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What is the most important thing in a test case?

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Last Update: September 10, 2009 Asked by: abhik

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Submitted by: gowthamTester

The important thing is Test case id should be unique and test case description should be clear and it should describe whole process of the test case

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binugopikr

September 24, 2007 06:04:56

lasolas

RE: What is the most important thing in a test case?

1. A detailed and accurate description of the business or testing requirement(s)
2. A description that explains the reason for the test
3. A clear description of any pre-requisites or dependencies prior to running the test
4. Clear and accurate details of the individual test steps
5. Clear and accurate details of the expected results

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October 04, 2007 06:22:14

akbarali

Member Since: October 2007 Contribution: 17

RE: What is the most important thing in a test case?

Very hard to say the most important thing. But there are 2 important things.

1.Test Procedure.

Step No	Action	I/P required	Expected Op	Actual Op	Result Pass/Fail	Defect Id	Comments

2. Test setup: The necessary tasks to do before starting current test execution.

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June 06, 2008 01:39:26

gowthamTester

Member Since: June 2008 Contribution: 10

RE: What is the most important thing in a test case?

The important thing is Test case id should be unique and test case description should be clear and it should describe whole process of the test case

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February 26, 2009 01:05:49

srinivasulub1981

Member Since: December 2005 Contribution: 381

RE: What is the most important thing in a test case?

As for my knowledge a clean and neat 'Test case description' is the most important one in test case why because in description a tester can found max idea of what we are going to do in the application.

FOr ex: Desc: Verify that proper validation message will be shown for blank user id.

BY reading this description a tester can easily under stod he has to check the user id for validation

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February 26, 2009 23:17:32

gowthambaalaji

Member Since: February 2009 Contribution: 5

RE: What is the most important thing in a test case?

The purpose of writing a test case is to test the behaviour of the application the most important thing in a test case it must inculde both positive and negative test cases of the application.

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February 27, 2009 10:59:00

Shakkila

Member Since: October 2008 Contribution: 10

RE: What is the most important thing in a test case?

Nothing but the clear description of the action which is going to be carried out from the requirement and the expected result out of it . A test case id which makes the test case unique from other test cases.

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May 22, 2009 10:22:52

kspadma13

Member Since: May 2009 Contribution: 6

RE: What is the most important thing in a test case?

Objective of a test case : To match user requirement.

There are many things important in a test case-

Test case id : unique to identify a test case. Helps tester to add the test case id to the bug he /she posts for fixing which internally helps the developer to reproduce the scenario.

Test case description : Simple easy to understand statements that helps any individual to perform the steps.

Mapping to SRS: to help to know what requirement is tested.

Test case Expected result : What is required out of the testcase (check implementation works fine) This also should be in an easy to understandable statements.

Test case priority: Helps to identify whether this test case has to be tested or not when testing time is reduced.

Please correct me...

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August 11, 2009 02:33:52

preethi.gollamandala

Member Since: September 2008 Contribution: 88

RE: What is the most important thing in a test case?

Most important thing in a test case is : It should compare Actual result with expected result along with test result column...

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September 10, 2009 07:04:27

mathan_vel

Member Since: December 2007 Contribution: 422

RE: What is the most important thing in a test case?

* Test Case Id should be Unique
* Test Case Steps & Describtion should be clear
* Test Case should not be duplicated.

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