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Questions tagged [manual-testing]

Can also be described as "interactive testing" - used for any question involving testing performed by humans or with human intervention.

Can also be described as "interactive testing" - manual testing essentially means tests of any kind where a human is involved in the execution of the test.

Sometimes incorrectly confused with "user testing", possibly because some companies use "manual testers" to perform this kind of testing instead of real users.

Manual tests are required when assessing usability and are often applied for hard-to-automate features or when time constrains are becoming critical.

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Read this blogpost for an interesting critique of the term.

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Does simply running the code during development mean 'Testing'?

I'm a reasonably inexperienced developer, and I recently got into a debate with the manager of our current project. It's a concept demonstration for trial funded internally by our company. After discussing with the project manager while going over…
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What are general tips to test a static website?

One of the NGO which work for the children welfare ask me to test their website. That's a completely static website on the single page simple navigation toward the section so I need general tips to test the website, honestly speaking I am feeling…
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I'm having trouble bridging theory with practical in software testing

Day before yesterday while chatting my friend(also a tester) he raised the topic theory vs practical in testing. His points of concern were that by theory software testing has phases like planning, estimation, scripting and execution. If all are…
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When can we say a product is stable?

From a tester's point of view when do we say that a product is stable? Is the product still stable when it contains a known bug?
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Feature branch testing before code is merged?

I am a QA professional working for a team which is planning to create feature branches for developers to implement independent features. We had a debate if Testing on each feature branch should be performed by developers as part of unit testing and…
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What is the sense of having a monkey tester execute your test script?

In our organization project managers are responsible for writing manual tests scripts that are to be executed later by testers. However, we found hard to find the right level of details. The right means giving valuable feedback about product. We…
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Recording data during tests execution

We have a quality processes department who are responsible for processes in our organization to meet FDA standards. It seems though that they require more of us than is actually verified by FDA auditors. Unfortunately this department has a lot of…
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Where can I get experience(volunteer) as a software Tester?

I am new to software testing. I want to gain some experience and exposure in it, so, I was looking for an opportunity to gain skills.
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Test reporting tools

I am creating a set of test cases and I am looking for a better solution for what I am doing. I am currently using Microsoft excel to create a spreadsheet for all my tests and reporting. I am looking for an open source test management tool that I…
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Testing localization

We have a site which is using the ip of the client machine to determine location for display on the home page Has anyone got any idea how we test this from a fixed office, on a corporate network?
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Are certification courses like ISTQB necessary in testing career and if so, to what extent?

How will certification help in a testing career and up to what extent will it help?
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Alternative to Test Run for manual testing?

In the past, at companies that didn't yet have a robust automated testing suite, I've used Test Run to manage manual test scripts for multiple users. It was a pretty handy tool, but the site now seems to be defunct - upgrading past the free trial is…
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Testing a software with limited resource

I am currently developing a software. My main problem is that I have very limited resource, only my PC. So I can't test my software in different version of windows, PC with different configuration. what can I do to ensure compatibility in different…
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Multiple people reviewing a Pull Request

This is a question around job satisfaction, rather than anything technical. Some background: I'm a manual tester for a web app and my main job is to test new changes and features through PRs. By the time these feature branches hit the PR stage,…
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How to investigate a bug of mandatory fields not being entered?

I'm working on a questionnaire which contains mandatory questions such as Date of Birth (three different drop downs are provided), plus a check box and some Yes/No type questions. Without answering these questions, users are not supposed to be…
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