Struggling with Test Data Management Solutions

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Struggling with Test Data Management
Solutions? Know What’s Keeping You
Behind
Both the test data management and the tes ng process followed makes a challenging situa on
for every tester in the organisa on. We all seem to have accepted fate and are struggling with
the test data to date. How is it fair in the age of technology and automa on?
Agile methodology has become a prac ce which naturally comes to every tester, making the
approach to be er test data inevitable. With the automa on tools and the tes ng experts, it
sounds like a task at the snap of a finger.
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So, why the testers are facing end-to-end tes ng issues..? To answer your ques ons and clear
the concerns Enov8 brings in various approaches to test data handling.
The classifica on of its pros and cons will draw the picture of the best TDM approach. By the
end of the ar cle, you might be able to choose or create an approach for the personal needs of
your organisa on.
Each TDM Approach makes a Difference
The world of IT test environment management shelters plenty of test data management tools
used by a variety of organisa ons. People are taught to implement all the approaches by trial
and error method which clearly is the state of crea ng a blunder.
Why? Just like you can’t use a spoon and fork for all food items, on data management approach
does not suffice the same needs. So all you are doing is was ng the resources of the
organisa on along with the me of tes ng teams.
Now is the me to plunge into the classifica on of the test data approach, to prove everything
we men oned.
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A Clone of the previous Test Data
The new so ware tes ng is conducted by extrac ng data resources from the previous so ware,
which is cloning of test data. The testers have claimed that such an approach to the test data,
sets apart the previous mistakes.
Ul mately, the new so ware is free from past errors. The method also proclaims to give
efficient and easy access to test data.
But how viable does this sound when that two so ware does not resemble with each other on
any terms? The cloning process might have to step back in such a situa on.
And even if you have a resembling so ware, the process is s ll executed manually. Unless you
have to a large number of resources, this method can be taken into account once in a long
while.
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The story ends with the risk of data being exposed. So, it’s recommended only if you no vital
data to lose or have high bars for data security.
Mapping the Behaviour of Users
A stage where the organisa on extracts the data by observing the behaviour of the so ware
users. Under this method, the test drivers will get data only for the required so ware, claiming
to be one of the simplest ways to map test cases.
However, the major fallback begins with manual handling. No ma er how skilled is a tes ng
team, with all the pressure of work, humans are prone to make some major to minor errors.
So if you are a large organisa on with daily produc on of so ware can use the approach once
or twice in a while.
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Easy Automation for the Complex tests
The automa on tools are a great way to deal with the complex structure of different so ware.
The tools are designed in a manner that both the above processes are handled effec vely.
So whether you are required to clone the test data or extract the same by observing the
behaviour, the automa on tool does it all.
Howbeit, no approach comes without a small needle of drawback. In automa on, the only thing
that takes away the key me is genera ng tests. The absence of a processed test can even fail
the output of an automated tool.
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Squashing the approaches into One
We hope that the explana on of each method was able to jus fy the virtue and drawback of
each of them. No one method has ever proved to gain maximum benefit of end-to-end tes ng.
The approach changes with the changing requirements. In the end, it is the calibre of the test
team that yields maximum benefit from the test data management.
Contact Us
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Contact Person: Ashley Hosking
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