What is Error Guessing Testing Technique?

• • • Experience of the  tester is utilised to guess the problematic areas of the application. 
    • This technique necessarily requires skilled and experienced testers.
    • It is a type of Black-Box Testing technique and can be viewed as an unstructured approach to Software Testing.
    • This technique can be used at any level of testing.
    •  It  is the process of making an educated guess as to other types of areas to be tested. 
    • main purpose is to concentrate the testing action on regions that have not been taken care of by the other more formal methods.

Some common areas of error guessing:

• • • Divide by zero
    • Null pointer exception
    • Entering blank spaces in the text fields
    • Pressing the submit button without entering values.
    • Uploading files exceeding maximum limits.
    • Invalid parameters
    • Refresh buttons

Benefits/Advantages of Error Guessing technique:

• • • Effective when used in combination with other formal testing techniques.
    • Reveals those defects which would otherwise not be possible to find out, through formal testing. 
    • Saves a lot of time and effort.
    • Helps in errorguessing of complex and problematic areas of the application.

Drawbacks of ErrorGuessing technique:

• • • Dependent on testers experience and skills
    • Does not guarantee that the software has reached the expected quality.
    • Does not provide full coverage of the application

Recommended Articles:

• • Exploratory Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • Integration Testing
  • Unit Testing