When does software-testing finish?

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Answer by RandomAngel
Submitted on 4/18/2004
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Depends on the software being tested, the purpose of the software, and the complexity of the software. The time of year can also affect the testing phase (software often has its testing time cut in November-December in order to have the software available for Christmas). On-line Games, for example, are very complex and difficult to make. Testing can sometimes take around a year. Simple word processors may take a week to test, however. It all depends on how many things can go wrong (the more complex, the more things to test). It's always possible that testing times will get cut short, as well. Furthermore, it's impossible to find every bug in the program no matter how much testing you do. In that sense, the testing phase never really ends.

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Question by Leanne
Submitted on 4/14/2004
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When does software-testing finish?

Answer by KrishnaKishore
Submitted on 5/18/2004
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Software Testing is finished 1) Test case certain percentage is passed. 2) code review and functionality meets certain specification 3) test budget is completed.

Answer by Manoj Bhalerao
Submitted on 6/27/2004
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Software testing finishes when the risk involved in releasing the product are thought to be correctly estimated. These estimates can be done based on quality factors and affordable risk values for each of them.

Answer by bg
Submitted on 1/13/2005
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It never ends. Testing takes place in continuous cycles.

Answer by Pradeep
Submitted on 1/18/2005
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Software Testing should be a continous process. That means it should not begin after the implimentation. Testing should start along with the coding itself. So this idea can make basic testing finish by the scheduled time. And other defects if any will always be very minor and may not cause any notified harm.

Answer by sangi
Submitted on 3/4/2005
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software testing is finished: When the budget is depleted when bug rate falls below a certain level When dead lines loom when beta period ends

Answer by k.suresh naidu
Submitted on 4/3/2006
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we can say testing is fnished if and only if 1)when the bug is free 2)code review and functionality meets certain specifications

Answer by heavens
Submitted on 3/16/2007
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