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Some notes: How we can test without formalized requirements
Daria Manukhina
Oct 22, 2018
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Some notes: How we can test without formalized requirements
Understand the goal of the application: its purpose, its value to the customer
Learn the subject area and cultural characteristics
contact with testers/representatives of the country for which the app was developed
Google it!
Find similar applications
Try to translate all that possible (menu, buttons, fields, comments...)
Find out: 1) main features 2) patterns 3) standards 4) prohibitions
Looking for requirements
Company
Development team
Product owner
Information about risks
Analysts
Other testers
Other applications
Similar in functionality
Competitor Products
Experience
Personal experience
Common sense
Use your experience! Remember about biases!
Google it!
Checklists
Typical requirements for similar applications
Legislation or other regulations
Product customers
HelpDesk
Loyal customers
Focus groups
Feedback on the application
Documentation?
User Instructions
Wiki
Correspondence in messengers, social networks and etc.
Task Trackers (USs, bugs)
Code
Structure
Environment settings
Functional
Input/Output
Unit tests
Comments
Code storage
Performers
History
Comments
Ad hoc testing
Check the known components
Cheatlists
Typical checks
Find unhandled exceptions, errors
Exploratory Testing
Fix test sessions
A bug?
Feature?
Any Doubts
Heuristics & Mnemonics
Test tours
Learn more about the application using DevTools (if possible)
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