How do people use a software product? Some development groups model use through use cases. Typically use cases are expressed in terms of the user performing a set of step-by-step behaviours: 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5. In those groups, testers may create test cases that map directly onto the use cases. Sometimes, that gets called a scenario, and the testing of it is called a scenario test.
According to Cem Kaner, a scenario is a “hypothetical story, used to help a person think through a complex problem or system.” He also says that a scenario test (Read more...)
