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Black Box Testing Techniques: Use Case Testing

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<li><a href="http://infosharehouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/black-box-testing-techniques.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Equivalence Partitioning</span> </span></a></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><a href="http://infosharehouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/black-box-testing-techniques-boundary.html" target="_blank">Boundary Value Analysis</a></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><a href="http://infosharehouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/in-previous-articles-we-learned-about.html" target="_blank">Decision Table Testing </a></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Use Case Testing</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">Cause-effect graph</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">Classification tree method</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">Domain Analysis</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In this article we will learn about "Use Case Testing" Type</span><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Use Case Testing</span></h2>
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“A black box test design technique in which test cases are designed to execute user scenarios.” [ISTQB glossary]</div>
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Previous techniques used to design test cases for parts of a system:</h3>
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<li>Input variables.</li>
<li>Business rules.</li>
<li>System behavior. </li>
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This technique is used to design test cases that exercise a system's functionalities from start to finish by testing each of its individual transactions, that are documented in use cases.<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></div>
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<b>Use Case:</b> A sequence of steps that describe the interactions between the actor and the system </div>
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<b>Actor</b>: A user or other system seeking to use the system to accomplish something worthwhile within a particular context. </div>
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A use case consists of: </h3>
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<li>Name: The name of the use case. </li>
<li>Brief Description: The role and purpose of the use case. </li>
<li>Pre-conditions: Condition that must be true before performing the use case. </li>
<li>Basic Flow: Description of the successful scenario from start to finish. <br />
Alternative Flows: Description of the exceptions in the basic flow. </li>
<li>Post-conditions: Condition that must be true after performing the use case. </li>
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Use Case Terms:</h3>
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<li><b>Include</b>: An include relationship defines that a use case contains the behavior defined in another use case. </li>
<li><b>Extend: </b>An extend relationship specifies how the behavior of the extension use  case can be inserted into the behavior defined for the base use case.</li>
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Use cases can be used at two levels:</h3>
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<li>Abstract level: business use case, technology-free, business process level</li>
<li>System level: system use case on the system functionality level </li>
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Use cases are good tool for:</h3>
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<li>Describing the system from user’s point of view.</li>
<li>Describing system behavior in business terms.</li>
<li>Actively involving users in requirements gathering and definition process.</li>
<li>Serves as the foundation for developing test cases at the system and acceptance levels.<span style="background-color: white;"></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;">When to use: </span></h3>
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<li>Requirements written in the form of use cases. </li>
<li>Suitable for system and user acceptance testing.<span style="background-color: white;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white;">Create at least one test case for the basic flow. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Create at least one test case for each alternative flow. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Use equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis techniques to specify the input data.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Use decision table for business rules within the use case.</span></li>
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Black Box Testing Techniques: Use Case Testing

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Black Box Testing Techniques : State Transition Testing

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<li><a href="http://infosharehouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/black-box-testing-techniques.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Equivalence Partitioning</span> </span></a></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><a href="http://infosharehouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/black-box-testing-techniques-boundary.html" target="_blank">Boundary Value Analysis</a></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><a href="http://infosharehouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/in-previous-articles-we-learned-about.html" target="_blank">Decision Table Testing </a></span></li>
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<li><a href="http://infosharehouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/black-box-testing-techniques-use-case.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Use Case Testing</span></span></a></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">Cause-effect graph</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">Classification tree method</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">Domain Analysis</span></li>
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 In this article we will learn about <span style="background-color: white;">State Transition Testing Type</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">State Transition Testing Type</span></h2>
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“A black box test design technique in which test cases are designed to execute valid and invalid state transitions.” [ISTQB glossary]<span style="background-color: white;"></span></div>
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<li>A state machine is a thing (e.g., system, subsystem, component, unit) whose functionality and output is dependent not solely on its current path, but also on its past input </li>
<li>  The result of its previous input is called its state, and transitions are commands that cause changes from one state to another</li>
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<li><b>State</b>: A condition in which a system is waiting for one or more events.</li>
<li><b>Transition</b>: Represents a change from one state to another caused by an event. </li>
<li><b>Event</b>: Something that causes the system to change state.</li>
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<li>It can be an event in the outside world.</li>
<li>It can be an event that is generated within the system.</li>
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<li><b>Action</b>: Is an operation initiated because of a state change.</li>
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<li>Often actions cause something to be created that are outputs of the system. </li>
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<li><b>State Transition Table:</b> lists all possible state-transition combinations, not just the valid ones.</li>
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<li>Critical and high risk systems require to test every state-transition pair, including those that are invalid.</li>
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<li>State transition tables consist of:</li>
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 State transition diagrams are used for:</h4>
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<li>Systems (or system objects) that exhibit different states at different points of time.</li>
<li>Events that come into a system and cause the system/object to change its state.</li>
<li>Valid and invalid operations and their corresponding transitions between the different states. </li>
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How to use</h4>
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<li>Create the state transition diagram (if not already given) by identifying the various states, transitions between states, events that cause the transition and the actions. </li>
<li>Create the state transition table that lists all the possible transitions and the actions corresponding to the valid transitions.</li>
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<li>Number of possible transitions = (Number of states X Number of actions) less impossible transitions.</li>
<li>Impossible transitions are transitions that cannot be done by the user.</li>
<li>Impossible transitions are different from invalid transitions. </li>
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<li>Create a set of test cases such that all transitions are exercised at least once. </li>
<li>Create test cases for some or all of the invalid state/event pairs </li>
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When to use</h4>
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<li>It is suitable for system requirements that describe states and their associated transitions.</li>
<li>Workflow systems are typical candidate for this technique. </li>
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Black Box Testing Techniques : State Transition Testing

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Black Box Testing Techniques : Decision Table Testing

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<li><a href="http://infosharehouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/black-box-testing-techniques.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Equivalence Partitioning</span> </span></a></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><a href="http://infosharehouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/black-box-testing-techniques-boundary.html" target="_blank">Boundary Value Analysis</a></span></li>
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<li><a href="http://infosharehouse.blogspot.com/2015/11/black-box-testing-techniques-state.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">State Transition Testing<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></a></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Use Case Testing</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">Cause-effect graph</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">Classification tree method</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">Domain Analysis</span></li>
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 In this article we will learn about <span style="background-color: white;">Decision Table Testing</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;">Decision Table Testing</span></span></h2>
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“A black box test design technique in which test cases are designed to execute the combinations of inputs and/or stimuli (causes) shown in a decision table.”<br />
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Decision tables are tables that list all possible “conditions” (input) and all possible (outputs)<br />
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Decision table is used to: </h4>
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<li>Capture system requirements that contain logical conditions, and to document internal system design. </li>
<li>Find problems and ambiguities in the requirements. </li>
<li>Record complex business rules that must be implemented by a system. </li>
<li>Help in designing test cases.<span style="background-color: white;"></span></li>
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<li> Identify the input conditions.</li>
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<li>Binary conditions (true or false).</li>
<li>Non-binary conditions (multiple alternatives). </li>
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<li>Identify the actions that should be taken depending on the combinations of the identified input conditions.</li>
<li>Create the different business rules by identifying a unique combination of input conditions that result in the execution of the identified actions. </li>
<li>Create the test cases by transforming each rule into a test case. </li>
<li>Minimize, if possible, the identified test cases.<span style="background-color: white;"></span></li>
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li><b>Android application package file (APK)</b> – a file format that is used deliver mobile apps to Android devices</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>App builds</b> – a process of compiling your mobile  app code into a finished mobile app product. it’s a packaged/compiled  version of your mobile app software.</li>
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<ul><li><b>app developer</b> – an individual that creates apps for mobile devices</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>app developer team</b> – a group of people involved in  the mobile app development process. can include project managers,  product managers, marketers, game producers, mobile app designers, and  mobile app engineers.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>app distribution</b> – a process of getting your  mobile app to end users typically through a mobile app store such as the  Google Play Market and the Apple App Store</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>app icon</b> – that represents your mobile application in the App store</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>App Store Optimization (ASO)</b> – a process that helps increase your visibility in the app stores with a focus on optimizing your app content</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>app store rank</b> – your position in the app store based on downloads, sales, usage, and</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>app store rating</b> – a numeric measurement mobile  app users assign to your mobile application as a quality indicator of  your mobile application. These app store ratings are submitted to mobile  app stores for future users to use as a screening measurement before  downloading your mobile app.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>app user</b> – a person that downloads and uses your mobile app.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>beta testing</b> – the process of testing a pre-release version of your mobile app</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>bugs</b> – an unintended behavior in your mobile application.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>churn rate</b> – how frequently mobile app users abandon your app after a certain period</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>content (in mobile app terms)</b> – anything that is  not a design or programming element in your mobile app is content. any  text, images, audio, video, HTML, etc. that the mobile app users can see  in your app would be considered content.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>debugging</b> – a process of identifying, tracing, and resolving bugs in a mobile application</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>download velocity</b> – how often a mobile app is downloaded in a certain time frame</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Enterprise mobile apps</b> – a mobile app that  provides functionality primarily to enterprise business and  organizations. Typically the app solves user control, role based access,  and caters toward the scale of enterprise workplaces.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Expedited app review</b> – a review process performed  by Apple that gets your iOS app approved for the app store quicker. this  review process is reserved for updates with major bugs or releases that  are time sensitive. Apple only allows a couple per account and in rare  cases.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>I18n</b> – An abbreviated numeronym of the word  internationalization where 18 stands for the number of letters between  the first i and last n of the word</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>in app ads</b> – advertisements that display within your mobile app to your mobile app users</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>In App Purchase (IAP)</b> – purchases of items and functionality within your mobile pap</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>in-app messages</b> – any message that originates from inside the app through means other than push notifications</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Internal mobile apps</b> – mobile apps that are typically built for internal use at companies. Internal apps</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Internationalization</b> – (See Localization)</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>iterations</b> – a different or updated version of your mobile app</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Locales</b> – a group of particular users with similar  geographic, linguistic, and grammar patterns. Usually used to organize  mobile app users in groups for app localization.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Localization</b> – the customization of content for  different language speakers. Localization can include translating your  mobile app content text, images, video, and more for a particular locale  market.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Location Based Services (LBS)</b> – a service that utilizes a user’s geolocation to provide functionality.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>minnows</b> – the users that don’t spend much in your mobile app. primarily used to refer to small spenders in freemium apps</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>mobile agile development</b> – coming soon</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>mobile app a/b testing</b> – the process of testing  two or more variations of app element like buttons, background colors,  fonts, screens, and app content.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>mobile app analytics</b> – a way to track the actions of mobile app users within your app</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>mobile app API</b> – the interface or set of functions  that are available to through developer through the framework or SDK.  It’s basically the documentation of things you can do with an SDK. It  helps you understand the rules or guidelines that tell you what you can  and can’t do within a framework.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Mobile app content delivery network (CDN)</b> – an application that helps you deliver your mobile app content.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Mobile app content management system (CMS)</b> – an  application that helps you publish, deliver, and update mobile app  content sent to mobile app users from one central place.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>mobile app feature switching</b> – aka feature toggle.  Feature Flag, Feature Flipper, Conditional Feature, etc the capability  to turn on and off specific functionality in your mobile app remotely,  without coding and breaking other parts of your mobile app</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>mobile app sdk</b> – a self-contained library or  framework which allows developers to extend the functionality of the  library into their mobile application. for instance, the Facebook SDK  allows you to add Facebook features right into your app.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>mobile app user retention</b> – how many users have your mobile app and consistently use it.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Mobile apps</b> – a piece of software that runs exclusively on mobile app platforms.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>native app</b> – a mobile app built to work specifically for one platform</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>over-the-air (OTA)</b> – a download that initiates over a wireless broadband connection from a mobile device</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>push fatigue (aka push notification fatigue)</b> – a decline in mobile app user interest in push notifications from the overuse and that has lead to lower user engagement gains development </li>
</ul><ul><li><b>push notification</b> – a short message mobile app developers can send to app users even when users don’t have their mobile applications open</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>retina icon</b> – an app icon that is saved at double  it’s size for optimal viewing on retina-enabled mobile devices. creating  a retina version of your mobile icon will deliver a crisp version of  your mobile icon to users that view your icon on retina devices</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Unique Device Identifier (UDID)</b> – a unique  alphanumeric that identifies a specific mobile device. Typically is a  number assigned by the mobile device manufacturer.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>universal app</b> – a mobile app that can run on  multiple devices using the same platform. for example, a mobile app that  can run on any device (the iPod, iPad, and iPhone) on the iOS platform</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>user engagement</b> – how frequently your mobile apps open and interact with your mobile app. important metric that correlates with user retention</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Whales</b> – the bigger spenders in mobile apps. These  users tend to spend a lot on in-app purchases in mobile apps. They also  generate the most revenue for app developers.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>wireframes –</b> a design draft or prototype of the  functionality and navigation of a mobile app. Typically created when  developing a new mobile app or add a feature to an existing app</li>
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A mobile operating system (mobile OS) is the operating system that controls a smart phone , PDA, or other mobile device. <br />
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Modern  mobile operating systems combine the features of a personal computer  operating system with touch screen, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS mobile  navigation, camera, video camera, speech recognition, voice recorder,  music player, personal digital assistant (PDA), and other features.<br />
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