Category Archives: Test Planning & Strategy

Addressing topics around designing test approaches, incorporating test techniques, setting up testing, and communicating the strategies for implementation

“Bad User” Testing

Posted on December 9, 2003 by Trevor Atkins

How can you be sure that an application will behave properly when users perform actions or combinations of actions that were not considered during the development of the functionality? During the testing phase, you have to plan for what is … Continue reading →

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Estimating for Testing

Posted on February 9, 2003 by Trevor Atkins

Each of us has very likely had to do an estimate in the past, whether it was for a set of assigned tasks, for a project, or for an entire organization. As a tester, the question is commonly presented as, … Continue reading →

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Testing Without Requirements

Posted on December 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

A typical software project lifecycle includes such phases as requirements definition, design, code and fix. But, are you shipping software applications with minimal to no requirements and little time for testing because of time-to-market pressures? Build it, ship it, then … Continue reading →

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Create a Lightweight Testing Framework

Posted on November 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

Are you ready to take on the challenges of the new project? Are you knowledgeable of the latest in testing tools and techniques? What will be the ramification of not testing the product adequately? How will this impact your future … Continue reading →

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Performance Testing and the World Wide Web

Posted on October 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

Today’s client/server systems are expected to perform reliably under loads ranging from hundreds to thousands of simultaneous users. The fast growing number of mission critical applications (e-commerce, e-business, contents management, etc.) accessible through the Internet makes web site performance an … Continue reading →

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Risk-based Testing – Targeting the Risk

Posted on May 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

One of the obvious truths about software testing is that there will never be enough time to do all the tests.  Enter risk-based testing. While everything should be tested, limited resources and schedule require that testing is structured whereby the … Continue reading →

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Components of a Test Strategy

Posted on April 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

A Test Strategy is a documented approach to testing where the test effort, test domain, test configurations, and test tools employed to verify and validate a set of functionality are defined. It also includes information on schedules, resource allocations, and … Continue reading →

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Test Throughout the Development Lifecycle

Posted on March 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

There are many perceptions of what software testing is all about. Some people see software testing as something developers do as they write code. For some testing is performed all at once when the code is complete. Others believe that … Continue reading →

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Data-Driven Testing

Posted on February 9, 2002 by Trevor Atkins

One of the risks of any application is being able to do enough testing in the time available. Another common risk is getting at those critical components behind the GUI to ensure that they are as bug free as possible … Continue reading →

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Risk Management

Posted on August 9, 2001 by Trevor Atkins

Risk management can be defined as creating and maintaining plans for controlling real and perceived risks paired with monitoring the effectiveness of those plans. DO NOT wait until a risk becomes reality before deciding what to do about it. A … Continue reading →

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