Questions
to ask internally before you talk to a Vendor:
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1. What are our primary objectives for a
tool?
2. Describe the organizations development and
testing process / methodology.
3. What
type(s) of testing are we doing currently?
4. What tools do we currently own /
maintain? (Purchased and
Homegrown)
5. What language(s) is our application
developed in?
6. Is the application web or browser
based? If so, which browsers and
versions do we test on.
7. What operating systems do we test on?
8. Are there any third party controls or
grids?
9. Are there any Active X controls?
10. Do we need to test server side com objects
or other parts of our application not accessed by a GUI?
11. Describe the application architecture?
12. What is the communication protocol between
the different tiers of the application?
13. What databases does our application work
with?
14. How do we create our test data?
15. Are we trying to validate data in the GUI
or the back end database or both?
16. How often does our group test new builds of
applications?
17. Do we have a dedicated Test Lab or would
testers be using their own desktops?
18. What amount of money are we budgeting for
this project / tool?