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Testing and Testers

While many of your users will be your testers, remember that not all of your users want to be testers.

Tester should look for:

  • Boundary conditions (Maximum buffer lengths, data conversions, upper/lower boundary limits, etc.)

  • Inappropriate behavior

  • Graceful failure

  • Standards conformance

Good ideas to foster successful testing also include:

  • Set up automated testing

  • Make things simple for your testers

  • Be responsive

  • Thank your testers!