Why Software Testing is important?
Software testing is the process of running or executing the software to find software bugs and verify that the system meets the different requirements including functional, performance, reliability, security, usability, and so on.
It helps the stakeholders to understand the risks involved in the implementation of the software and check whether it meets the business and technical requirements that guide its design and development.
That’s how software testing helps us.
Life of a Software Tester
The day-to-day activities of a software tester are not limited to simply checking the bugs in software. The goal is to ensure that the company’s software products are as effective and glitch-free as much as possible.
Requirement Analysis
Before performing any tests, testers will need to review and analyze the specifications of their company’s software.
Testing software
The first activity is to test the software that the tester will receive from the developer team. The tester will check the product for any bugs that may hamper its performance. After that, they need to report the bug.
Coordinating between departments
A software tester deals in her day-to-day work with a lot of coordination tasks. Make sure that developers have the right amount of information to fix an error. The software may not only be in development but also design or other phases. Besides that, the tester needs to align with customer needs and feedback too. There are a lot of coordination tasks. The tester may have to coordinate with departments and teams to ensure a glitch-free delivery.
Test planning
An important part of the activities of a tester is to promptly check emails and understand the needs of projects. According to that, they will plan the testing appropriate methodology and mechanism to reduce the time wastage during testing.
Reporting
As a tester, if you’ll find any bugs then you have to report the bug as soon as possible. The whole idea is to identify problems so that the management can make the decision. Finding bugs or executing test cases is one part but the other important part is to communicate the test result to management. You should be informed if the following things happen:
- If any critical issue that the management team should know
- How many tests do you need to test?
- Any blocker issues that block your testing
Testing tools
Software testing tools are used in different phases in checking software for bugs. A tester may use management tools to manage the scheduling, logging, reporting bugs, communicating with clients, executing test cases, and making documents. Execution and performance tools are used by testers to carry out automated testing and judge the performance of the software. Identifying the right tool can ensure bug-free and market-ready software.
Wrapping
As a software tester, you need to know a lot of skills to achieve daily tasks. Every day may not be the same and you may face new challenges. But you have to be ready to face the challenges every day.
However, these are the basic and most important activities that you often spend your time on. A day in the life of a test will become much more meaningful if you do your best job around these activities.
Don’t limit yourself to the same tools and methods to test every software. Innovate and experiment with a variety of tools. Come up with new ideas. Don’t give up.
I believe unless you enjoy your work, you will not perform well. Then your job will be a thankless job. Don’t give up if you can’t find any bug for the first time. Try and try and remember you have a special skill set to show it off.
So far, I hope that I cover all the basic day-to-day activities of a software tester in this article.
