How to enjoy testing and give a defect free product.

Recently our team figured out that we are able to produce more and more bugs and simultaneously enjoy what we do. Here you go!

We started to have competition on who would log most number of valid defects. Initially my teammates were really uncomfortable to log very minor defects. But i constantly told my teammates, even though the defects are small, these are the defects which would be found by producers and customers and we are blamed for not finding those defects. So as we started competing against each other, we had a quality product where we were damn confident the not even a minor glitch was left behind and simultaneously we enjoyed testing due to this competitive behavior. Recently we were assigned to individual project where 1 QC was assigned to test the 1 application but even after that we used to compare our defect count and try to find more defect.
So what do you think about this idea ?

P.S

This post was written in 2011.

List of Windows phones and Tablets (Nokia Lumia and others)

Serial No.	Device Name	Operating System	RAM	Storage
1	Nokia Lumia 520	Microsoft Windows Phone 8 , upgradeable to WP8 Amber	512MB	8GB
2	Nokia Lumia 521	Microsoft Windows Phone 8 , upgradeable to WP8 Amber	512MB	8GB
3	Nokia Lumia 525	Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black	1GB	8GB
4	Nokia Lumia 610	Windows Phone 7.5	256MB	8GB
5	Nokia Lumia 620	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	512MB	8GB
6	Nokia Lumia 625	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	512MB	8GB
7	Nokia Lumia 720	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	512MB	8GB
8	Nokia Lumia 800	Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, upgradable to v7.8	512MB	16GB
9	Nokia Lumia 810	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	1GB	8GB
10	Nokia Lumia 820	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	1GB	8GB
11	Nokia Lumia 822	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	1GB	16GB
12	Nokia Lumia 920	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	1GB	32GB
13	Nokia Lumia 925	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	1GB	16GB 32GB
14	Nokia Lumia 928	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	1GB	32GB
15	Nokia Lumia 929	Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black	2GB	32GB
16	Nokia Lumia 1020	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Black	2GB	32GB 64GB
17	Nokia Lumia 1320	Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black	1GB	8GB
18	Nokia Lumia 1520	Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black	2GB	32GB
19	Huawei Ascend W1	Windows Phone 8	512MB	4GB
20	Huawei Ascend W2	Windows Phone 8	512MB	8GB
21	Huawei Ascend W3	Windows Phone 8	1GB	-
22	Samsung ATIV S	Windows Phone 8	1GB	16/32GB
23	Samsung ATIV S Neo	Windows Phone 8	1GB	16GB
24	Samsung ATIV Odyssey 1930	Windows Phone 8	1GB	8GB
25	Samsung ATIV S I8750	Windows Phone 8	1GB	16/32GB
26	Acer Allegro	Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango	512MB	8GB
27	Htc 8S	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	512MB	4GB
28	Htc 8X	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	1GB	16GB
29	Htc 8XT	Windows Phone 8	1024MB	8GB
30	Htc Windows Phone 8X CDMA	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Amber	1GB	16GB
31	Nokia Lumia 2520	Windows RT	2GB	32GB
32	Samsung ATIV Tab P8510	Windows 8	2MB	16/32GB
33	Acer W4-820-Z3742G03aii	Windows Phone 8.1	2GB	32GB
34	Acer W4-820-Z3742G06aii	Windows phone 8.1	2GB	64GB
35	Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13	Windows 8	4 to 8GB	128 or 226 GB
36	Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11	Windows RT	2GB	64GB
37	Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11S Ultrabook	Windows 8 , Windows 8 Pro	Upto 8GB DDR3L	256 GB SSD HDD
38	Lenovo IdeaPad Z500	Windows 8 64	4GB,6GB,8GB(DDR3)	HDD: 500GB.1TB
39	Lenovo IdeaPad Z580	Windows 8	4GB,6GB,8GB(DDR3)	HDD: 500GB.1TB
40	Microsoft Surface 2	Windows 8.1 pro 64-bit	2GB	32GB,64GB
41	Microsoft Surface	Windows RT upgradable to Windows RT 8.1	2GB	32GB,64GB
42	Microsoft Surface Pro 2	Windows 8.1 pro 64-bit	4GB,8GB	64Gb,128GB,256GB,512GB
43	Lenovo ThinkPad Helix	Windows 8 pro ,Windows 8	8GB DD3	128GB,180GB,256GB SSD SATA3
44	Lenovo ThinkPad DataSheet	Windows 8 pro ,Windows 8	8GB DD3	128GB,180GB,256GB SSD SATA3
45	Lenovo Lynx	Windows 8, Office Home & Student 2013	2GB DDR2	Upto 64GB eMMC

What a developer/programmer always have to say!

1. Have you installed a proper build!

2. I haven’t touched that module for weeks
3. It worked for me yesterday
4. This is not possible!
5. Must be a hardware issue.
6. I think this OS doesn’t support that.
7. I cant test everything. I need time for that
8. It works.
9. Somebody must have altered my code!
10. Why do you do it that way?
11. Check with the specs.
12. Code is not committed.
13. Is there any particular sequence?
14. It works in my simulator. Check it out
15. I am busy
16. Thats a minor bug
17. I have not noticed this before!
18. I have noticed this before!
19. User wouldn’t do that
20. Must be from designers end.
21. I will fix it when i have time.

22. Reduce the severity

23. Why do you log such simple bugs. Please mail such simple bugs.
24. Will check with supervisor.

25. Check with Requirements.

List goes on and on :P So What else does your developer say other than these 25 points ?

Why some bugs are never found in testing phase.

Yes! Its true some bugs are never found during testing phase. Why cannot we track some bugs while an end user can identify it in app store build? This question would be a serious set back to testing career. So here you go for the solution.

1) Test every single detail in the screen.
You must be thinking, "you are kidding me, i test every single detail" but i say a big NO. We do not check with every single detail in the screen sometimes. Example: Details like pressed state for the button, pressed state audio, disabled state buttons. So be 100% sure that every single part of the screen is being tested.

2) Smoke Test

Create a smoke test plan for every project. By running SmTP you will be confident that main features are working as intended and then you can start performing system or ad-hoc testing

3) Run Test suite plan (TSP)
When you write test suite plan make sure you don't miss a single step/case. We always write positive test case and don't bother to write about negative test cases. So make sure you write both positive and negative test cases. By doing this you will be sure enough that every single module is being tested thoroughly.

4) Stop thinking like a quality tester, use application as an end user.
 If your company allows you to take company devices home, take the build and use the application as a normal user. I bet you will find some bugs and you will be surprised to find out that you never found those bugs while testing.

5) Ask for time if you have not completed testing.
Sometimes due to the tight schedule you would be forced to test quickly. Due to the pressure you will be completely fooled by some bugs as you will be in hurry to test the application. So if you feel like you need time, do talk to your supervisor and let him know that you require some extra time to test the application. If still not permitted run STP and if all modules are working raise a green flag for release and continue testing the application.

6) Test in all devices and OS 
Make sure you test application in all devices and OS present in your company. You may feel its tedious task but you will surely find some awesome bugs :)

7) Released build not tested*
Make sure your developer has not changed the code after u have approved for the release candidate build. Sometimes developers change code in the last minute and would never inform it to you as they feel its a minor change (I have personally experienced this). So do sit with the developer and make sure the build which you have tested is getting released in store to be in the safer side.

Max supported OS for apple devices

1) iPhone
- iPhone 1 - 3.1.3
- iPhone 3G - 4.2.1
- iPhone 3GS - 6.1.3
- iPhone 4 - 7.0
- iPhone 4s - 7.0
- iPhone 5 - 7.0

2) iPod
- iPod 1G - 3.1.3
- iPod 2G - 4.2.1
- iPod 3G - 5.1.1
- iPod 4G - 6.1.3
- iPod 5G - 7.0

3) iPad
- iPad 1 - 5.1.1
- iPad 2 - 7.0
- iPad 3 - 7.0
- iPad 4 - 7.0
- iPad mini - 7.0