4 Core Best Practices Every Software Tester Should Follow
Common good practices in software testing include:
- Applying quality control processes as soon as there is something to test. This can be the requirements; the code; the system and even the tests themselves.
- Starting testing early - once development has begun for any test level and for instance user stories or system designs have been created, the tests that will be run should be considered. This means analysing the document to check what should be tested, and tests designed where possible. As we saw before, early testing saves time and money.
- Focusing on the test level – testing at unit level will differ from testing at system level, for instance.
- As testers, we should get involved in reviewing the documentation as soon as there is a stable draft.