QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TESTING

Introduction

Lots of organizations perceive “testing” as a simple task. Some may even casually recruit anyone to interact with the application. However, professional testing involves much more depth and expertise, explaining the existence of seasoned professional testers.

At CONFLICT, Quality Assurance is not an afterthought—it’s woven into the very fabric of our software development lifecycle.

Our QA Tenets:

• Precision Over Haste: Each software undergoes meticulous scrutiny, ensuring every detail aligns with its intended purpose.
• Feedback Driven: Our iterative approach allows timely identification and rectification of issues, steering the product towards perfection.
• Real-World Relevance: Beyond theoretical validation, our testing mimics real-world scenarios, ensuring software performs under all conceivable conditions.

Testing Scope Relative to Project Size

The magnitude of the project dictates the comprehensiveness of testing. Smaller projects may have abbreviated cycles, but minimizing testing can pose business risks.

Standard Test Phases:

Functional Testing:

• Focuses on new features and tests each independently.
• Positive Testing: Involves test cases using valid data.
• Negative Testing: Uses invalid data to provoke errors. Successful error generation is seen as an “expected result” rather than an error.

Data Driven Testing:

• Repeatedly tests the same functionality with different data sets.
• Essential for assessing application capacity and identifying issues with various data combinations.

Boundary Testing:

• Targets the limits of acceptable data.
• Ensures software functions within specified data constraints and identifies issues beyond them.

Single User Performance Testing:

• Gauges individual user experience under minimal system load.
• Ideal for averaging performance times using automation.

SQL Penetration:

• Protects against hackers trying to run SQL commands from editable fields.
• A vital test to prevent unauthorized data access.

Security Testing:

• Checks vulnerability against potential security breaches.

Exploratory Testing:

• Unstructured and random testing to discover hidden defects.
• Last line of defense against unforeseen errors.

Integration Testing:

• Verifies cohesive functionality between multiple units or modules.
• Ensures seamless inter-unit interactions.

System Testing:

• Black-box testing to confirm system functions as per requirements.
• Uses an environment mirroring the production setup to ensure real-world accuracy.

Load/Stress/Performance Testing:

• Puts the application under varying loads to assess robustness and efficiency.
• Executed in a QA or UAT/Staging environment, depending on requirements.

Note: It’s essential to understand the distinction and importance of each test phase. A holistic testing approach guarantees a robust and reliable software product. This format should be better suited for direct integration into markdown-supported platforms or documentation.