Lab 4: Gray Box Testing

Date:	03/24/2005
Course:	SE300
Instructor:	Dr. Susan Gerhart
Author:	Paul Picazo

Plan
Record
- Time Allocation
- Test Process Defects
Results
- Test Data
- Bug Descriptions
Legacy

Plan

Strategy

My plan is to focus my testing efforts on areas which major bugs and common bugs will be likely. The balance between the two is an important factor in my testing. After analyzing the specifications, I will produce test cases to verify the applets produce the expected results. When an unexpected result is given, it will be recorded. To fully diagnose the bugs found, another set of tests will be run using test cases developed from the pseudo code.

Data Management

All test results will be stored in a table.

Schedule

Milestones

Determine Test Focal Points
Develop Test Cases Based On Specifications
Run and Record Initial Tests
Analyze Results / Record bugs
Develop Test Cases Based On Pseudo code
Run and Record Secondary Tests
Analyze Results / Diagnose Bug Details
Write Legacy
Publish Document

Record

Time Allocation

Task	Time Allocated (minutes)
Developing Strategy	10
Determining Test Focal Points	10
Develop Initial Test Cases	10
Run and Record Initial Tests	30
Analyze Results / Record Bugs	15
Develop Secondary Test Cases	0 (not enough time)
Run and Record Secondary Tests	0 (not enough time)
Analyze Results / Diagnose Bug Details	10
Write Legacy	10
Publish Document	5

Test Process Defects

My testing plan was fairly time consuming. It was also by far not complete.

Results

Test Data

ID	Test Case Description	Test Data	Expected Result	Actual Results
ID	Test Case Description	Test Data	Expected Result	1	2	3	4
1	single four character word	paul	paul	paul\s		paul	paul
2	two four character words	paul paul	paul paul	paul paul	paul paul	paul paul	paul paul
3	three four character words	paul paul paul	paul paul paul	paul paul paul	paul paul paul	paul paul paul	paul paul paul
4	single one character word	p	p	p\s		p	p
5	two one character words	p p	p p	p p	p p	p p	p p
6	single four character word per line for paragraphs	paul\n\npaul	paul\n\npaul	paul\s\n\npaul\s		paul\n\npaul	paul\n\npaul
7	single line, single 30 character word, 30 character total on line, line length selector set to 10	1234567890	1234567890	1234567890	1234567890	1234567890	1234567890
8	two words, 15 characters each, with a space in between, total line length of 31 characters, line length selector set to 10	12345 67890	12345\n 67890	12345\s\s67890		12345.....\n 67890	12345\n 67890
9	three words of five characters each	12345 67890 12345	12345\n 67890\n 12345	12345\s67890 12345\s		12345.....\n 67890.....\n 12345	12345\s\s\s\s\s\n 67890\s\s\s\s\s\n 12345
10	single word larger than line selector size	12345678901	12345678901	12345678901\s	12345678901	\n12345678901	\n12345679901

Bug Descriptions

Buggy1

Adds extra space to end of paragraphs or oversized words
Adds additional space between words on line that was over line length instead of making new line between them

Buggy2

Will not output single word lines unless word is oversized

Buggy3

Adds periods to fill up line
Adds empty line before oversized single word lines

Buggy4

Adds empty line before oversized word lines
Adds spaces to fill up line sometimes (see Test Data ID# 9)

Legacy

Productivity

Time was wasted trying to get the applet to work, manually entering test data in to the applet, and spending time looking for songs to listen to.

Quality

The quality of the testing was average for the given amount of time. Many bugs were found, but not all. However, details of the bugs were not all determined.

Plan Evaluation

I believe the plan was solid if more time was allowed to carry out the task.

Future Changes

I would have spent more time developing the initial test cases, and if given more time, work on the secondary tests.