10 Challenges in Manual and Automation Testing

Hadia Nassim
Sep 7, 2018 · 3 min read

Software quality assurance is one of the tiring job in the field of information technology. Testers have a lot of responsibility on their shoulders. They are the connecting bridge between the developers and the buyers. So in case of any defect, testers have to give every single justification to the clients. Meanwhile they have to face some other challenges. Manual and automation is an essential and tough challenges that testers often face. Below is the list of those challenges and the solutions to overcome them.

1) Understanding the Requirements

It is the duty of the client to complete the documentation .When these documents are handed to the testers, it is his responsibility to understand everything. If he finds any difficulty then he should discuss it with the client.

2) Test Execution before Deadline

You should complete the testing process during the given deadline. Software quality assurance is an important aspect of the software development. It includes some other important steps such as logging of defects and regression of testing. So testing should be done very carefully.

3) Think From Users Perspective

This is the most critical part of software quality assurance. Tester has to make sure that he tests the application to keep in mind that the application is going to be used by different types of peoples. So you have to consider that in which areas of the application testing is solely required.

4) Finding Bugs

Another challenging part of software quality assurance process is to find the difficult bugs. You can find those bugs with ease which have been already mentioned in the requirement report but what about those which haven’t been mentioned? If you successfully find those unidentified bugs then you are a true winner.

5) Think Out of Box

Thinking out of box in a work like software quality assurance seems to be daunting tasks. But it has long term benefits. Try to come up with new ways of detecting errors, defects and bugs in the software. It will help you to build new strategies of detection and deriving the best possible solution to solve defects.

6) Environment Setup

Environment is an important factor in the field of software quality assurance. Environmental conditions include testing tools or prerequisites .Tester should keep these factors in mind while performing any test.

7) Required Skill Set

Programing knowledge and awareness is the key element of software quality assurance processes. If you will not have a proper command over programing then you will not be able to produce qualitative work. It certainly will cost you a big deal.

8) Writing Auto Test

You should learn the art and skill of writing auto tests. In such short amount of time, testers often find it difficult to write and execute number of tests. You have to be fully prepared and efficient in this regard. If you get succeed then you will be able to produce a good quality work.

9) Coping up with New Requirements

During testing process, requirements often get changed between the project developments. So it get difficult to manage or cope up with such challenges. So in given deadline developer has to make sure that he work on amending changes or new requirements in between the project. Testers should prepare themselves fully in such cases and make sure that they carry out any given task on time.

10) Fully Automation

You should always go for maximum number of automation testing. You should think out of box in this regard and should come up with very effective strategy that how to carry maximum number of automation testing.