Where or how to use it?

Error guessing in the software testing approach is a sort of black box testing technique and also error guessing is best used as a part of the conditions where other black box testing techniques are performed, for instance, boundary value analysis and equivalence split are not prepared to cover all of the condition which is slanted to an error in the application.

• Time and resource constraints: Error guessing can be a fast and efficient technique to find flaws in circumstances where there are not enough resources or time to plan a thorough test.
• Agile and Adaptive Workplaces: Error guessing fits in nicely with the incremental and iterative nature of development in agile development settings, where adaptation and flexibility are essential.
• Unfamiliar or Complex Systems: Error guessing enables testers to leverage their general testing experience to identify potential difficulties when working with complex systems or poorly known technology.
• Parts with Few Specifications: In software areas where specifications are unclear, lacking or poorly defined, error guessing works well.
• Areas at High Risk: Error guessing is a useful tool for testers to concentrate on high-risk software regions. Through the application of their expertise on the system’s vulnerabilities, testers are able to direct their testing efforts towards places where errors are most likely to cause major problems.

Software application is a part of our daily life. May be on a laptop or maybe on our mobile phone, or it may be any digital device/interface our day starts with the use of various software applications and also ends with the use of various software applications. That’s why software companies are also trying their best to develop good quality error-free software applications for the users.

So when a company develops any software application software testing plays a major role in that. Testers not only test the product with a set of specified test cases they also test the software by coming out of the testing documents. There the term error guessing comes which is not specified in any testing instruction manual still it is still performed. So in this article, we will discuss that error then error guessing, where and how it is performed. The benefits that we get by performing it. So let’s start the topic.

Actually, an error appears when there is any logical mistake in code by the developer. It’s very hard for a developer to find an error in a large system. To solve this problem Error guessing technique is used. Error guessing technique is a software technique where a test engineer guesses and tries to break the software code. Error Guessing technique is also applied to all of the other testing techniques to produce more effective and workable tests.