The life of some software testers simply seems to
1. Open their machine, look at instructions open a tool and
2. Start executing test cases (which are either written by them or by someone else) repeatedly
I have seen many testers simply having a routine, and executing the same tests – especially the ones that cannot be automated (sometimes several). This is so demotivating!
A pragmatic appraisal of several things can lead to a solution.
Gamifying testing – make testing habit forming.
How? While we may not have tons of content for a machine learning algorithm we do have some test cases as a dataset. However each test case can be subjected to tons of tiny variations, a simple change in settings, to change in a tester’s/user’s behavior towards the app. Each and every change in setting/different behavior can be used to make a recommendation to the tester to be tried out. A good natural language algorithm should do the trick.
Rewards: Tester can be rewarded for various reasons ranging from attempting to execute a recommended test just as it happens in many engaging, habit forming apps. Giving them some points, rewards, badges, certificates etc.
The situation should be something like, the tester opening the gaming app – the application recommends a test case with some variation/technique.
Hope it becomes habit forming. Can we make one such app? Are you game?
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