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Answer by ramkis
Submitted on 4/16/2004
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Normally many a times some test cases are skipped or omitted due to the following: > Ambiguity - Requirements with potential multiple meanings. > Completeness - Items left to be specified. > Understandability - The readability of the document. > Volatility - The rate and time within the life cycle changes are made to the requirements. > Traceability - The traceability of the requirements upward to higher level documents and downward to code and tests. Thus Normal Test Related Metrics are: > Quantity of tests Prepared / Performed > Quantity of Defects found > Type of Defects found > Time taken - To Plan, Develop and Time taken - To Plan, Develop and Execute tests > Cost of defect management; bug Cost of defect management; bug Reporting, fixing and re-testing reporting, fixing and re- testing > THE COST OF TESTING - THE COST OF TESTING - OR NOT TESTING OR NO Testing at all. Thus the Test team activity metrics are for: how long to: > Plan stage or phase of testing > Write the Test systems Design > Prepare Test environment and develop utilities. > Prepare test scenarios, scripts, data and expected results > Write automated test scripts > Execute tests for each significant stage of testing. > Raise Defect reports and manage issues > Retest fixed defects. Thanks.

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Question by asic
Submitted on 9/3/2003
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What is mean by Test Metrics?

Answer by Prem
Submitted on 11/12/2003
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Test metrics accomplish in analyzing the current level of maturity in testing and give a projection on how to go about testing activities by allowing us to set goals and predict future trends.

Answer by monica
Submitted on 11/19/2003
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test metrics should cover basically 3 things: 1. test coverage 2. time for one test cycle 3. convergence of testing

Answer by Mohana Janam
Submitted on 2/23/2004
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The objective of Test Metrics is to capture the planned and actual quantities the effort, time and resources required to complete all the phases of Testing of the SW Project.

Answer by SIDHU
Submitted on 3/3/2004
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NUMBER OF TEST CASES EXECUTED NUMBER OF BUGS DETECTED NUMBER OF BUGS FIXED NUMBER OF PRIORITY BUGS FIXED ETC.,

Answer by Sreeni
Submitted on 3/4/2004
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Test Metrics is a mechanism to know the effectiveness of the testing that can be measured quantitatively. It is a feedback mechanism to improve the Testing Process that is followed currently.

Answer by sachin
Submitted on 3/25/2004
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Testing metric is used to track actual testing progress against plan and therefore to be able to be proactive upon early indications that testing activity is falling behind

Answer by Hay
Submitted on 4/19/2004
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Indicators that show the quality of the software under test and the effectiveness of the testing activities.

Answer by Fin
Submitted on 4/21/2004
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A Test Metric is a standard means of measuring some attribute of the software testing process. They are a means of establishing test progress against the test schedule and may be an indicator of expected future results. Metrics are produced in two forms � Base Metrics and Derived Metrics. Example of Base Metrics: # Test Cases # New Test Cases # Test Cases Executed # Test Cases Unexecuted # Test Cases Re-executed # Passes # Fails # Test Cases Under Investigation # Test Cases Blocked # 1st Run Fails Test Case Execution Time # Testers Example of Derived Metrics: % Test Cases Complete % Test Cases Passed % Test Cases Failed % Test Cases Blocked % Test Defects Corrected

Answer by Emerson Rios
Submitted on 5/1/2004
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A test metric is a way to measure the size of a project of testing to aid you to estimate the quantity of effort you will need to execute a work of testing.

Answer by Naveen
Submitted on 5/10/2004
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A Test metric is just like any other tool used to measure the qulity of software product to serve best to the customer

Answer by Nitin
Submitted on 6/8/2004
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Test metrics is a process for analyzing the current level of maturity while testing and predict future trends, finally meant for enhancing the testing activities which were missed in current testing will be added in next build to improve or enhance the Testing Process. e.g. Adding a testcase which a tester found was missed during current testing, when a next build comes for regression the missed testcase will be added first thus enhancing the testcase document.

Answer by alanker
Submitted on 6/13/2004
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Test metrics can give us the info about the software quality,and help the PM to make decision. Of course, the process of test metrics is similar to the normal metrics process

Answer by sunil konda
Submitted on 7/7/2004
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Metrics are the numerical data which will help us to measure the test effectiveness.

Answer by Pratap
Submitted on 9/14/2004
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Test Metrics is to check Caliber of system. With well defined and standard measurement.

Answer by jyothym
Submitted on 9/28/2004
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A set of checkpoints which can measure the whole process of testing. Example. Percentage of scenario coverage wrt functionality Velocity of tester in AT writing/ exec/ automation within an iteration. Number of bugs found during system testing. Number of checkouts after code freeze Number of regression bugs. Time span for which a known bug remains open.

Answer by thana
Submitted on 11/2/2006
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Testing Metrics is the measuring of some attributes depends on project. 1.requirement, 2.design doc..etc This will elevate company's cost estimation and Standard (CMM). As per tester performance is based on basic things of 1.test cases 2.no bugs 3.time consumption 4.review comments against plan.

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Answer by sangi
Submitted on 3/4/2005
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Metrics is something that can be measured. Testing metrics is measuring the quality of software. some of them r project metrics, process metrics,defect metrics

Answer by Arun
Submitted on 2/19/2006
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Test metrics is a mechanism to measure the quality of the software.it is a tangible entity which can be measured and hence the quality of the software can be calculated.

Answer by Harish KUmar Nalumas
Submitted on 5/11/2006
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Test Metrics is a process of measuring the Software Testing Process with respect to the Actual Test Plan in the organizations. Based on the feedback, the organizations will improve the testing process that they are following.

Answer by chinna
Submitted on 6/22/2006
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Test metrics is a process for analyzing the current level of maturity while testing and predict future trends, finally meant for enhancing the testing activities which were missed in current testing will be added in next build to improve or enhance the Testing Process. e.g. Adding a testcase which a tester found was missed during current testing, when a next build comes for regression the missed testcase will be added first thus enhancing the testcase document.

Answer by manikandan
Submitted on 7/13/2006
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These metrics can track the "real status", quality, and productivity of the testing effort, as well as provide an indication of future problems.

Answer by Hari.Chepuri
Submitted on 10/10/2006
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Metrics are the measurements or numerical data which helps Effective management of Software Projects.The main characters of Measuremets are 1. planning 2.organizing 3.controlling 4.improving

Answer by Pradeep
Submitted on 12/13/2006
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Its a measure of the actual effort over the expected effort, in a software project.

Answer by sneha
Submitted on 1/16/2007
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Test metrics provide the aaccurate measurement of test coverage and it should consist total test, test run, test passed, test failed, test deferred and test passed the first time.

Answer by Babagowda
Submitted on 2/26/2007
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Software Metrics provide info on measuring quality of reliable software.

Answer by saravana
Submitted on 4/9/2007
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Metrics are the numerical data which will help us to measure the test effectiveness. A test metric is a way to measure the size of a project of testing to aid you to estimate the quantity of effort you will need to execute a work of testing. Indicators that show the quality of the software under test and the effectiveness of the testing activities.

Answer by jan
Submitted on 5/8/2007
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Test metrics should cover basically 3 things: 1. test coverage 2. time for one test cycle 3. convergence of testing