Industry standard software testing refers to the widely accepted and recognized practices, methodologies, and techniques used in the software testing process, ensuring quality, reliability, and adherence to industry best practices, standards, and regulations, ultimately delivering robust and bug-free software products.

Requirement review in software testing is a process of thoroughly examining and evaluating software requirements to ensure clarity, completeness, consistency, and testability, aiming to identify and address potential issues, ambiguities, or gaps early in the software development lifecycle, thereby minimizing rework and improving the overall quality of the end product.

A test strategy is a high-level plan that outlines the approach, objectives, scope, and resources for software testing. It defines the testing methodologies, techniques, and tools to be used, and provides guidance on how testing activities will be conducted to ensure effective and efficient testing of the software application.

Test management involves planning, organizing, and controlling the activities and resources related to software testing. It encompasses tasks such as test planning, test case creation, test execution, defect tracking, and reporting, ensuring that the testing process is well-structured, coordinated, and aligned with project objectives, timelines, and quality standards.

Alpha testing is performed by a limited group of users or internal testers to evaluate the software for defects, usability, and overall functionality before its release for end customers or user group, typically in a controlled environment. Beta testing involves releasing the software to a larger audience or external users (typically by end customer/users) to gather feedback, identify issues, and assess the software’s performance, compatibility, and user satisfaction, often in a real-world environment.

Sanity testing is a narrow and focused set of tests executed on a modified or fixed part of the software to ensure that the recent changes have not introduced any major issues or regressions, validating the basic functionality and stability of the software. Smoke testing, on the other hand, is a quick and superficial set of tests performed on the entire system to verify that the critical functionalities are working as expected and the build is stable enough to proceed with further testing, providing a “smoke” test to identify showstopper issues early on.

A peer review is a collaborative evaluation process where colleagues or team members examine and provide feedback on each other’s work, such as code, documents, or designs, to ensure quality, correctness, and adherence to standards, promoting knowledge sharing, learning, and continuous improvement within the team or organization.

Defect seepage refers to the situation where defects or issues that were not identified during testing or quality control processes manage to reach production or end-users, impacting the software’s functionality, performance, or user experience, highlighting potential gaps or weaknesses in the testing and quality assurance practices.

Load testing involves subjecting a system to realistic workload scenarios to assess its performance, response times, and scalability under normal or expected usage conditions, ensuring that it can handle the anticipated user load effectively. Stress testing, on the other hand, involves pushing a system beyond its normal capacity limits, typically by increasing the workload or resources, to evaluate its behavior, stability, and robustness under extreme conditions, helping identify the breaking points and potential failure modes of the system.

Non-functional software testing focuses on evaluating the characteristics of a software system that are not directly related to its specific functionality. It involves testing aspects such as performance, security, usability, reliability, compatibility, and scalability, ensuring that the software meets the desired non-functional requirements and delivers a satisfactory user experience.

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