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ISTQB Foundation Level

Chapter- 6

Tool Support for testing

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Agenda

1. Various types of testing tools2. Effective use of tools Potential

Benefits & Risks

3. Introducing a tool into an

organization

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Various types of testing tools

Test tool classification can be donebased upon the test activities they

support.

Some tools support more than one

test activities. But are widely knownfor supporting a single activity. Thus

they will be classified using that

single activity.

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Various types of testing tools

Tool Support for management of testing & tests : Test Management Tools

Requirements Management Tools

Incident Management Tools

Configuration Management Tools

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Various types of testing tools

Tool support for static testing : Review process support tools

Static Analysis tools

Modeling tools

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Various types of testing tools

Tools Support for test specification : Test Design Tools

Test Data preparation Tools

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Various types of testing tools

Tool support for test execution & logging : Test Execution Tools

Test Harness / Unit test framework tools

Test Comparators

Coverage measurement Tools

Security Tools

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Various types of testing tools

Tool support for performance & monitoring : Dynamic analysis tools

Performance/Load/Stress Testing Tools

Monitoring tools

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Various types of testing tools

Tool support specific application areas: Such type of tools are customized for a given

application, specific platform or to test specific

security features.

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Effective use of tools potential benefits & risks

Potential benefits of tool support for testing : Repetitive work is reduced. Typical examples of

repetitive work are regression tests, same test data

pattern, verification against set coding standards

Higher consistency & reliability

Ease of access to information about tests &

testing. Test progress, performance data are easily

available.

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Effective use of tools potential benefits & risks

Potential risks of tool support for testing : Unrealistic expectations from the tool

Underestimating the cost, time & efforts to be

spent in the initial introduction of the tool

Underestimating the time & efforts required to be

spent to gain substantial & continuing benefits from

the tool

Over reliance on the tool.(Manual testing can

never be replaced with a tool)

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Effective use of tools potential benefits & risks

Special considerations to be given for some types oftools :

Test execution tools rely on execution using on

recorded scripts. Unexpected events can hamper

execution of such tools Also test execution tools need technical expertise

in the scripting language.

Performance testing also needs expert resources

to design the tests & to interpret the results.

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Introducing a tool into an organization

The main principles to be followed are : Assessment of organization maturity, its

strengths/weaknesses, identification of potential areas

in which tool support can improve performance

The requirements & objective of opting for the toolmust be clear & concise.

A proof-of-concept could be done in a small scale

project to determine if the product meets its required

objectives.

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Q & A

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