Compatibility Testing
About Compatibility Testing
Compatibility
is non-functional testing to ensure customer satisfaction. It is to
determine whether your software application or product is proficient
enough to run in different browsers, databases, hardware, operating
system, mobile devices, and networks.
Compatibility tests should always perform in the real environment instead of a virtual environment.
Why is Compatibility Testing important?
Compatibility
testing helps ensure complete customer satisfaction as it checks
whether the application performs or operates as expected for all the
intended users across multiple platforms. Compatibility testing is to
check the application working in the same way for all platforms.
Usually, the dev team and testing team test the application on a single platform.
But the once application is released in production, the customer may
test our product on a different platform and they may find bugs in the
application which is not worthy in terms of quality.
Who should take the Compatibility Testing Exam?
• Software testing or QA professionals
• Anyone who wants to assess their software testing skills
• Software testing or QA managers and senior executives
• Professionals working in outsourced companies responsible for software testing or QA
• Software testing or QA consultants
• Students
Compatibility Testing Certification Course Outline
1. Software Testing Basics
2. The Testing Process
3. Automated testing
4. Testing Artifacts
5. Compatibility Testing
Certificate in Compatibility Testing FAQs
What are the required skills for this exam?
1. Preparing documents
2. Basic knowledge of software testing
3. Analytical skills
4. Automation of tests
What are the learning outcomes of this exam?
• Ensuring customer satisfaction
• Software reliability
• Confidence in product
• Suggesting recommendations
Who should appear for this exam?
This exam is best suited for-
• IT professionals
• Software developers
• Web programmers
• Students and graduates
• Other interested candidates
What is compatibility testing?
A compatibility test is meant to ensure that a software application is working properly across different browsers, operating systems, databases, mobile devices, hardware and networks.
What do we study in Compatibility Testing?
• Introduction
• Significance of compatibility testing for mobile devices
• Understanding Statistics and target user groups
• Defining one’s target audience
• Looking for the prevalent platforms
• Spotting and extrapolation of trends
• Understanding real users and user proxies
• Carrier and Technology
• Understanding the parts of an app and website that are sensitive to platform-related factors
• Typical sensitivities and ways of testing
• Understanding Risk analysis
• Planning and execution of compatibility tests for an app or website