Time: 3 pm – 5 pm GMT (3-4 pm Testing & 4-5 pm Debriefing).
Mission:To test the below mentioned application and Find quality related valuable information about the product.
Application Name: Virtual Magnifying Glass 3.3.2
Reporting issues: www.BugRepository.com
Participants : Anna Baik , Ajay Balamurugadas ,Indra, Jaswinder Kaur Nagi, Jeroen Rosink, Krishnaveni K, Markus Gärtner , Nagashree Manjunath , Shiva Shankari , Zeger Van Hese
As usual the Mission and Debriefing session were awesome. We started our Testing by introducing ourselves.
I downloaded the application from the link provided by Markus Gartner. But for some reasons the installer did not start it was getting an error related to permissions. Strange enough it was my own Personal PC & I had all the rights, so no idea why that was happening. Markus helped me by sending application installer via Skype but still no success.
As a last resort I closed all the applications and restarted the machine but unfortunately it did not work. So ,on Markus’ tip-off I reported this as a bug, the only one by me yesterday, pretty weird for me .Surprisingly, I tried to install it again today and the installer was okay. I was able to install so no idea what happened yesterday.
Debriefing was awesome, in which we came to know that Zeger and Ajay tried to pair and test together using SFDPOT Oracle by dividing the work between them, they found some serious usability issues
Jeroen used a different approach altogether .If you are interested in knowing the approach used by Jeroen and other testers to test the application, please dive in to read the entire Transcript here (Transcript courtesy: Markus Gartner)
Lesson Learned:
"Test this" is not a mission you should accept, we need to ask questions, so that we do not fall in the Traps we create ourselves by assuming things.
Some wonderful quotes:
“So many traps we create for ourselves” - Ajay B
“We need to clear the traps quickly” - Ajay B
“Clearing traps is a skill. Recognizing traps is a bigger skill” - Ajay B.
“More often than clearing I see people working around traps” - Anna Baik
“Sometimes we get so used to working around traps, we assume they will always constrain us” –Markus Gartner.
“It's a success if you can say "testing is fun" afterwards”- Jeroen
“Minds are shaped when guided under pressure in a certain direction trying to maintain vision and control” - Jeroen
“I feel as if I am triggered to think, probably my subconscious would just do its work in the background about new things that I learnt from this session and how could I have done better “ - Nagashree Manjunath
Happy Reading
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