About Testing

Testing is vital for any project you manage. Every project needs some kind of testing, careful review, and quality assurance (QA). Typically, you will have several phases of testing:

• Developer testing: when a developer completes a task, he should conduct his own testing to confirm it is working.
• Project manager review: when a developer reports a task is complete, the project manager should review the feature for completeness and do some testing.
• QA testing: this is when a person runs through a module or the entire application against your testing checklist (see “Creating a Testing Checklist” later in this chapter).
• Beta testing: when testing internally is complete, the client can beta test the project before launch (see ”How to Manage a Beta Test with a Client” later in this chapter for some great tips).