Profession software tester

Software testers perform software tests. They may also plan and design them. They may also debug and repair software although this mainly corresponds to designers and developers. They ensure that applications function properly before delivering them to internal and external clients.

Personality Type

• Investigative / Conventional

Knowledge

• Software metrics

  The metrics that measure a characteristic of the software system in order to determine the development of the software and evaluate it.

• Levels of software testing

  The levels of testing in the software development process, such as unit testing, integration testing, system testing and acceptance testing.

• Software anomalies

  The deviations of what is standard and exceptional events during software system performance, identification of incidents that can alter the flow and the process of system execution.

• Software architecture models

  The set of structures and models needed to understand or describe the software system, including the software elements, the relations between them and the properties of both elements and relations.

Skills

• Provide software testing documentation

  Describe software testing procedures to the technical team and the analysis of test outcomes to users and clients in order to inform them about the state and efficiency of software.

• Address problems critically

  Identify the strengths and weaknesses of various abstract, rational concepts, such as issues, opinions, and approaches related to a specific problematic situation in order to formulate solutions and alternative methods of tackling the situation.

• Execute software tests

  Perform tests to ensure that a software product will perform flawlessly under the specified customer requirements, using specialised software tools. Apply software testing techniques and tools in order to identify software defects (bugs) and malfunctions.

• Perform software unit testing

  Test single units of source code to determine whether or not they are suitable for use by creating short code fragments.

• Replicate customer software issues

  Use specialised tools to replicate and analyse the conditions that caused the set of software states or outputs reported by the customer in order to provide adequate solutions.

• Report test findings

  Report test results with a focus on findings and recommendations, differentiating results by levels of severity. Include relevant information from the test plan and outline the test methodologies, using metrics, tables, and visual methods to clarify where needed.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB