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                     OUT WITH THE OLD 
 
 
 
TESTING PRACTICES YOU 
NEED TO QUIT NOW! 
 
 
STICKING TO THE 100% TEST CASE 
COVERAGE. NEED TO FOLLOW RISK-BASED 
TESTING/ EXPLORATORY TESTING 
 
Although test case coverage and exploratory testing are complementary to 
each other, sticking to test case coverage wholly can dilute the effectiveness of 
software testing. Whereas test case-based testing uses a specific condition set 
to run the software, exploratory testing is highly adaptive. 
 
Exploratory testing allows the test team’s functional involvement in creating a 
test charter so that specific areas of the software can be explored. Moreover, 
test case-based testing is only efficient when test cases are replicated, making 
it difficult to troubleshoot in many generalized contexts. Hence, unlike the test 
case, exploratory testing is risk-based, drawing attention to high-defect 
portions that need to be examined. 
 
NOT EVOLVING THE TRADITIONAL STLC 
AND ADOPTING AGILE TESTING 
 
Agile Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) is emerging as the more competent 
alternative to the traditional STLC software development packages. The new 
Agile STLC model follows a non-sequential software development model that 
prioritizes efficiency and quality. Traditional models such as Spiral, Iterative, 
V-shaped, or Waterfall models, follow a fixed and inflexible flowchart that 
necessitates hierarchical stages. 
 
Agile testing enters the picture as an upgrade on traditional STLC testing. 
Circumventing rigidly defined testing models, it invests more resources into 
pair testing and unit testing automation. Hence, testing what is ready as and 
when available instead of waiting for the sequential green signal will prove 
substantially more productive.  
 
NEED TO DROP FORMAL COMMUNICATION 
AND ADOPT CADENCE-DRIVEN COMMUNICATION 
 
The software development process requires the coordination of a number of 
moving bits and pieces. Fostering a smooth communication flow between the 
software development team and the software testing team is key to avoiding 
delays in the development or testing processes. 
The traditional practice of raising a ticket on a bug found in the software can 
restrict the smooth operation of the coordinating parts, and what is necessary 
is cadence-driven communication instead of technicality-driven 
communication. Smooth formal communication is essential to the entire 
software development and testing infrastructure, and adequately 
communicative written conveyance is often the most effective means of it.  
 
NOT EVERY TESTING ARTIFACT MAY BE 
IMPORTANT AND SHOULD OPT FOR LEANER, 
SIMPLER, AND PROJECT-SPECIFIC ARTIFACTS 
 
Bulky test plans and convoluted to-do lists can end up causing more confusion 
than they solve. The software testing process requires leaner and simple plans 
to make it clutter-free and time-saving.  
 
Simplifying the intermediate processes, by letting go of redundant document 
production like dependency log allows the entire process to shrug off a lot of 
unnecessary dead weightage. In turn, it speeds up the testing and corrective 
process. Clear identification of the necessary paperwork, meticulous updating 
of the status, and continuous monitoring of the output are possible with a 
leaner project design specialized in heightening efficiency.  
 
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