Quality Tester – “The goal of a tester is not to find bugs, it’s to validate that the
software meets the requirements” – Rex Black.
Starting this blog with this quote of Rex Black. To gain more
knowledge about the topic lets get into the blog!
To know the important skills of a tester first let us know who are
quality testers? And what do they actually do?
Quality tester plays a vital role in ensuring that new or existing
software works correctly and is bug-free before it goes live. The
major goal of a quality tester is to provide customers with high
quality, perfectly-functioning software and web applications to satisfy
their needs. The first and foremost important skill of a tester is to have an
ANALYTICAL AND LOGICAL MINDSET :-
It is important to have an analytical mindset when it comes to
Software Testing. The ability to analyze complex systems and test
results is essential in Software Testing, as Testers are often tasked
with identifying bugs, seeking out security threats, and developing
effective countermeasures.In order to achieve this, you must be
highly analytical and adopt a logical approach to problem-solving.
Start giving attention to details:-
Look beyond the obvious, ask questions, and scrutinize everything,
because even the smallest issue can have catastrophic consequences
or lead to a defective product. Even the most inconspicuous bugs can
be spotted by a good Software Tester with an eye for detail.
Thinking out of the box:-
It may be a technical position, but software testing requires creativity
as well! In order to identify what will break a software, a software
tester must need to think outside the box. Testers who are creative are
more likely to find bugs and produce products of higher quality. The
tester should be able to think from the end users perspective and think
processes logically which will help the project to be more functional
that fulfils and meets the customers standards.
Adapting to new situations:-
Adapting yourself to face extraordinary challenges that comes on your
way such as dealing with new software updates and features will help
you to provide a quality product.
To understand the testing tools:-
It’s very important for a quality tester to know about all the
possible testing tools even if u don’t know how to use each tool it
is necessary for you to gain knowledge about which tool can be
used to improve the testing efficiency and efficacy.
Reporting a problem:-
Reporting is an important part of your role as a software tester and
you will need to create many different types of reports. Reporting
requires a high level of accuracy, precision and a keen eye for
detail. For example, an error report should include all details such
as errors found, steps taken to fix them, and expected results.
Reviews are essential to ensure product quality through effective
and timely feedback. Stakeholders use test reports to decide
whether to release the software, make improvements, or perform
further testing. So it’s important to do this right.
Here are some of the most important skills that a quality tester
should have! Hope this will be helpful.
