Non Functional or Technical testing
Submitted by Stevan Zivanovic on Mon, 11/10/2004 - 14:20.
general software testing | non-functional testing
Is there any scope for using the term Technical Testing any more? With the standardisation work that is going on by SIGIST at the moment, the word Technical Testing no longer appears. I think that this is valid since Technical testing can mean many things to many people, but does not cover the gamit of Non Functional test areas.
Non functional testing is as it's name states, i.e. testing all other areas of the final solution that are not directly related to the functionality. This includes areas like useability, reliability and performance.
In terms of software development, what does Technical actually mean? If it relates to the automation of scripts, then there is a lot of cross over between Functional and Performance testing, however this does not cover usability testing.
I would appreciate any feedback as to what Technical testing actually is and hence how it covers all the areas that are covered by the Non Functional testing label.
Non functional testing is as it's name states, i.e. testing all other areas of the final solution that are not directly related to the functionality. This includes areas like useability, reliability and performance.
In terms of software development, what does Technical actually mean? If it relates to the automation of scripts, then there is a lot of cross over between Functional and Performance testing, however this does not cover usability testing.
I would appreciate any feedback as to what Technical testing actually is and hence how it covers all the areas that are covered by the Non Functional testing label.