Role Positioning of software test engineers

Managers, system analysts, Program Personnel, test engineers, and quality assurance personnel. It can be seen that the software testing engineer is only a role in software project development.

There are different roles on the stage of drama, such as life, Dan, and ugliness. Their performances have obvious characteristics, which are determined by their roles. Similarly, the role of a software testing engineer also has the issue of locating and expressing its own behaviors and responsibilities in software project development.

The role of the test engineer is not meaningless. Note: The role is unknown, the responsibility is unclear, and the reference goal is lost, and the result may be unsatisfactory. This reduces the quality and efficiency of work, and is regarded as a low level of work ability. It may be necessary to leave the soft stage of the project team.

Tasks undertaken by software testing engineers

The role determines the work content and tasks undertaken. What tasks should the test engineer assume? There is no unified answer. This is closely related to the size of software companies, the software project management system, the management style of company leaders and project managers, and the characteristics of specific software projects. In addition, test engineers are classified into common and Advanced Engineers.

The general answer is as follows:

• Set up a software testing environment and install necessary software tools.
• Run software to detect and report Software defects or errors. In particular, it is necessary to quickly locate serious errors in the software.
• Assess the overall software quality
• Confirm that the software meets certain standards
• Complete high-quality test tasks at the lowest cost and in the shortest time
•......

Among them, the most important thing is to clarify the responsibilities and objectives of programmers. Prior to executing any specific test task, a consensus should be reached on the responsibilities and objectives within the project team, so as to avoid mutual promotion of subsequent work.

Tips for improving test quality

Another noteworthy aspect is productivity and quality. Perhaps the main difference between a senior test engineer and a general test engineer is that a senior test engineer can quickly discover serious errors in more software. Do you have any tips for reference? Please try the following methods to ensure that you will not be disappointed.

• First test the core functions of the program and then test the auxiliary functions.
• First test the function and then test the performance.
• Test common conditions first, and then test exceptions.
• First test the changed part, and then test the unchanged part.
• First, test problems with high impact, and then test problems with low impact.
• First test the required parts and then test the optional or not required parts

The software testing engineer is a project engineer.

One thing to emphasize is that no matter how senior a test engineer you are, you must understand how complicated the testing tool is and how long the testing procedure is, in software project development, test engineers always play the role of a waiter, which is determined by the characteristics of the test work. What are the targets of all services-customers and software testing engineers?

• The most important customers are software users. Test engineers need to test the software and report problems from the perspective of customers' usage and requirements.
• The project manager is also a customer. Test engineers need to report Test Progress and problems found, especially serious problems.

• Programmers are the most common customers. To facilitate programmers to repeat reported errors, provide good software issue reports as much as possible so that programmers can fix software errors faster.

• Technical Document engineers, market developers, and technical support engineers are also targets of test engineers.
Several mistakes avoided by software testing engineers

Previously, we have pointed out that test engineers should clarify their roles and clarify their tasks and responsibilities. Know what is your responsibility and what is not yours. Do your best to do what you want, and do not do what you don't belong to yourself.

To better assume the role of a software testing engineer, try to avoid the following errors:

• Commitment to complete testing without quality issues
Software testing is only a way to ensure quality. The work of software testing engineers will not directly improve the quality of software, because the vast majority of software errors need to be repaired by programmers. Software testing can only prove that the software has errors. It cannot guarantee that the software has no errors, and it is impossible to identify all software errors. The personal abilities and impact on quality are very small. The improvement of software quality depends on the joint efforts of all members of the software project team.

• Assume the right to release the software
Do not try to propose a plan to change the software release because there are no fixed errors in the software. Do not consider that the test plan has been completed and you can decide to release the software. Because changing the software release plan may lead to loss of opportunities to enter the market and many customers, the resulting economic and company market losses will not be borne by test engineers. In addition, if a user discovers a new software error after the software is released, the company leader or project manager may add the fault to the software tester because they agree to release the software. Generally, the right to release software is determined by the collective discussion of product managers, project managers, test managers, and marketing managers.

• Assume the role of a process improvement Member
Software testing engineers must report errors and sometimes analyze the types, features, and causes of errors. However, do not take the initiative to propose specific improvement measures to improve the software process, or interfere directly with the way programmers work, so as not to make effort and affect the pleasant cooperation in the future. The method for improving software processes is the work of the Software Quality Control Department.