微软的软件测试流程

9ZC&p#FJ#q)e0　 　Involving testing field, all of us heard or touched lots of testing terms at Microsoft project more or less, such as : Black BoxTest, White Box Test, Unit Test, Structural Test, Load Test, Ad hoc Test, Usability Test…. and so on. But few people can differentiate these and classify these and apply these at a complete degree. I just summarized these terms from a good reference, and hope to share these to you. Now here we go:51Testing软件测试网&HhT#X/Bpe1R

D~4lN4g0　　1. Classify these by test design method:

.iKrf!KCB#[9@0　　a. Black Box (During the test design, viewing the system as a “black box” and don’t know anything about the internal structure or process flow), also called Behavioral Test Design51Testing软件测试网1ZSh/S7CO

#z7aKb4f&c5PpmR0　　b. Write Box (During the test design, the designer can “see” the internal structure and using these info to guide test case and test data)

c \0eA8f ]*n0　　c. Gray Box (Combined Black Box and Write Box test, in general using Black Box method to design test at first, then using Write Box method to perfect)

nlKR#p0　　2. Classify these by test purpose:

　　a. Functional Test (Includes Unit Test, Integration Test, Scenario Test, System Test, Alpha/Beta Test)51Testing软件测试网(EY9K(hVn4O6M3Q~x

Isn Gt&x6dh:mB9f0　 　b. Non-functional Test (Includes Stress/Load Test, Performance Test, Accessibility Test, Localization/Globalization Test, Compatibility Test, Configuration Test, Usability Test, Security Test)51Testing软件测试网O saw6A!Zv+W5G

|6R!p]#| iu0　　3. Classify these by test phase and role51Testing软件测试网/k#c{2Mt.l/y:P

　 　a）Smoke Test (The base verification test, cannot process the next step if the test is failed; sometimes choose the crucial test case to test the system)51Testing软件测试网5g Ay Q5l~

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F1uI1L"~l0　　c）Acceptance Test (The first test activity after the test team received the Self-test build, this is judged from test team; differentiate it with User Acceptance Test which is a test activity after system test and often done by customer or partner)

d5e W4x1Eu[0　 　d）Regression Test (To ensure that the build has not regressed in anyway as a result of changes to the build and/or environment, often running passed tests again to ensure that they still pass)

Thc;NE#aPF0　　e）Ad hoc Test (Also called Exploratory Test, a specific and undefined and short-lived activity, often used if the tester wants to try more scenarios with intuition, when the tester is testing the module according to test plan)

pe ],Xr#M%y0　　f）BugBash (Also called Bug hunt, all guys includes developers, tester, PM, other product members aim to find bugs using individual creativity and new test method, often only 1-3 days after each milestone)

　　 g）Buddy Test (Each developer find a tester as buddy and build a Private Build and tester test the build and report bug to dev directly, often done after Unit Test and BVT)51Testing软件测试网o+~QF:E4jkH6rd!a

　　4. Assign test activities through whole development cycle

　 　上面说的主要是微软的整个新的版本的一些流程，主要是V模型，但微软也有很多的项目是采用XP。自己也接触了很多微软的Tester，感触最大的是微软 的Tester的code能力，debug的能力，code review的能力都很强；而且我曾经问过微软总部的一个Tester什么是微软测试的最大创新，他说就是：测试就是开发，把测试和开发的界限打破，使测 试和开发非常接近，而且双方几乎可以互换角色。由于小弟刚来没有在淘宝参加过实际的项目经验，对淘宝的测试流程了解不够全面和客观，望师兄师姐多多指导。

　　以后小弟会share更多的关于微软的测试的一些细节（包括流程和手段），那样大家可能会理解的更加清楚和明白。计划下次share微软的bug管理流程。目前个人感觉与淘宝的有些差别。若知后事如何，请顶贴。