4 Step Process to Awesome Test Plans

Software testing projects can be extremely daunting at first. There are so many moving parts and complexity in a system it can be difficult to know where to start and how to tackle the project. Hexawise testing experts have dealt with this issue countless times and have found this four-step process to help design efficient and effective tests and make software testing projects more manageable. Don't forget to download your testing cheat sheet at the top of the article!

Actionable Recommendations for Effective Software Testing

The journey to efficient software testing starts with a mindset & process shift – embracing a model-based combinatorial methodology. Traditional test design approaches often lead to the following problems:

 - Direct duplicate tests due to...

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A list of probing questions all companies should be asking their software testing providers.

10 Questions to Ask When Designing Software Tests

A list of questions to ask when designing software tests. These questions will help ensure coverage of the potential sources of variation within your system.

My plan has a lot of constraints in it. Should I split it into separate plans?

Provides helpful guidance on when it might make sense to split your single Hexawise plan into multiple different plans due to a lot of constraints being necessary.

Start with a Small Test Plan and Add Details as Necessary

Introduces the "Goldilocks Rule" for guidance on how much information to include in a single Hexawise test plan.

To create a software test plan, start with a verb and a noun

Recommendations on how to use a "Verb and Noun" to guide your Hexawise test plan creation.

Exploring a Cave or Software

Encourages more broad adoption of exploratory testing techniques by testers everywhere.