tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844510344016016899.post4815121525145581260..comments2024-03-29T22:16:29.895+13:00Comments on Katrina the Tester: How to create a visual test coverage modelKatrina Clokiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13817473142273516519noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844510344016016899.post-78967306085787515722016-07-06T22:23:28.912+12:002016-07-06T22:23:28.912+12:00Nice blog. This is really helpful to trigger the t...Nice blog. This is really helpful to trigger the thinking process towards creating better test cases and coverage.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09173848016983166739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844510344016016899.post-27154437232999869752015-10-18T17:45:14.654+13:002015-10-18T17:45:14.654+13:00Thanks Katrina for this great post. I have tried m...Thanks Katrina for this great post. I have tried many times to write my test cases using the mind-map but had struggled initially. Your approach is definitely going to help me and others for sure. Cheers. Prem Nepakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283952603573095633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844510344016016899.post-28847964363847344132014-09-16T09:25:30.235+12:002014-09-16T09:25:30.235+12:00Mike, thanks for your comment. I have used both Fr...Mike, thanks for your comment. I have used both FreeMind and xMind to create these models. There are a lot of options out there for free mind mapping software. Best of luck :)Katrina Clokiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817473142273516519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844510344016016899.post-27923843490855833432014-09-15T10:35:40.926+12:002014-09-15T10:35:40.926+12:00Hi Katrina,
This is useful, thanks.
What app di...Hi Katrina, <br /><br />This is useful, thanks.<br /><br />What app did you use to create the visual test coverage model?<br />I tired Visio, but it was more time consuming than I had hoped. Mike Wardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844510344016016899.post-89671014691017885242014-08-29T22:46:23.504+12:002014-08-29T22:46:23.504+12:00Katrina, thank you for this clear and concise expl...Katrina, thank you for this clear and concise explanation. I work like this too and find it's a really fast and effective way to capture test ideas (but I don't always get to explain it as nicely as you do).<br /><br />A few observations, that might add to what you have written:<br />- Your example is of course depicting a simple function, to ease the understanding of the principle. Most testers will start with these basic CRUD functions, and then add layers of 'submit', 'cancel', 'validation of field' etc. As the testing gets going, testers quickly learn all such functions that needs to be checked out, and this layer tends (in my experience) to wander from the mindmap into a checklist - which is good, as it helps to keep the overview in the mindmap, and checklists helps you avoid writing a lot of things several times.<br />- Also, over time, these functions tend to get more and more complex. Instead of '[entity]->add->submit/cancel', it becomes more like '[process]->variation'. That's a sign that the test team has been accumulating a lot of knowledge.<br />- To many people, this is not 'proper’, until it all has been transferred into detailed test cases. To me, the mind map /is/ very proper and professional indeed. We have splendid documentation of what we want to investigate (in a mindmap form which is easily communicated), and documentation of what happens during testing can be done in various ways.<br />- Some of the things you identify as test ideas are not readily possible, most often because noone knows how to do it. These can be marked with a coloured ring, symbol/icon or similar - so that we all know that it will be a stopping point until someone sits down and figure out how to accomplish it (in contrast when transferring ideas into testcases that information is often obscurred and hidden, as it is just 'work' that gets delayed or take longer than expected).<br />- In my experience creating such a mind map takes only a few minutes (I have done this for 8-9 user stories in one go in less than 30 minutes). At that point a lot of this testing is /ready to start/! Transferring to test cases is not adding value to these, just wasting time and delaying obtaining test results.<br />- During testing the mindmap can be extended. Even if using help from heuristics, fellow testers, architects/business analysts and programmers to create it, the feedback from the system itself often open your eyes to a whole new aspect (which further talks to not making writing test cases the next step after the mindmap, but rather go to testing).<br /><br />Thanks for a great post!Carsten Feilberghttp://carstenfeilberg.blogspot.dknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844510344016016899.post-24895818237308909902014-08-28T21:48:05.723+12:002014-08-28T21:48:05.723+12:00Loved it. Sharing on my company handle.Loved it. Sharing on my company handle.Subhenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02514828671447195694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844510344016016899.post-88117210474826492072014-08-28T19:33:46.261+12:002014-08-28T19:33:46.261+12:00Great post..Great post..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965358217811576628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844510344016016899.post-2208305344714541342014-08-28T17:43:36.336+12:002014-08-28T17:43:36.336+12:00Great post Katrina - nice to share the methods! Ch...Great post Katrina - nice to share the methods! Cheers SharonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16259544656111347682noreply@blogger.com