{"id":4452,"date":"2020-09-14T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wata.es\/?p=4452"},"modified":"2025-04-14T16:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:53:27","slug":"manual-testing-applying-manual-tests-to-a-software-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wata.es\/manual-testing-applying-manual-tests-to-a-software-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Manual Testing: applying manual tests to a software project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Software testing involves the type of tasks that <strong>allow us to obtain information about the quality of the tested product<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>It represents a complete parallel cycle within software development, and this cycle is called the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the STLC we can find two different types of tests: manual tests and automatic tests. In the case of manual tests, <strong>the activity is performed 100% by the tester<\/strong>. And in the case of automatic testing, only a certain proportion of these activities is performed by a tester, while the rest is done by automation tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Features of<\/strong> <strong>manual<\/strong> <strong>testing<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Manual testing is the <strong>most widespread technique<\/strong> in the history of software development. It is the first to allow the application of tests at different levels: Unit tests, integration tests of components, user interface&#8230; But even if any type of test can be applied with manual testing, there are certain disadvantages. Let&#8217;s look at the features in detail: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Manual testing allows any kind of test. In fact, only this category of tests can control <strong>quality at the user interface<\/strong> (or usability) level. <\/li><li>It allows the analysis of <strong>more complex scenarios<\/strong> thanks to the ingenuity that the tester can develop during his work. <\/li><li>The risk of finding a <strong>false negative result is very low<\/strong> due to the direct interaction with the system under test. <\/li><li>The testers <strong>do not need to have<\/strong> <strong>any technical knowledge<\/strong> to perform the necessary tests. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Disadvantages<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <strong>implementation of the tasks<\/strong> is very slow due to the difficulty of some scenarios. <\/li><li>The tester has to be <strong>creative, patient and equipped with initiative<\/strong> to find situations that put the product&#8217;s properties to the test. <\/li><li>Completing tasks <strong>takes a lot of time<\/strong>. <\/li><li>Very tedious due to the manual execution of all steps involved in each of the tests. <\/li><li>It is difficult to quantify the level of test coverage we have with this type of test.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Implementation in practice<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>At WATA Factory we can look back on a <strong>long series of projects<\/strong>where we have implemented manual testing techniques to ensure and guarantee the quality level of our products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each project has different characteristics and the <strong>implementation of this requires an analysis of resources and requirements<\/strong>, that need to be reviewed. Therefore, the following steps are recommended when starting manual testing: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>System<\/strong> analysis: definition of the functional and non-functional requirements to be tested. <\/li><li>Analysis of available <strong>resources<\/strong>: staff, equipment, time, etc.<\/li><li><strong>Planning<\/strong> of the manual tests to be developed: types and execution times.<\/li><li><strong>Carrying<\/strong> out the tests.<\/li><li><strong>Documentation<\/strong> of the results obtained: Error reports, result reports and analysed requirements.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of these steps are common in the STLC process, but in the case of manual tests their application and execution is quite sequential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why we are starting to use automated testing techniques in our projects, which will enable us to reduce the deficits of manual tests and thus <strong>increase the quality of our products<\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software testing involves the type of tasks that allow us to obtain information about the quality of the tested product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":4444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,180],"tags":[154],"class_list":["post-4452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-technology","tag-testing-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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