Weekend Testing Session #26 Experience Report

Date: 20-02-2010

Timing: 3pm - 5 pm IST

Mission: To test the Application and Report the bugs/issues in it.

Application Tested: Buddi ver-3.2.2.10

Operating System: Windows XP with Java installed

Bug Reporting: www.Bugrepository.com Select WT26 from the Project folder

Coordinated By: Ajay Balamurugadas,Jaswinder Kaur Nagi

Participants: Ajay Balamurugadas, Arvind Jaiswal,Arun, Allmas Mullah, Jaswinder Kaur Nagi ,Shakthi Bhuvaneshwaran, qudsia.yousaf

Application briefing: Buddi is a personal finance and budgeting program, aimed at those who have little or no financial background.

Arun: had initiated the discussion session, since the application was new for him he had no idea how to start testing with ,but once he had hands on the functionality, there were no problems for him. According to him the application was quite unstable,he felt there were many issues generating graphs. Overall it was a good experience for him since it was the first time he was testing any application without any requirements & that too a Financial application. Weekend Testing would like to appreciate him for helping other participants to understand the application.

Arvind: Learned how to test an application where there is less time and no requirements given as such. It was quite challenging for him. He also learnt about any finance related software, how it can be as he had never worked till now. He also came to know about himself and how can to handle such a situation.

Allmas Mullah: According to her the application was very basic & there was not so much fun in testing it and the main thing was she didn’t find it intuitive enough When she tried to read the tutorial to get more info, she found that it was online but was expecting it to be a part of the application which made her realize that it was completely not a desktop/stand-alone application, so having no internet connection can lead to no access to its Tutorials. According to her if a 55 yr old lady who is not used to computers uses this application then the Tutorial can be a problem. If the application is used by a novice user then it scores low in being attractive enough for the novice user to use, he/she would rather use book and pen. Her overall experience testing under pressure can be fun if one knows how to maintain one’s calm

Shakthi Bhuvaneshwaran: Was initially quite apprehensive as he was unable to understand what exactly he was supposed to do, but when helped by Arun he could continue very nicely. Shakthi did Ad-hoc testing. Being a Financial application made it quite interesting for him to test, he tried to learn the application with out idea of functionality this made it more interesting for him. Overall it was very good experience and he enjoyed testing the financial application.


Ajay Balamurugadas: Ajay was the facilitator for the WT#26 but unfortunately there was a power cut at his end so he was unable to continue, But he was back after an hour and decided to test the application later after the discussion was over.

My Experience:

I downloaded the application to test but found that it needed Java Virtual Machine, so downloaded Java. But then Ajay called up saying that since there was Power cut at his end I will have to take up the session and do the coordination .I was a bit apprehensive and quite nervous but I took up the challenge. I was worried since Ajay has been coordinating since almost 25+ sessions, it can be possible that I will not be accepted by the participants.But things went well & Ajay was also helping me through the phone calls & then online, the session was completed successfully. Many thanks to Ajay & Weekend Testing for giving me this opportunity.

I would like to Reiterate the important Lesson what Allmas said:

“Testing under pressure can be fun if one knows how to maintain one’s calm”