When you’re starting in a software quality assurance or trying to understand what the software quality assurance team does you will search the Internet for software testing, and the search engine will show many online resources covering different types of software testing. The more you search the more terms you…

The false positive refers to a software behavior that does not seem correct at first glance, but, once you analyze what you’ve done, you begin to realize that the software behavior is correct, and you made a logical mistake somewhere along the way. How frequently do you run into situation? …

Software test engineer grows from junior to senior learning the software programs necessary to do the job, gaining domain knowledge, and becoming proficient in the core skills. I) The software programs II) Domain knowledge 1) For some software products, software test engineer needs to gain domain knowledge. 2) The domain…

In some software products, adding a new user depends on the user role. The user role is the level of responsibility within(internal user) or outside(external user) the company. The level of responsibility determines the user rights within the software program. A software user with higher responsibility has more rights and…

Test Results report is a detailed summary of all tests performed for a particular testing project. The testing project could be: a) New enhancement or new changes testing b) Bug testing c) A testing project with a specific focus The test results report is the standard requirement in the software…

Creating a very accurate and insightful bug ticket adds a lot of value to the software development process. The following people on the software development team need to know as much information as possible about software bugs found: Project managers, subject matter experts, software developers, and software test engineers. Software…

The internet and books on software testing are full of information on different types of bugs. The information is too general and does not help you to recognize a bug in the software program. The examples below will give you a good feel of what a software bug is. The…

In the software development environment, project managers, business matter experts, software developers, and software quality assurance experts can all find bugs in the software program. Software developers find software bugs when: a) Adding new code changes b) Fixing a bug c) Changing existing behavior d) Reviewing code for refactoring e) Reviewing code to improve performance f)…

A software bug is the software behavior that is different from the expected software behavior. The software requirements document describes the expected software behavior for the new functionality and online help for the existing functionality. The software bug occurs as the result of: 1) The software requirements document providing inaccurate…