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CROWD TESTING WITHUTESTBarbara Lange
WHAT IS CROWD TESTING?
CROWDSOURCING= CROWD + OUTSOURCING
distributed group of people undefined public rather than paid employees
CROWD TESTINGcommunity that tests a given software productpeople from diverse backgrounds, cultures etc.broad set of usage patterns
IN THE WILD TESTINGreal deviceslive conditions
CROWD TESTING PLATFORMS
community of more than 60,000 professional testersfrom 190 countries functional, security, load, localization and usabilitytestingweb, mobile and desktop applications testing on real devices under real-world conditions
UTEST CLIENTS
UTEST - HOW IT WORKS FROM CUSTOMERPERSPECTIVE?
1. Customer orders testing service for his application:
defines testing scope, test types, environments, devices,countries etc.
2. uTest selects testers from its community and managestesting
3. Customer pays to uTest
HOW IT WORKS FROM TESTERPERSPECTIVE?
Anyone over the age of 18 may become a tester in uTestcommunity.
Previous software testing experience is not required.
Registration form on: my.utest.com
PAY PER BUG MODELTester is paid only for deliverables:
accepted bugs executed test cases
Payment twice a month to PayPal account.
TEST CYCLESe-mail invitationreview scope and requirementsaccept test cycle start bug hunting/test case executionget paid
TESTER REPUTATION
Higher reputation = more invitations + higher payout perbug
DEMO TIME...
HOW MUCH CAN I EARN?
IT DEPENDS...
standard bug payout about $5test case payout - vary from $5 to $50 (or more?) additional payout for high-value bugs
no payout for rejected bugs and for duplicates
WHY TO JOIN UTEST?
learn
practice English
test innovative apps
earn money
BUT THERE ARE SOME DISADVANTAGES...(my subjective list)
IT IS A RACE:the first tester who finds a bug is paidquick reaction to invitationyour reputation depends on performance of othertesters
YOU ARE NOT PAID FOR:
duplicates and rejected bugs preparation and time unreported bugs
bug number limit exceededtest cycle locked
OTHER PROBLEMS:long time before getting more test cycle invitations dispute with client in case of bug rejection is limited
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU
e-mail: [email protected]