Test Case: one tail, 7 heads

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Test Case one tail, 7 heads

• Ainars Galvans

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Outline

• Case Studies
• Password policy tests
• Step-Expected template
• My preferred style
• Different goals
• Directive
• Coaching
• Supporting
• Delegating
• Styles supported by
• (Exigen) TCM
• WIKI JIRA
• Excel spreadsheet

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Case1 Password Policy tests
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Continued advanced tables
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Cases 2 and 3. Step-Expected Results
Case1 scenario (use case, user story)
Case2 function test (equivalence classes)
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Cases 4 and 5. Negligence
There is actually an assumption to have quite a
lot of users in database
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6 Checklists (product specific, high level)
Icons provide great visual support
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7 My favorite checklist - tree
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Bonus Case Screenshots
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What does a Test Case Manage?
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So what about Leadership Styles?

• A model for Situational Leadership created by But
  Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey in the late 1960's
• The best style depend on person being led
  (tester)

Lets consider the leadership role of a Test
Case Management system
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The role of test case style
Tester decide while testing Decisions
reviewed as required
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Where to best store your test cases?

• Test Case Management System
• Excel
• Confluence WIKI

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(Exigen) Test Case Management
Test Plan
Link to defect
Test Case
Manage Software build, Person, Time-Stamp,
Execution report
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Lotus Notes Rich Text
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Excel Spreadsheet
Grouping
Matrix
Colors

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Confluence WIKIJIRA
See Test Case samples in the slides 3-8
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Overview
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Overview continued
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a Craftsman depends on tools
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Bonus tool Session Tester
An example of a support
More supportive features in next version
Delegate
Control
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A dream
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Q A

• Is your current TCM System good enough ?

For managers?
For testers?
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