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Correct answer is NOT good enough - we have to beat the competion

SOFTWARE TESTING: making sure that software application is up to the requirements (verification)

4 LEVELS OF LEARNING
	1 Recognition		student cannot solve the problem without outside help		NO JOB
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PRACTICE & HARD WORK
	2 Reproduction		student can solve known problems himself			HIRED
	3 Subj Creativity	student can solve an unknown problem				EXPERT LEVEL
	4 Objective Creativity 	science, new knowledge	

---------------------------------------------HOW WE DO THE HOMEWORK------------------------------------------------------
What makes Software QA Career attractive to you?
* Job safety comes from your skill level (not from the employer)
- NEVER bring MONEY to your answer

What is Negative Testing?
Definition: Aimed at showing that software handles properly situations in which user acts not as user is supposed to act
-makes no sense if Positive Testing fails
-negative testing is to be done AFTER positive
-in lack of time situation minimize (skip) Negative Testing
-it results in more bugs than positive
-the volume of Negative Testing is much larger than Positive

ZIP Code field example:
	Reqs:
		- 5 characters
		- all digits
		- existing
	Test cases:
	1. 5 digits, existing		94085		Accepted		Positive
	2. 6 digits			940851		Rejected		Negative
	3. 4 digits			9408		Rejected		Negative
	4. Non-existent			00000		Rejected		Negative
	5. Non-digit: Letter		94O85		Rejected		Negative
	6. Non-digit: Sp. Char		94@85		Rejected		Negative


What is Software Testing?
- Making sure that software application meets requirements / requirements are properly implemented
- begins with having the code to test 

What is Software Quality?
-From consumer perspective it is about customer satisfaction (subjective matter)
-from QA perspective it is about software being up to requirements
-being 100% up to requirements does not make product popular or selling well
-inside the software company there are roles who see quality from consumer perspective (upper management, sales, PR, marketing, support)


What is Software Quality Assurance?
- The process of monitoring and improving all activities associated with software development, from requirements gathering, 
  design and reviews to coding, testing and implementation.

What is black/white box testing?
-Black box software testing is done without access to the source code.
-White box testing is done with access to the code. Bugs are reported at the source code level, not behavioral.
-White box testing is about HOW it is done, not about WHO does it (developers, white box tester, black box testers)
-Black box testing is done by testers, developers, etc.


What is Software Development Life Cycle = conceptual model used in project management, which describes software development process in stages (waterfall)
* incomplete, ambiguous or contradictory requirements...
- do not name the stages OR say "for example".... 


What are the common stages of Waterfall SDLC
	* Analysis (business analysts) - create USE CASES (communication between user and the system in achiving a goal)
	* Technical Requirements
	* Design (Architecture) - scalability
	* Development (coding, implementation)
	* Testing
	* Maintenance

What is use case?
- Use case is a format used by Business Analysts for specifying system requirements. 
  Each use case normally represents completed business operation performed by user.

What is the difference between Software Testing and Software QA?
- Testing is mainly focused on the source code (black, gray, white box)
- “Quality Assurance”  measures the quality of processes used to create a quality product

Software Quality Assurance 
- looks at (improves) the PROCESS of creating a software product
- begins from the DAY ONE

What is Regression Testing?
- Making sure nothing was broken as a result of code being modified