Common Software Errors

Common Software Errors is the term we often used while testing an application. What are these common software errors and how to find them is the big challenge for the QA/QC team.

There are lot of error encountered while testing a software or an application. It is always better to have knowledge for a tester to always anticipate what kind of errors are expected so that they can be prepared to test the application in an effective manner.

There are some common software errors occurring during testing because of some problems right from the requirement gathering stage till deployment stage and this happens in each phase of SDLC.

So one need to know what all kinds of errors are expected so that upfront these can be tested and possibly avoid them in each phase so that it might not be a burden during testing and after wards.

This is an excellent aid for software testing. It helps you to identify errors systematically and increases the efficiency of software testing and improves testing productivity.

These are the following type of Errors

User Interface Errors

Error Handling

Boundary related errors

Calculation errors

Initial and Later states

Control flow errors

Errors in Handling or Interpreting Data

Race Conditions

Load Conditions

Hardware

Source, Version and ID Control

Testing Errors

For more information and complete listing of information look Common Software Errors while Coding and Testing