Testing Life cycle Contains a brief description on the Life Cycle and the different Testing Models. SDLC: The software development life cycle (SDLC) is a conceptual model used in project management that describes the stages involved in an information system development project, from an initial feasibility study through maintenance of the completed application/product. V-Model: The V-Model shows and translates the relationships between each phase of the development life cycle and its associated phase of testing. The V-model is a software development model which is considered to be an extension of the waterfall model. Instead of moving down in a linear way, the process steps are targeted upwards after the coding phase, to form the typical V shape. Requirements analysis: In this phase, the requirements of the proposed system are collected by analyzing the needs of the user(s). This phase is concerned about establishing what the ideal system has to perform. However, it ...
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Testing Quality Control AND Quality Assurance
Software Testing - QA, QC & Testing Most people get confused when it comes to pin down the differences among Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Testing. Although they are interrelated and to some extent, they can be considered as same activities, but there exist distinguishing points that set them apart. The following table lists the points that differentiate QA, QC, and Testing. Quality Assurance Quality Control Testing QA includes activities that ensure the implementation of processes, procedures and standards in context to verification of developed software and intended requirements. It includes activities that ensure the verification of a developed software with respect to documented (or not in some cases) requirements. It includes activities that ensure the identification of bugs/error/defects in a software. Focuses on processes and procedures rather than conducting actual testing on the system. Focuses on actual testing by executing the software wit...
Software Testing Types
This section describes the different types of testing that may be used to test a software during SDLC. Manual Testing Manual testing includes testing a software manually, i.e., without using any automated tool or any script. In this type, the tester takes over the role of an end-user and tests the software to identify any unexpected behavior or bug. There are different stages for manual testing such as unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and user acceptance testing. Testers use test plans, test cases, or test scenarios to test a software to ensure the completeness of testing. Manual testing also includes exploratory testing, as testers explore the software to identify errors in it. Automation Testing Automation testing, which is also known as Test Automation, is when the tester writes scripts and uses another software to test the product. This process involves automation of a manual process. Automation Testing is used to re-run the test scenarios that were pe...