Skills Needed For Testing

Testing Skills

Testing Skills matter the most in the success of the software project.
Getting a right combination of domain knowledge & Software testing skills is a rare combination.
But if anybody achieves this, Project quality increases exponential.

Domain Knowledge and an industry experience matters the most, numbers of years you have given to the industry will get you inn’s & out’s of the product to be developed.

Below are the skills with the domain

Banking Industry:
Software Tester with Banking Background
Testing skills (manual Testing, Functional Testing, Qtp, Load runner)

Telecom Industry
Software tester with telecom domain knowledge (IVR, Mobile Communication, GSM, SMS, unified Communication Solutions)
Testing Skills (Manual testing, Automation testing, QTP, Load Runner, Hammer, Network Testing Tools)

Bioinformatics
Software testers with a medical Background can easily enter in this field.
Testing Skills (Manual Testing, Automation, High Functional Knowledge)

Animation Industry
Software Testers with a Multimedia and Gaming background can enter in this field
Testing Skills (Manual Testing, High Analytical Skills, Puzzle solving skills, QTP, Load Runner)

In spite of the entire above skills software tester should know about Management tools used in this industry.
One should be experienced with Bug logging tools like Bugzilla, PHP Bug Tracker.
Test Tracking tools TestPlan etc.