Re: Advice on software testing?
My manager told me I'm going to be adding software testing to my repertoire.
Any suggestions for a newbie software tester?
Not too long ago there was a similar thread on the STC Lone Writers list, and here's some of the most excellent info posters offered up:
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For great background and good advice on the subject, look at Perfect
Software and Other Illusions About Testing by Gerald Weinberg, which I
review at http://xrmcontent.blogspot.com/2009/04/software-testing-freelancing.html.
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On a team I worked on, they called the process you described "acceptance testing" (look at http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-acceptance-testing.htm to start, and you''ll find a number of synonymous phrases).
I'm not sure that what we called acceptance testing fits the definition 100%, but it's the name that was given to the process to distinguish it from the heavy-duty QA that was also done.
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You might find some of Rhonda Bracey's work useful in this regard:
http://cybertext.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/presentation-techniques-for-reviewing-a-user-interface/
http://cybertext.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/presentation-reviewing-screen-based-content/
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To cut to the chase, I'd read the following article from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing. This is a general write-up, with of course lots of further links to read, will start you on the way to understanding the terminology. (Yes, Wikipedia is not the be-all-end-all, nor 100% "right", but for these sorts of initial education things, I believe it to be most excellent.)
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Happy Reading,
-Monique
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