Black Box Testing with Exploratory Approach of a Software for Remote Monitoring of Patients with COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases

Covid-19 pandemic has set the world on fire. It has impacted every aspect of our society. One of the worst affected parts is the countries' health systems. Our goal is to provide a proof of concept for cost effective telemedicine system which can be used by hospitals for monitoring of thousands of patients at once, thus medical personnel exposure to the virus is minimized. In this paper we aim to put this system through the best practices of software testing so we can determine if it achieves its primary functions, keeping in line with the general idea of cost effectiveness. Black box testing with the exploratory approach was used for functionality and feature testing as it gives the most accurate real-world results. During the tests, several bugs were found and fixed. Because of the fact, that the testers were actual medical personnel, we have received valuable information on how to improve the quality of the product, so it can be even more ease to use and provide the necessary robustness and data visualization.

Applying Exploratory Testing and Ad-Hoc Usability Inspection to Improve the Ease of Use of a Mobile Power Consumption Registration App: An Experience Report

As the number of mobile devices has increased, software development teams have focused on releasing mobile applications, allowing users to carry out transactions, access information and improve their lifestyle more efficiently. Nevertheless, even when providing useful means for carrying out daily tasks, users report dissatisfaction or frustration when using these applications. For energy companies, mobile applications that fail to provide both usefulness and ease of use may reduce their adoption and an increase in the company’s workload, as users will require company workers to solve problems they could solve on their own. In this paper, we report how we applied exploratory testing and ad-hoc usability inspection to identify improvement opportunities during the development of a mobile application that would allow users to measure their power consumption, supporting social distancing in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. After identified a set of functional and usability problems, the development team redesigned the application, which was perceived as both useful and easy to use from the point of view of the managers that requested it. Also, we report lessons learned that are useful for practitioners willing to replicate this experience. © 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.