Characteristics of a great tester

Characteristics of Great software testers

Testers are the backbone of any IT industry or any other sector.As the tester, you are the most important and responsible position of the company.Testers are the person who takes the final responsibility to delivered the bug-free product to the client.You are the person without your project cannot be successful.  Ultimately you are the person who takes care of client need.if you are in that position it is your responsibility to full fill the requirement needed for that position.You should always need to update your knowledge with the change in technologies.

As a tester, you should always work hard to become better and better.

These are the characteristics which make good tester to a great tester:

1.Be skeptical:

Being a tester you should not believe anyone except your managers.You should always be curious to find the defect in the software and this thing should be followed to the last phase of the testing cycle.

2.Don’t compromise on quality:

In any stage of testing, quality of the product should not be compromised.There is no limit for the testing until a good quality product is produced.Quality of the product means to achieve the effectiveness of the product.

3.Ensure end-user satisfaction:

As a tester, end client satisfaction should be your first priority.A tester should always think client point of view. A client can be happy if the delivered product is easy to understand and use.So tester should perform the testing as considering “how the normal user will use the application”.

4.Think from the user perspective:

Thinking from user side is very much important.As ultimately the product developed will use by the user.A tester should always think client point of view first.

5.Prioritize tests:

Firstly, categorize the test on the bases of its priorities.The functionality which is very important or which are the basic need of the application should be tested first and after this low priority, test will be done.

6.Never promise 100% coverage:

Saying 100% test coverage will provide is very much easy on white paper but to implement it is very much difficult task.100% coverage is impossible.To make such promises to the client is making your client fool and when the client is not getting 100% coverage in his/her product the client will be unhappy.This will be very bad for good business.

7.Be open to suggestions:

Listen to everyone is good but ultimately you have to implement the things accordingly.There is always scope for the best so taking suggestion is good practice.

8.Start early:

Once you get the requirement of the product, you should start the testing from that time.As early you start the testing the number of bugs arises in future will be reduced.

9.Market research:

Don’t think as you only have to validate your product against the requirement gathered you should compare your product to the market as well.

10.Finally a good observer:

A tester should always have to keep track the functionality added in your project.You should always update yourself.