Sdd Test Data Activity

12SDD Testing and Evaluating Software Solutions

ACTIVITY Consider the following: “A pest control company called “Erad-A-Pest” has some 50 trucks completing domestic pest control services. The company has employed a software development company to develop and implement an automated booking, scheduling and invoicing system. Each pest controller is notified of jobs via text messages sent over the Internet to the mobile phone digital network.” The software has just undergone alpha and beta testing. The following table lists a number of the problems discovered during the testing process. Problem

Source

Description

Severity

Duplicate orders

Orders module

If a client sends an order twice, this

High

processed Address validation

Scheduling

not detected by the system. Client addresses are validated

Low

slow

module

against their phone numbers. This

Discounts calculated

Invoicing

takes between 2 and 3 seconds. Discounts are deducted after GST

Extreme

incorrectly Inconsistent

module Scheduling

has been calculated Acknowledgement is not received for

High

acknowledgement of

module

approximately 5% of text messages

receipt of text

sent to pest controllers.

messages System does not

All modules

Loss of connection to ISP requires

Low

reconnect to ISP Completion of job

Procedural

restarting the software. Rest controllers do not submit 7% of

Medium

notifications

job completion notifications.

inconsistent

Questions 1.

Select TWO errors and suggest a strategy for rectifying the problem.

2.

Reports are required to be written to communicate the testing results with both the client and the development team. Outline which problems, will be included in each of the reports.