The platform of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) has been considered a highly productive domain by organizations worldwide. With the advent of AI testing, the software testing realm will eventually witness a monumental shift in the way testing activities are carried out. Accurate test results along with testing large amounts of data without any human intervention can be made possible by the AI platform. A QA tester has to raise the bar in terms of upgrading the specific skillsets required to manage the complex and intricate aspects of artificial intelligence and machine learning meticulously. In this article, you will get to know about the future role of the QA tester, when AI testing will take over.  Inaccuracies are greatly reduced in QA through the strategic application of AI: Both machines and humans have their pros and cons. Huge amounts of data can be greatly analyzed by machines, whereas humans excel in applying knowledge and exploring creativity. Huma...

  Agile methodology has become an important aspect of software development and testing activities and organizations are getting benefitted from it. Keeping in perspective the popularity and demand of agile methodology in the IT world, it becomes obvious for testers and developers to learn this concept from an implementation standpoint. In this article, you will get a brief idea about the basics of agile methodology in software testing. What is Agile? Agile is a set of principles that encourage communication, adaptability, flexibility and working software over processes and plans. Agile software development creates an environment where teams can collaborate and work efficiently on developing complex projects through constant communication and knowledge exchange. It consists of specific practices that focus on incremental and iterative techniques, which can be adopted and implemented in the software development process for optimal results. What is Agile methodology ? Continuous itera...

Both Quality assurance and software testing play a tactical role in an organization. Quality assurance is considered to be much broader in scope when compared to testing. In fact, software testing is a part of quality assurance, but, its responsibility is such that if software testing is carried out inadequately, then it can directly affect the outcomes of quality assurance, which, in turn, will deliver a low-quality product or application. Hence, both these methods require tact and a specific structure for successful implementation and obtaining beneficial results that create a win-win situation for both the clients and organization. What is Quality Assurance (QA)? It is a specific methodology that makes sure that the software product or application that is being developed is in line with the software development guidelines and conforms to certain quality protocols and standards. It ensures that the software product or application is built in accordance with certain specific stand...

There is a huge demand for quality software applications across the globe and thus there is a steady demand for implementing software testing processes in a result-oriented and rewarding manner. User acceptance testing is one of the best software testing types that validate the product’s worth from someone (an end-user) who is not a part of the internal staff or the team. This approach will in turn give a new perspective about the product’s value and how it is going to be of worth in the marketplace. In this article, you will get to know why businesses involved in software development activities should consider going for user acceptance testing . Following are the six key factors businesses can look out for in a rewarding and strategic user acceptance testing activity: 1. The significance of planning: Making sure that both business and functional users are engaged on a standardized platform right from the start is the key to ensuring that actual end-to-end business processes are ref...

The best software testing method for retesting software is regression testing. When new features or updates and modifications in code are done, regression testing is proved to be a worthwhile testing method. In some scenarios, the whole program cannot be retested as it is not feasible given the amount of cost and time. To overcome this problem, a subset of all test cases is executed and then these test cases are executed based on test case prioritization. In this article, you will know about regression test case selection using machine learning. Test case selection can be carried out through a vast amount of methods, but, mostly it is based on the domain expertise of Subject Matter Expert / Test Engineers. The Manual process is iterative, time-consuming and the engineer’s skills largely depend on it, which means the chances of missing some relevant test cases are high. In this article, a Proof of Concept (POC) is used to select manual regression test cases. Preparing and collectin...

  Smoke testing is a key software testing type that determines the stability of the deployed software build. The Smoke test suite is applied to further enhance the performance of smoke tests, thereby streamlining and improvising the testing and development process. The most crucial tests in the software product or application are selected in order to build a smoke test suite through which an application's basic functionality is checked. In this article, you will get to know about the   smoke testing   suite, why you need it and how it can be automated. What are Smoke tests? Development teams create smoke tests to verify whether the software application's basic functionality is running properly or not. If it is a failed test scenario, then the deployment is rejected until the basic errors are meted out. Some of the characteristics of High-quality smoke tests are as follows: Navigating or clicking through almost all the screens of an application Key functionalities such as ...

  Following are the six steps that are required to run effective User Acceptance Testing (UAT): 1. Scrutinize the application: The first step is to ensure that the software product that is being used for UAT is thoroughly tested by the QA team. If there are any bugs, it needs to be fixed at the earliest. 2. Develop a test plan: The application needs to be tested comprehensively through the UAT process against its requirements. A formal test plan is required that can document the specific steps for each test case that needs to be performed and the expected results that comes with it. In an ideal scenario, the business owners can take the responsibility to write the UAT process as they have a better understanding of how the product should function and what will be its key features. Either wise, an alternate viable option would be that a test plan can be produced by the QA team or Project manager. 3. Set up a test environment: A real-time test environment should be set up f...