12SDD Testing and Evaluating Software Solutions

ACTIVITY

Consider the following:

“A pest control company called “Erad-A-Pest” has some 50 trucks completing

domestic pest control services. The company has employed a software
development company to develop and implement an automated booking,
scheduling and invoicing system. Each pest controller is notified of jobs via
text messages sent over the Internet to the mobile phone digital network.”

The software has just undergone alpha and beta testing. The following table
lists a number of the problems discovered during the testing process.

Problem Source Description Severity

Duplicate orders Orders module If a client sends an order twice, this High
processed not detected by the system.
Address validation Scheduling Client addresses are validated Low
slow module against their phone numbers. This
takes between 2 and 3 seconds.
Discounts calculated Invoicing Discounts are deducted after GST Extreme
incorrectly module has been calculated
Inconsistent Scheduling Acknowledgement is not received for High
acknowledgement of module approximately 5% of text messages
receipt of text sent to pest controllers.
messages
System does not All modules Loss of connection to ISP requires Low
reconnect to ISP restarting the software.
Completion of job Procedural Rest controllers do not submit 7% of Medium
notifications job completion notifications.
inconsistent

Questions

1. Select TWO errors and suggest a strategy for rectifying the problem.

2. Reports are required to be written to communicate the testing results

with both the client and the development team. Outline which
problems, will be included in each of the reports.