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10 Best Practices to Enhance Software Testing Efficiency Software testing comes in many forms. From functional testing to regression testing to usability testing, there are literally dozens of iterations of software testing techniques out there. But no matter which form of testing you specialize in, there are several best practices that can help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your efforts. Without further ado, here is the list of top-10 best practices, in no particular order. Institute Defined Entry and Exit Criteria The concept here is that every step in the testing process should have specific entry and exit criteria. The criteria dictate when each step in the process begins and ends. The main benefit of this approach is that it tends to reduce testing gaps, because it drastically reduces the ambiguity that is often inherent in the process and also allows management to have more visibility into the process. Test on a Variety of Platforms Thanks to t...

As you pass from one phase of testing into the next, there is a need for control. For the purpose of this post, we will refer to the prior phase as the supplier and the current phase as the recipient. The supplier needs to retain control of their testing phase, until such time as it is deemed ready for release. The recipient needs to ensure that the testing performed by the supplier has achieved a sufficiently high standard as to be acceptable. The means of achieving this is referred to as Exit Criteria for the supplier and Entry Criteria for the recipient. These criteria are documented in the test plan and define the standards that should be achieved entering and exiting, the test phase described by the document. The criteria are set by the Test Manager or nominated delegate. They may take any form that the test manager deems necessary, although are more frequently based on defect volumes of certain severity and priority, along with test assets from the supplier. Consideration s...