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5 Test Design Methods and Techniques Your Team Should Consider There is no one-size-fits-all test design methodology. Instead, your team can move from one to the next based on the type of testing to be performed and the software to be evaluated. To help your team get started, here are five of the most common test design methods out there: 1. Boundary-Value Analysis (BVA) A form of black-box testing, BVA relies on the concept that most software errors are caused by issues near the extremes of possible inputs to a given field or function. Instead of just using test cases that represent the most common inputs, BVA also introduces inputs that are found at the “boundaries” of the range of what is possible. For example, if the range of possible inputs is 0 to 1,000, values such as 0, 999, -1, and 1,001 will be attempted. 2. Decision Table Testing Also known as a cause-effect table, decision table testing involves documenting each desired outcome and creating a table for all the fields needed to create the expected outcome. This approach helps teams ensure that they identify all necessary variables and conditions needed for the software to perform as expected. 3. Path Coverage Path coverage is an in-depth analysis of each line of code that creates a module or function and then compares it against the test cases to ensure it meets each possible scenario (or “path”). 4. Error Guessing This test design methodology relies on the software testing team having experience with the types of errors that could be present in the underlying code. Testers use their experience to guess the potentially problematic parts of the software and then design test cases to match. 5. Exploratory Testing Exploratory testing is more of a philosophy than a structured test design process. With this approach, testers rely on hands-on evaluation and “exploration” of the software without formal test cases. Testers evaluate, test, and check functionality on the fly, trying to replicate the actions end users would make. Specific tests and results are still recorded when done. #QA #qualityassurance #qualitycontrol #exploratory #testing #designtechniques #qualitymatters

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