12 mins
Jan 08, 2024
Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives, rightly stated by William A. Foster.
Most of the companies today use modern automated testing tools and latest technology for testing their solution, however the testing cycle does not get complete without manual testing. If we go through the actual stats, 70-75% of the solution is being tested manually and only 25% of it is tested using automated testing scripts.
The 25% of software solution covers a business process which deals with huge chunks of data and verified from multiple sources.
Manual testing is the hidden crunch without which a solution cannot be successfully launched in the market. Here are some points why we say so:
The QA, who tests the software, drafts all the test cases and executes those test cases manually. One major advantage of manual testing includes ease of testing for customized modules as per the requirements which are defined and input output deliverable as discussed. Also, it can be executed with ultimate ease and perfection without fancy coding and special programs.
Let’s check out the mastermind using which the manual testing is executed:
A Test plan is the blueprint of systematic approach the tester creates before testing the machine or software. It’s a detailed document which covers below listed information sections:
The test plan is a very needful to think through the efforts needed to validate the acceptability of a software product. That completed document will help the people outside the test group to understand the “WHY” and “HOW” of the product validation.
“Specific, Practical, Justified”: These three words belong to a good test strategy which means how the company is planning to complete the application/product with a proper development as well as proper assessment of quality. The main aim of preparing the Test strategy is to clearly mention the important activities and the challenges that need to do for the test project. By other names the test strategy is known as test Approach and Test Architecture. Basically the test strategy describes which types of testing should be done for projects.
It involves User Acceptance Testing (UAT), functional testing, load testing, performance testing, security testing and lots more.
Sample of a QA matrix
Test Case: File Open # | Test Description | Test Cases/ Samples | Pass/Fail | No. of Bugs | Bug# | Comments |
N/A | Setup for [Project Name] | setup | – | – | – | |
1.1 | Test that file types supported by the program can be opened | 1.1 | P/F | # | # | |
1.2 | Verify all the different ways to open file (mouse, keyboard and accelerated keys) | 1.2 | P/F | # | # |
The issues can be arises in any stages of the SDLC(Software development life cycle) instead of during testing cycles. The issue will be arise When the expected results of the test cases is not same with the actual results of the test case. While executing the test cases for a product/application, if the expected result of the test case is not same with the actual result of the test cases, then the issue/defect/bug can be raised against the development team. At the first time of reporting the issue, the status of the issue should be in “Open/New”. The Developer/development team will verify whether that reported issue is valid or not and can change the status of issue to reject or fixed of cancelled. After they verify the issue from the development team, the status of the issues should change to “Cancelled” or “Pending” up to that time until the issues is fixed. When the issue/bug is fixed, then the status can be changed to “Resolved” by the development team and assigned to the QA to verify the issues either it is solved or not.
To conclude the blog on Manual testing, there should always need for manual testing in the software Industry. I hope I have given the brief overview on Manual testing, which gives an understanding on software manual testing as well as the importance of manual testing. Share your thoughts on manual testing by commenting below.