HI all..in this post i will explain about web test vs web evaluation..
Differences between web testing & web evaluation
WEB-testing
1. Self-testing (alpha testing)
- Test the produt no the final version
- Dos not have necessarily contain the full functionality
2. Group-testing (beta testing)
- Give to somebody else
3. Also known as Alpha (1st phase, not complete yet, test among group) /Beta testing (test among outside people)
- Finding error
- More focus on technical
- What to test?
o Looking for error
o Functionality
§ Page display
§ Image display
§ Navigation element
§ Interactive and dynamic elements
§ Internal links
§ External links
o Usability
o interface – whether it works in difference computrt (color depth, resolution)
- How to test? (techniques/Tools)
o Test in difference web browser
o Ask a friend (peer testing)
o Ask a group of people (group testing)
o Make a questionnaire and interview user
- Test plan- usng structured testing method,a creative software/website tester can find a potentially serious problem then give programmers helpful feedback and clues for fix it.
- Catogerize errors & defect according to 1 or three types of problem:
o Design flaws – eg: text cannot be read, missing column, button
o Content error –eg: photo image quality text misspellings
o Software/system defect-eg: technical problem encaountered when trying to run / operate the site
- Type of testing:
o Functionality
o Layout testing
o Load testing
o Link testing
o Usability testing (Jacod Nielsen) (most important)
WEB-evaluation
- Measuring something (outcome)
- More focus on non-technical
- - evaluating websites means determining whether or not they are good
- Why we need to evaluate?
o Ensure functionality
o Ensure performance
- Level of web-evaluation
o Formative (during the evaluation)
o Summative (in the end, give someone else)
- Tools for evaluation:
o Interview, Observation(Structured/Non structured)
o Questionnaire/survey, focus group, analysis, report and dialogue with user
o Ask expert
o Form,checklist or rubric
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