How do you come up with test scenarios?

Many people ask me how do I come up with test scenarios? How do I walk through the system from different perspectives and find different types of defects?

Some recommendations:

  • Exercise creativity.
  • Think about how to test systems in everyday life.
  • Apply the test operators.

 

Frequently asked questions

How do I come up with test scenarios?

By going through the system from different perspectives to find different paths. In the video I explain how.

Which techniques help me?

Role-based and perspective-based techniques, and exploratory testing.

Keep reading: Role-based and perspective-based techniques and Applying more than 40 test cases to a mouse. If you want to go deeper, I recommend the course Exploratory Testing to streamline your testing efforts..