Testing Methodologies

Reasons to automate the regression test suite 

There are four reasons why you should automate the regression test suite
1. It increases the amount of time testers have to test new functionality. (That’s manual exploratory testing. Which requires intelligence, creativity and adaptability. Which requires a human being.)
2. It increases the level of confidence in the regression test results (Let’s be honest, humans are poor regression testers. Checking the same thing over and over is tedious. Unlike computers, we get bored, we get distracted, we don’t notice regressions slipping past.)
3. Once automated you can run them any time you want (No more worries resourcing regression testing, just press “start”.)
4. It increases testers job satisfaction – less context switching, no repetitive testing, more time to find bugs, greater use of mental abilities.

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Responsibilities of ScrumMaster 

The ScrumMaster is a new management role introduced by Scrum. The ScrumMaster is responsible for the success of Scrum. Given that explanation, there really is no analog of the ScrumMaster in traditionally managed projects. Further, “The ScrumMaster is responsible for ensuring that Scrum values, practices and rules are enacted and enforced. The ScrumMaster is the driving force behind all of the Scrum practices.” Thus most of the ScrumMaster’s responsibilities fall entirely within the purview of Scrum itself.

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By Pavandeep Puddupakkam on April 5, 2010 | Agile Testing, Testing Methodologies | A comment?
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What Is Agile? 

Agile methodology is an approach to project management, typically used in software development. It helps teams respond to the unpredictability of building software through incremental, iterative work cadences, known as sprints.

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What is Scrum? 

Scrum is an agile project management approach that combines an empirical process model with clearly defined roles for the management and execution of that process. Within the Scrum framework, there are three roles: The Product Owner, the ScrumMaster, and the Team.

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User Stories – Agile Software Development Methodology 

User story is one of the primary development artifact for the XP project teams. A user story contains just enough information so that development team can reasonably give estimate about completing, tester can discuss how it will validated and customer can see its value.

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By Pavandeep Puddupakkam on December 16, 2008 | Agile Testing, Testing Methodologies | A comment?