Share a test idea in 5 words or less

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Here’s a challenge.

You’re sitting down designing some tests.

Can you describe them in 5 words or less?

[Edit: here’s LinkedIn and Twitter versions of this post.]

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Explore profile page with CRUD.

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Click everything twice, observe database.

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Match user actions to logs

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Journey, there and back again

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3 words;

  • Perform unexpected action

Now I’ve got 2 words spare for automation.

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  • Think outside of the box
  • Click it, I dare you
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Goldilocks goes to test town.

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What would cause an error?

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How can someone perform an ‘unexpected action’?

The person testing knows what action they want to do, but doesn’t know the outcome. They don’t know what the software can handle or was intended to handle.

I would put it like this:
Perform an action that they assume the software might not handle as they assume it should.

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  • call Delete API, check database
  • compare old with new
  • use big data
  • use different data
  • try it more than once
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Experience as a user would

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I only had 5 words :wink:

A user can perform an unexpected action in software. Think of a game where you might be able to glitch out the level - that’s an unexpected action, they might have done it intentionally or not, but it’s still unexpected.

Further;
We don’t know what the software can handle but we should know what its expected to handle. So we do something unexpected instead.

Simplest example is entering numbers into a first name field or something like that.

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  • Use only the keyboard
  • Test mobile with one hand
  • Inspect the elements
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what do the requirements say

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What do the users need :wink:

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Delete default values and proceed.

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Break the connection

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Remove rights and/or roles

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Try some combinations