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    The document discusses the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) which is a process of formal, logical steps taken to develop and maintain software. It aims to meet customer expectations, deliver on time and budget, work effectively with current and planned IT infrastructure, and be cost-effective to maintain and enhance. The SDLC involves phases like planning, requirements analysis, design, coding/implementation, testing, and maintenance. It describes the typical roles and responsibilities in each phase and the expected outputs. Testing activities help verify the software meets requirements and find defects to improve quality.

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    The document discusses the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) which is a process of formal, logical steps taken to develop and maintain software. It aims to meet customer expectations, deliver on time and budget, work effectively with current and planned IT infrastructure, and be cost-effective to maintain and enhance. The SDLC involves phases like planning, requirements analysis, design, coding/implementation, testing, and maintenance. It describes the typical roles and responsibilities in each phase and the expected outputs. Testing activities help verify the software meets requirements and find defects to improve quality.

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    The document discusses the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) which is a process of formal, logical steps taken to develop and maintain software. It aims to meet customer expectations, deliver on time and budget, work effectively with current and planned IT infrastructure, and be cost-effective to maintain and enhance. The SDLC involves phases like planning, requirements analysis, design, coding/implementation, testing, and maintenance. It describes the typical roles and responsibilities in each phase and the expected outputs. Testing activities help verify the software meets requirements and find defects to improve quality.

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    The key takeaways are that SDLC is a process used to develop and maintain software products that aims to meet customer expectations, deliver on time and budget, and support ongoing maintenance. The main phases outlined are planning, requirements analysis, design, coding/implementation, testing, and maintenance.

    The main phases of the SDLC process outlined are planning, requirements analysis, design, coding/implementation, testing, and maintenance.

    The main goals of the SDLC process outlined are to meet or exceed customer expectations, deliver within time and cost estimates, work effectively within existing infrastructure, be cheap to maintain and enhance, and provide visibility and predictability.

    INTRODUCTION

    What is SDLC?
    Is a process of formal, logical steps taken to develop and maintain a software product Goals: Meets or exceeds customer expectations Deliver within time and cost estimates Work effectively and efficiently in the current and planned IT infrastructure Cheap to maintain and cost-effective to enhance Support visibility and predictability

    Why SDLC?

    Software Development Life cycle(SDLC)

    SDLC Generic Flowchart


    Maintan anence & Support
    Client Evaluation & Release
    Testing and Integratio n ( Manual

    Planning

    Requirem ent Analysis Design


    Coding & Impleme ntation

    & Automated )

    SDLC Phase Details


    SDLC Phase Own er Participant(s) & Roles Main Customer(s) / Consumer(s ) RM Milestone Output(s) / Deliverable(s)

    Strategy

    PM

    PM - Owner/Driver RM - Owner/Driver PM - Reviewer/Approver ENG - Reviewer/Approver QA - Reviewer/Approver TP - Reviewer/Approver PM - Owner/Driver ENG - Reviewer/Approver QA - Reviewer/Approver TP - Reviewer/Approver ENG - Owner/Driver PM - Reviewer/Approver QA - Reviewer/Approver TP - Reviewer ENG - Owner/Driver QA - Reviewer/Approver PM - Reviewer/Approver TP - Reviewer QA - Owner/Driver ENG - Reviewer/Approver/Bug Fixing PM - Reviewer/Approver

    Release Planning

    RM

    PM, ENG, QA, TP

    Release(s) Plan(s)

    Requirements

    PM

    ENG, QA, TP

    Requirement s Complete

    BRD

    Design

    EN G

    QA, TP

    C2P

    FDD, TDD; ENG, QA & TP Project Plans

    Coding / Implementation

    EN G

    QA, TP

    Code Complete

    Code, Unit Tests, Test Specs, Test Reports

    Integration & Testing

    QA

    ENG

    Beta Ready

    Test Plan, Test Specs, Test Cases, Test Scripts

    Customer Uptake/Testing

    PM

    PM - Owner/Driver Customers - Reviewer/Approver ENG - Bug Fixer QA - Test Content Fixing

    Apps / Customers

    GA Ready

    Software Testing Fundamentals


    What is Software Testing? Why we need do testing? What do we test ? Who does the testing? What are the activities associated to testing? Test Life Cycle Test Related Documents Types of Testing

    Software Testing Fundamentals


    What is Software Testing? Why we need do testing? What do we test ? Who does the testing? What are the activities associated to testing? Test Life Cycle Test Related Documents Types of Testing

    What is Software Testing?


    Execute the Application in the Controlled manner to answer the question Does the Software behave as designed? Purpose :
    Verification Validation Finding

    defects

    Verification
    A Process that confirms the software meets its technical specifications.
    Are we doing the Job right? Sample Scenario
    User Name length should be more than 5 Characters

    Validation
    A Process that confirms the software meets the business requirements?
    Are we doing the Right Job?

    Sample Scenario:
    Display the information of the Branch Managers Contact details with respect to the branch chosen.

    Defects
    Variance between the expected and actual

    result. Defects Ultimate source can be traced in the specification, design or the code.

    Software Testing Fundamentals


    What is Software Testing? Why we need do testing? What do we test ? Who does the testing? What are the activities associated to testing? Test Life Cycle Test Related Documents Types of Testing

    Why we need to do testing?


    Its not to find bugs. Focused on finding defects on final product Examples of some of the disaster defects:
    In June 1996, European space craft Ariane 5 rocket failed immediately after launching, due to the lack of exception handling for a floating-point error when a 64-bit integer was converted to a 16-bit signed integer. The loss was $500 million In Oct 1999, NASA Mars Climate Orbitor, a Whether Satellite lost due to a data conversion error. Investigators discovered that software on the spacecraft performed certain calculations in English units (yards) when it should have used metric units (meters).

    Why we need to testing? Contd..


    Software testing answers questions that development testing and code reviews cant
    Does it really work as expected? Does it meet the users requirements? Is it what the users expect? Do the users like it? Is it compatible with our other systems? How does it perform? How does it scale when more users are added? Which areas need more work? Is it ready for release?

    Why we need to testing? Contd..


    What can we do with the answers to these questions?
    Save time and money by identifying defects early Does it meet the users requirements? Avoid or reduce development downtime Provide better customer service by building a better application Know that weve satisfied our users requirements Build a list of desired modifications and enhancements for later versions Identify and catalog reusable modules and components Identify areas where programmers and developers need training

    Software Testing Fundamentals


    What is Software Testing? Why we need do testing? What do we test ? Who does the testing? What are the activities associated to testing? Test Life Cycle Test Related Documents Types of Testing

    What do we Test?
    Focus on what is Important Focus on Core functionality first and then look on Nice to have feature Check the Behavior of the application
    Sometimes, the code might have been solid but coded in such a way that application behaves totally in a different way. It is also possible that application is perfectly behaving what we are telling it do, but we are not telling the right thing to the application.

    Comprehensive testing covers testing of all the components associated with the application. Testing provides an opportunity to validate and verify things like the assumptions that went into the requirements, the appropriateness of the systems that the application is to run on, and the manuals and documentation that accompany the application.

    What do we Test? Contd..


    Testing can involve some or all of the following factors. The more, the better.
    Business requirements Functional design requirements Technical design requirements Regulatory requirements Programmer code Systems administration standards and restrictions Corporate standards Professional or trade association best practices Hardware configuration Cultural issues and language differences

    Software Testing Fundamentals


    What is Software Testing? Why we need do testing? What do we test ? Who does the testing? What are the activities associated to testing? Test Life Cycle Test Related Documents Types of Testing

    Who does the testing?


    Its not ONE persons Job. It takes a team to do it. Testers should ask the following questions
    How well does it work? What does it mean to you that it works? How do you know it works? What evidence do you have? In what ways could it seem to work but still have something wrong? In what ways could it seem to not work but really be working? What might cause it to not to work well?

    Who does the testing?


    Professional Characters of the testers
    Understanding the Business approach and goals of the Organization Understanding the entire software development process Strong desire for quality Establish and enforce SQA Methodologies, Test Strategies and Process Judgment skills to access high risk areas Clear communication skills with Analysis and Engineering team Report defects with full evidence Take actions for continuous improvement Report issues to the upper Management timely Say NO when the Quality is insufficient even before the release. Work Management and Meet deadlines.

    Classic Testing Mistakes


    Role of Testing
    the testing team is responsible for assuring quality. Thinking that the purpose of testing is to find bugs. Not finding the important bugs. Not reporting usability problems. Starting Testing too late.

    Planning the complete testing effort


    A testing effort biased toward functional testing. Underemphazing the configuration testing Load testing at last minute No Document and Installation testing

    Personnel issues
    Using testing as the transitional job for new programmers Recruiting failed programmers as testers No domain expert

    Testers at work
    Checking that the product does what its supposed to do, but not that it doesnt do what it isnt supposed to do. Poor Bug reporting Testing only through user visible interface.

    Business Sponsors & Partners

    Roles
    Testers

    Provides funding

    Specifies Requirements and deliverables

    Approves Changes and some test results

    Executes the tests and Document Results

    Software Developers
    Testing Coordinators or QA Leads

    Design,Codes and Build Application

    Participates in code reviews and testing


    Project Managers

    Fixes bugs defects and shortcomings

    Creates test plans and test specifications based on the requirements and functional, and technical documents

    Plans and Manages the Project

    Software Testing Fundamentals


    What is Software Testing? Why we need do testing? What do we test ? Who does the testing? What are the activities associated to testing? Test Life Cycle Test Related Documents Types of Testing

    Activities associated to testing?


    Debugging
    Process of Analyzing and locating the bugs when software was not behaving as expected Is an activity which supports testing, but cannot replace testing

    Static Analysis
    Activity which investigates the software code, looking for problems, gathering metrics without actually executing the code.

    Dynamic Analysis
    Looks at the behavior of software while it is executing Provides information such as execution traces, timing profiles and test coverage information.

    Software Testing Fundamentals


    What is Software Testing? Why we need do testing? What do we test ? Who does the testing? What are the activities associated to testing? Test Life Cycle Test Related Documents Types of Testing

    Test Life Cycle

    Software Testing Fundamentals


    What is Software Testing? Why we need do testing? What do we test ? Who does the testing? What are the activities associated to testing? Test Life Cycle Test Related Documents Types of Testing

    Test Related Documents


    Test Plan
    A formal detailed document that describes
    Scope, objectives, and the approach to testing, People and equipment dedicated/allocated to testing Tools that will be used Dependencies and risks Categories of defects Test entry and exit criteria Measurements to be captured Reporting and communication processes Schedules and milestones

    Test Design Specification Test case

    Test Plan
    Component
    Responsibilities Assumptions Test Communication Risk Analysis Defect Reporting Environment

    Description
    Specific people who are and their assignments

    Purpose
    Assigns responsibilities and keeps everyone on track and focused Avoids misunderstandings about schedules

    Code and systems status and availability

    Testing scope, schedule, duration, and prioritization Communications planwho, what, when, how Critical items that will be tested

    Outlines the entire process and maps specific tests Everyone knows what they need to know when they need to know it Provides focus by identifying areas that are critical for success Tells how to document a defect so that it can be reproduced, fixed, and retested Reduces or eliminates misunderstandings and sources of potential delay.

    How defects will be logged and documented The technical environment, data, work area, and interfaces used in testing

    Software Testing Fundamentals


    What is Software Testing? Why we need do testing? What do we test ? Who does the testing? What are the activities associated to testing? Test Life Cycle Test Related Documents Types of Testing

    Types of Testing
    Unit test Integration testing System testing Block box testing White box testing Grey box testing

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