{"id":25500,"date":"2020-08-02T08:36:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T08:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/?p=25500"},"modified":"2026-08-02T08:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:37:11","slug":"introduction-to-manual-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/introduction-to-manual-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Manual Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Introduction to Manual Testing<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>What is software Testing<\/li>\n<li>Why Software Testing<\/li>\n<li>Benefits of Software Testing<\/li>\n<li>What is Quality<\/li>\n<li>What is Defect<\/li>\n<li>Project Vs Product<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>\u00a0Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>What is Software Development Life Cycle<\/li>\n<li>Why Software Development Life Cycle<\/li>\n<li>Phases of Software Development Life Cycle<\/li>\n<li>Initial<\/li>\n<li>Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Design<\/li>\n<li>Coding<\/li>\n<li>Testing<\/li>\n<li>Delivery &amp; Maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC ) Models<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Water fall model<\/li>\n<li>Vmodel<\/li>\n<li>Prototype Model<\/li>\n<li>Agile Model with Scrum Method<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Software Testing Methodologies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Black box Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black box Testing<\/li>\n<li>What is Black Box Testing<\/li>\n<li>Who will Perform Black Box Testing<\/li>\n<li>How to Perform Black Box Testing<\/li>\n<li>Black Box Testing Techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0White Box Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is White Box Testing<\/li>\n<li>Who will Perform Block Box Testing<\/li>\n<li>How to Perform White Box Testing<\/li>\n<li>White Box Testing Techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Gray Box Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is Gray Box Testing<\/li>\n<li>Who will Perform Gray Box Testing<\/li>\n<li>How to\u00a0 Perform\u00a0 Gray Box Testing<\/li>\n<li>Gray Box Testing Techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>LEVELS OF TESTING<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0UNIT\u00a0 TESTING\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is Unit Testing<\/li>\n<li>Who will Perform Unit Testing<\/li>\n<li>How to Perform Unit Testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Module\/ Component Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is Component Testing<\/li>\n<li>Who will Perform Component Testing<\/li>\n<li>How to Perform Component Testing<\/li>\n<li>Integration Testing Techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Integration Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is Integration Testing<\/li>\n<li>Who will\u00a0 Perform\u00a0 Integration Testing<\/li>\n<li>How to Perform Component Integration Testing<\/li>\n<li>Integration Testing Techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 System Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is System Testing<\/li>\n<li>Who will Perform System Testing<\/li>\n<li>How to Perform System Testing<\/li>\n<li>System Testing Techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0User Acceptance Testing (UAT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is UAT testing<\/li>\n<li>Who will Perform UAT testing<\/li>\n<li>How to Perform UAT testing<\/li>\n<li>UAT Testing Techniques<\/li>\n<li>Alpha Testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>VERIFICATION&amp;VALIDATION<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VERIFICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is verification<\/li>\n<li>Who will perform<\/li>\n<li>Verification techniques<\/li>\n<li>Reviews<\/li>\n<li>Audits<\/li>\n<li>Walk through<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0VALIDATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is validation<\/li>\n<li>Who will perform<\/li>\n<li>Validation techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>FUNCTIONAL &amp; NON FUNCTIONAL TESTING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>smoke testing<\/li>\n<li>sanity testing<\/li>\n<li>re-testing<\/li>\n<li>regression testing<\/li>\n<li>exploratory testing<\/li>\n<li>monkey testing<\/li>\n<li>end to end testing<\/li>\n<li>recovery testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NON FUNCTION TESTING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>user interface testing<\/li>\n<li>usability testing<\/li>\n<li>stress testing<\/li>\n<li>load testing<\/li>\n<li>localization testing<\/li>\n<li>performance testing<\/li>\n<li>security testing<\/li>\n<li>security testing<\/li>\n<li>compatibility testing<\/li>\n<li>installation testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WINDOWS&amp; WEB APPLICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what is windows application<\/li>\n<li>what is web application<\/li>\n<li>difference between windows and web application<\/li>\n<li>check list for windows application<\/li>\n<li>check list for web application<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SOFTWARE TESTING LIFE CYCLE (STLC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0TEST PLANNING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what is test plan<\/li>\n<li>what test plan contains<\/li>\n<li>who will prepare test plan<\/li>\n<li>test strategy<\/li>\n<li>test plan vs test strategy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TEST CASE DESIGN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>identify the test scenarios<\/li>\n<li>identifying test plan contains<\/li>\n<li>test case techniques<\/li>\n<li>boundary value analysis<\/li>\n<li>equivalence class portioning<\/li>\n<li>error guessing<\/li>\n<li>preparing the test cases<\/li>\n<li>test data preparation<\/li>\n<li>types of test cases<\/li>\n<li>functional test case<\/li>\n<li>non functional test cases<\/li>\n<li>positive test cases<\/li>\n<li>test\u00a0case review<\/li>\n<li>peer review<\/li>\n<li>lead review<\/li>\n<li>client review<\/li>\n<li>review checklist<\/li>\n<li>tractability\u00a0matrix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TEST EXECUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Release process<\/li>\n<li>Different environments involved in testing<\/li>\n<li>What is environment<\/li>\n<li>How many environments QA do have<\/li>\n<li>Executing the test cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RESULT ANALYSIS &amp; REPORTING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Analyze the test cases(pass\/fail)<\/li>\n<li>Defect reporting<\/li>\n<li>Defect life cycle<\/li>\n<li>What is severity<\/li>\n<li>What is priority<\/li>\n<li>Severity vs priority<\/li>\n<li>Deferent defect tracking tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DELIVERY AND MAINTANANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exit criteria for testing sign off<\/li>\n<li>test summary report<\/li>\n<li>Delivery process<\/li>\n<li>what is maintenance<\/li>\n<li>maintenance process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ADDITIONAL TERMINOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>team hierarchy<\/li>\n<li>role &amp;responsibility<\/li>\n<li>central repository<\/li>\n<li>project metrics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PROJECT WORKSHOP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>REAL TIME PROJECT WORKSHOP FLOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>kick of meeting<\/li>\n<li>team formation<\/li>\n<li>introduction to client \/meeting<\/li>\n<li>domain\/requirement discussions<\/li>\n<li>review the requirements<\/li>\n<li>requirements clarifications-query tracker<\/li>\n<li>test plan preparation: planning and scheduling<\/li>\n<li>test case design<\/li>\n<li>test case review: peer review, lead review, client \/BA review<\/li>\n<li>types case execution<\/li>\n<li>result analysis &amp;reporting the issues<\/li>\n<li>reporting the bugs<\/li>\n<li>regression testing<\/li>\n<li>test summary report &amp; sigh off testing<\/li>\n<li>UAT_ client<\/li>\n<li>release meeting<\/li>\n<li>go live<\/li>\n<li>maintenance if required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TESTING PROCESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPLEMENTATION ( WORKSHOPS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>requirements gathering&amp; understanding<\/li>\n<li>requirements gathering(BA)<\/li>\n<li>requirements understanding_SRS(Team)<\/li>\n<li>prepare the clarifications\/queries_query tracker<\/li>\n<li>requirements clarifications meeting client \/BA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0TEST PLANNING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>test plan preparation<\/li>\n<li>scheduling<\/li>\n<li>estimate the tasks<\/li>\n<li>estimation techniques-test case point analysis<\/li>\n<li>planning the tasks<\/li>\n<li>risks identifying &amp; management<\/li>\n<li>resources stability<\/li>\n<li>software availability<\/li>\n<li>leave planner, etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TEST CASE DESIGN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Test Case Document<\/li>\n<li>Test Case Design<\/li>\n<li>identifying the scenarios: high level ,low level ,+ve ,-ve<\/li>\n<li>converting the scenarios into test cases<\/li>\n<li>test case writing<\/li>\n<li>test data if required<\/li>\n<li>Test Case Design Techniques: BVA, ECP ,Error Guessing<\/li>\n<li>Function\/Non Functional Testing<\/li>\n<li>Functional:+Ve, -Ve<\/li>\n<li>Non Functional :OS, Gul, Usability, Browser Compatibility.<\/li>\n<li>Preformance,Stress,Load,Etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0REVIEW THE TEST CASES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>peer review: check lists-review comments<\/li>\n<li>lead review: review comments<\/li>\n<li>client\/BA reciew:review comments\u2019 update the test cases based on review comments<\/li>\n<li>Review the updated test plan<\/li>\n<li>Sign off test cases by client\/BA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0TEST CASE EXECUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>get the test case execution plan: what to start, when to end<\/li>\n<li>execute the test cases for smoke testing<\/li>\n<li>functional test cases<\/li>\n<li>non functional test cases<\/li>\n<li>results analysis<\/li>\n<li>bug reporting<\/li>\n<li>bug tracker explanation<\/li>\n<li>how to log, edit ,close<\/li>\n<li>test status report<\/li>\n<li>get the modified build,retestingthe bug identified by testers<\/li>\n<li>regression testing<\/li>\n<li>identify the regression test cases<\/li>\n<li>test sign off<\/li>\n<li>test summary report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UAT-USER ACCEPATANCE TESTING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UAT by client\/BA<\/li>\n<li>Release meeting<\/li>\n<li>go live<\/li>\n<li>maintenance if required<\/li>\n<li>queries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TEST DELIVERABLES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>requirements documents(SRS)<\/li>\n<li>test plan<\/li>\n<li>test cases<\/li>\n<li>traceability matrix<\/li>\n<li>defect analysis report<\/li>\n<li>test summary report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>COMMON TEMPLATES USED<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Query Tracker<\/li>\n<li>SRS\/FRS<\/li>\n<li>Project Plan: MPP(Optional)<\/li>\n<li>Test Plan<\/li>\n<li>Estimation<\/li>\n<li>Test Case Doc<\/li>\n<li>Test Case Review Template-Checklists<\/li>\n<li>Bug Tracker<\/li>\n<li>Test Summary Report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Agile Scrum Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is Agile?<\/li>\n<li>Why Agile?<\/li>\n<li>What is Scrum?<\/li>\n<li>What are the terms available in Agile Scrum?<\/li>\n<li>Scrum Masters<\/li>\n<li>Product Owner<\/li>\n<li>Scrum\u00a0 Team<\/li>\n<li>Standup Call<\/li>\n<li>Scrum Meetings<\/li>\n<li>Scrum Planing<\/li>\n<li>Backlog,Product Backlog,Scrum Backlog<\/li>\n<li>Artifacts<\/li>\n<li>Retraspective<\/li>\n<li>User Stories<\/li>\n<li>Format of User Story<\/li>\n<li>UAT of User Story<\/li>\n<li>What are the Techniques Should follow in planning<\/li>\n<li>Burndown Charts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Manual Testing What is software Testing Why Software Testing Benefits of Software Testing What is Quality What is Defect Project Vs Product \u00a0Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) What is Software Development Life Cycle Why Software Development Life Cycle Phases of Software Development Life Cycle Initial Analysis Design Coding Testing Delivery &amp; 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