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Grace Murray Hopper, a leading computer\nscientist, taped the moth into the workbook, referring to it as a\n“bug” to describe the cause of the problem, and the term “bug”<\/strong> was born to refer to an\nerror or failure in the software or system which triggers an unexpected result.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n This story is in part the origin of a new area\nof IT that over time has taken on more weight and has evolved into what is\ntoday known as “software\ntesting”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If an application were launched without being\ntested, it could register a malfunction, with the resulting negative impact on\nusers and the loss of money, time and image for the company that developed it.\nFor this reason, the need for testing to ensure the quality of systems and\nsoftware is becoming increasingly important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Testers<\/strong> are the professionals responsible for ensuring\nthe quality of the software, making sure that everything works properly as\ndefined and that the defects do not affect the user. Nowadays, software\ndevelopment is not conceived without testing, since this will be the main\ninstrument for ensuring the quality of the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If an online sales application does\nnot work properly, you will lose visits, sales, business and, of course, you\nwill not capture customers.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Human error in the development causes a defect\nin the software that, if executed, will lead to a failure in the system. But\nfailures in systems can also sometimes be generated by external agents or\nenvironmental conditions (for example, the moth that prevented the relay\ncontact).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through testing, the Tester locates and\nidentifies failures caused by defects. The action of identifying the cause of\nthe defect is called “Debugging<\/strong>”\nand, in general, it is the developer who is responsible for this task and\ncorrecting the defect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having clarified these small technicalities,\nwhat qualities and skills must a person who performs testing have? From our\npoint of view, the main and most important should be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Curiosity:<\/strong> A good tester must have broad knowledge of what he is going to test, but he must also be curious and be able to determine in each situation what the problem is, for example, whether he should execute one button or another, click in a certain place, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Good observation skills:<\/strong> A good tester tends to analyse details that others do not see and will give importance to things that others will not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Lateral thinking or creative reasoning: <\/strong>This amounts to solving problems by looking for alternative ways and, sometimes, in an imaginative or creative way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Good communication skills:<\/strong> Since the ultimate aim of the tester is to report and make known the defects found, i.e. “incidents”, good oral and written communication skills are essential in order to be able to convey specific and valuable ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Empathy or “social charm”:<\/strong> When it comes to reporting, tactfulness is fundamental. If a tester works side by side with the development team, he has to make it very clear that he is in the same boat as them, and that both parties have the same objective, i.e. the quality of the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are different roles and profiles involved\nin the testing process. The presence of these types of roles will depend on the\nproject and the organisation, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) QA Manager<\/strong>: responsible for controlling and managing the tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) QA Analyst<\/strong>: with a profile similar to an analyst and who is usually in charge of designing the tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) Tester<\/strong>: a person in charge of executing test cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) Professionals with more technical profiles,<\/strong> in charge of automating tests or performance tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we have seen, Testing profiles are key for organisations, preventing and solving software errors that can have significant consequences for both users and companies if they are not detected. To feed your curiosity (one of your essential qualities), here is a list of the most relevant software errors<\/a><\/strong> that have been recorded in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manager, analyst, developer, etc., the tester\nis not the “enemy” that evaluates your work, but rather the ally that strives to achieve a common\nobjective: the quality of the software. <\/strong>Therefore, to all the professionals\ninvolved in the software quality and testing processes … congratulations on\nthe work you do every day!<\/strong><\/p>\n 9 September is International Software Tester Day, which commemorates the discovery of the first official computer defect. The origins of the most famous incident date back to 1947, when the team in charge of working on Harvard University’s Mark II supercomputer shared the first report of an error, caused by nothing less than what is<\/p>\nWhat is the mission of the Tester?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Roles and profiles within Testing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n