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What is the difference between Smoke Testing and Adhoc Testing and if you are doing Smoke Testing then why Adhoc Testing?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 9 Last Update: September 09, 2009     Asked by: Jeet 
  
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March 08, 2007 05:44:56   #1  
vamsi        

RE: What is the difference between Smoke Testing and A...
smoke testing is done on the initial build to check wether the build is working initialy ie of basic functionalities and then further testing processes r done
ad-hoc testing is done when there is less time or there is lac of documentation avilable
its having diff methodes like monkey buddy pair ect.

 
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March 20, 2007 13:07:04   #2  
divya        

RE: What is the difference between Smoke Testing and A...

basically the adhoc testing is done with past experianceo of test engineers and genarally it is doe due to lack of proper requirements where as the smoke testing is done to known whether the build obtained is stable or not to perform the testing.


 
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March 26, 2007 01:36:52   #3  
Jaideep singh        

RE: What is the difference between Smoke Testing and A...
Adhoc Testing is done without Test cases & Test planning.
 
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June 13, 2007 08:51:59   #4  
harini2223 Member Since: June 2007   Contribution: 2    

RE: What is the difference between Smoke Testing and A...
Intially smoke testing is done whether the build is ready for further testing or not.checks the functionality of the build.
Adhoc testing is done when lack of documentation and time.they are like buddy testing monkey testing all these are adhoc testing

 
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October 04, 2007 07:03:42   #5  
akbarali Member Since: October 2007   Contribution: 17    

RE: What is the difference between Smoke Testing and A...
Smoke testing - testing done to check the stability of the initial build when received from developers.

Adhoc testing - testing done on main functionalities due to lack of time.

 
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October 04, 2007 07:05:11   #6  
akbarali Member Since: October 2007   Contribution: 17    

RE: What is the difference between Smoke Testing and A...
Smoke testing is also known as Octangle testing or Tester acceptance testing or Build verification testing or Testability testing.
 
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April 21, 2008 00:14:33   #7  
mistrypt Member Since: July 2007   Contribution: 6    

RE: What is the difference between Smoke Testing and Adhoc Testing and if you are doing Smoke Testing then why Adhoc Testing?
Smoke testing is done by developer for to verify stability of build before handing over to tester to testing environment.

Adhock testing is a testing technique performed by tester/ test engg in case thay don't have sufficient time or recourse to perform full functional testing.In case of adhock testing tester is not having documentation for peroforming test but it is done based on high priority requirements of users based on risk analysis/ coverage.

prashant mistry

 
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August 11, 2009 02:52:38   #8  
preethi.gollamandala Member Since: September 2008   Contribution: 88    

RE: What is the difference between Smoke Testing and Adhoc Testing and if you are doing Smoke Testing then why Adhoc Testing?
Smoke testing is conducted by the developers where as Adhoc testing is conducted testers.

Smoke testing is conducted to verify whether all the modules are working fine are not.
Adhoc testing is like system testing but without any proper plan.

Developes conduct smoke testign before releasing the software build to teh testing team where as adhoc testing is conducted after receving the build from the developers

 
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September 09, 2009 01:43:41   #9  
mathan_vel Member Since: December 2007   Contribution: 422    

RE: What is the difference between Smoke Testing and Adhoc Testing and if you are doing Smoke Testing then why Adhoc Testing?
Smoke Testing which should reveal simple failures severe enough to reject a prospective software release.which is structured.The tester "touches" all areas of the application without getting too deep looking for answers to basic questions like "Can I launch the test item at all?" "Does it open to a window?" "Do the buttons on the window do things?".

Adhoc Testing: Adhoc Testing is a part of exploratory testing. it is not structured. unable to touch all the areas to test. Easy way to find bugs with out planning and documentation. unable to reproduce the bug with steps.

From the points itself u got why we do smoke testing not Adhoc....

 
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