Challenges in Software Testing

Posted on Wednesday 28 November 2012 by



All software related people and industries face a lot of challenges during the project making and its execution. So, I would like to say, as a software tester, software test manager, software test engineer or software test leader, never ever get surprised when you face challenges in your software testing careers.


Some challenges in software testing are as follows:

  • Communication gap between the Developers and Testers:  Developers did not communicate with testers what they build. Wake up testers - If developers didn't communicate about what this build is about, ask them before testing. 
  • Complete Testing is never possible: Remember, for any web application or desktop application or mobile application – complete testing is never possible. Testing is always done on requirements and sampling basis. For testing, selection of test data needs good proficiency and good efficiency. 

  • Don’t Take Personally: Sometimes, developers and testers fight with each other on bugs and take the things personally rather than professionally. It becomes a major challenge for project stake holders.
  • Repeat of Testing: Regression testing becomes more challenge for software tester. For these kind of situation both testers and developers need to work together to do a proper impact analysis.  
  • Lack of Times: In most of the organizations, at the time of effort estimation, testing team is not involved. Testing team is always asked to test the build in a particular time.
  • Lack of Requirements: if detailed requirements are not discussed with you, ask for detailed requirements. Never ever assume anything and don’t compromise with this.  
 



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