale
 Complexity
 Testability
 Quality/Reliability
 Security

11. Specification Attributes Checklist
Low-Level Specification Test Techniques
Research Existing Standards and Guidelines
Product specification has 8 important attributes:
 Complete
 Accurate
 Precise, Unambiguous and Clear
 Consistent
 Relevant
 Feasible
 Code-free
 Testable

12. Specification Terminology Checklist
 Always, Every, All, None, Never
 Certainly, Therefore, Clearly, Obviously, Evidently
 Some, Sometimes, Often, Usually, Ordinarily,
Customarily, Most, Mostly
 Etc., And So Forth, And So On, Such As
 Good, Fast, Cheap, Efficient, Small, Stable
 Handled, Processed, Rejected, Skipped, Eliminated
 If…Then…(but missing Else)
Low-Level Specification Test Techniques cont.

13. Reference
“Software Testing”
by
Ron Patton