Peer test charter 1-by pdm
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1. TESTER Marko Heimonen 6 1 TASK BREAKDOWN DURATION hours 2 00 TEST DESIGN AND EXECUTION percent 60 BUG INVESTIGATION AND REPORTING percent 30 SESSION SETUP percent 10 CHARTER VS OPPORTUNITY percent percent 20 80 6 2 DATA FILES None 6 3 TEST NOTES First a systematic review was conducted using both Inspec and Google searches No user manual was needed at all After this testing was focused on the user interface in general I tried to test every component of the UI and find problems on most obvious parts Testing was done on Windows XP using JRE 1 4 2 06 6 4 BUGS Description of all found bugs Bug ID Description 125 CTRL N and CTRL O key shortcuts do not work on protocol tab 126 It s possible to enter characters into Show results field 6 5 ISSUES The following list contains observations and issues that came up during testing Most of them are only minor improvement ideas In general RevRatio seems to be fairly finished product e On Inspec search page Select databases does not look like a drop down list Search Inspec Select databases Search phrase Show results ho e On search options page both Inspec and Google Show results field seems to be designed to display three digit numbers However it s possible to enter arbitrary large numbers into this field e Search failed error message is a bit confusing Mayb2. TEST SESSION CHARTER CHARTER ID CH_UI_1 0 1 Description Analyze the user interface Consider things like intuitivity and ease of learning and use 2 What tested areas Thoroughly test all dialog functionality Heavily use windows buttons scrollbars key shortcuts and all other basic components of the user interface 3 Why goal The goal of this test session is to identify bugs or other visible problems in the user interface This also involves any UI design flaw that can be identified 4 How approach First use RevRatio as you would use any standard Windows application Try to manage without the user manual as far as possible Attempt conducting a systematic review in a manner you feel is most obvious Note any inconsistencies Then try being unconventional Jump from dialog to dialog open up several dialogs make searches click on every button you can find basically do anything you can think of 5 Focus what problems to look for In this test session pay special attention to the following e Are buttons panels and widgets placed logically e Do key shortcuts work as expected e Pointer vs keyboard use e Smooth operation performance e Are there bugs or other inconsistencies disappearing windows non functional buttons focus issues etc Also consider how well the user interface follows standard Microsoft Windows conventions 6 Exploration log SESSION START date and time 2005 03 01 16 10
3. e something like Your search returned no hits would be more informative e On Findings tab after selecting multiple findings using shift click or ctrl click it s possible to select right click properties right click comments and right click set status Right click status has effect on all selected findings but properties and comments have effect only on the first finding Maybe right click properties and right click comments options should be disabled when there is more than one selected finding e Web browser cannot be changed Preferred web server setting has no effect at all e Many programs use animated bars to indicate progress of database queries e It s possible to resize most of the dialogue boxes create new review create group etc Usually components like this have fixed size and cannot be resized
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