Boost scrum testing productivity with TestBuddy.net

Filed under: General — Matthias Burtscher @ 22. June 2011 15:44 | Comments (0)

We at Fusonic are developing all our main products using the Scrum method. When doing this, you will always have some of these little tasks for testing implemented features before finalizing in a sprint. Usually one developer finishes his work, another one then tests the new functions and finds one or more bugs. Then the developer fixes these bugs and testing starts over again. So far so good.

The usual approach

When working on these testing tasks, I always opened up a new Word document where i wrote down all the bugs and flaws I experienced while testing. I then sent this Word document to the developer by e-mail with a note like “please fix these issues in feature X”. After the developer replied to me that the bugs were fixed, I started over. Created another document, wrote down all the bugs and then sent them to the other developer. This process repeats until all bugs were fixed.

The new approach

What I really hated about this process was to create a document over and over again. So i thought about a tool which I could use to

  • Track all the bugs
  • Attach screenshots
  • Discuss bugs with the developer
  • See the progress, reopen bugs etc.

Since there was no tool to fulfill my requirements we decided to create one for all these little software development companies that have the same requirements than we do. We are proud to present our new online tool TestBuddy.net.

Current state

Currently only the free version is available. With this one you can

  • Create new log lists anonymously
  • Upload one image per list item
  • Share the public link (random ID) with everyone who should be able to read it

A future release may contain support for

  • Developer group accounts
  • Private lists (only accessible with login)
  • An easy solution to capture parts of your screen to skip the “taking a screenshot” part
  • Discuss items right in the list

Since this is a very early release, please don’t expect too much of it but be excited about the idea ;) If you want to provide feedback, new ideas or bug reports, please do so in the comments!