Mobile Testing – the relation between tests, business goals & design considerations

Mobile Testing - the relation between tests, business goals & design considerations

Derk-Jan de GroodEuroSTAR Webinar - February 2014

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What will I show you?

1. What to test …

2 How Mobile testing is embeded in DLC

3 What we Testers can contribute

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Relation between

business goals,

design

considerations and

tests…

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Mobile Testing

History of this presentation

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A Primer in Testing Mobile Apps

By Julian Harty

Expected Summer

2014

What to test …..?

Functional Testing

= Functional

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History of this presentation

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Inputs

Keyboard

SwipesGyroscope

Rotation

GPSBluetooth

Interupts

• Call

• Message

• Alarm

• Network loss

• Power low

• Connections, like SD/SIM

card, AC adapter, USB,

headphones, gadgets,

etc

Just some things to think about…

Interoperabilty & portability

Various OS (versions)

Various Devices

Various Web browsers

Integration

App-2-App

Back-Office

Resource usage

Power

Memory

Storage

Support site

B.O. server

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Circle

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Why Build an App?

App Type Considerations

Web Hybrid

Native

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GRANULARITY

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Goal Device Type

Design

1 2 Next …

Next: An Incomplete List Containing Some Design ConsiderationsThat I Thought Were An Eye-opener

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Attracting people to use the app

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Attracting people to use the app

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App type considerations

Mobile strategy

• Selling apps

• Services

• Customer intimicy

• DIY

• Native• Hybrid• Web

OperationsGeneric functionality, but who will create the offers, surprises?

Other things…

Security • How is data stored• How is data send to host• What data might unintentionally be logged

In app payments• App store• Payment provider• Carrier billing

Resource usage• Cashing and pre-fetching

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IF WE TAKE THE EFFORT TO DESIGN AND BUILD A SPECIAL CASHING MECHANISM IN ORDER TO REDUCE AIR TRAFIC. SHOULD WE NOT TEST IT?

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What to test?

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And what that means for us

How apps are build

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Agile

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Decentral 1st time

Operations

• Back Office support• OS updates• Google analytics• New features• Campaigns

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Circle

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TechniqueUnderstanding

the context

Understanding Mobile

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Make a Difference

Thanks for listening

Derk-Jan

ValoriColtbaan 4a3439 NG NIEUWEGEINThe Netherlands

derkjandegrood@valori.nl+31(0)651807878www.valori.nl

Derk-Jan

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