What is our primary use case?
I started my manual testing from the beginning of my career, which means I have been using QA Madness Manual Testing since then.
Our main use case for QA Madness Manual Testing is that we have an application where we cannot find defects properly because it is a very legacy project. We have everything in place and every process is very strictly followed, which is why we cannot find defects in our application, leading to many defects related to data found only in production and not in a local environment. That is why we brought QA Madness Manual Testing.
That is a long story related to how we used QA Madness Manual Testing to catch those production data defects.
What is most valuable?
Automation is one of the best features QA Madness Manual Testing offers, and that was very beneficial.
QA Madness Manual Testing stands out for me because it has a good GUI and visual features that are easy to use by any manual tester. It does not require more or stronger technical people, so if you have some testing knowledge and scripting knowledge, you can use it, which is a great feature.
Regarding the features, I find that while planning and design, implementation and stabilization, including maintenance, present challenges during automation, QA Madness Manual Testing makes it easier than others in managing everything, especially considering the huge test case maintenance. We need to ensure we reduce all these efforts.
QA Madness Manual Testing has positively impacted my organization in two ways by conducting exploratory testing.
By doing monotonous activity with QA Madness Manual Testing, we thought our testing was getting saturated and we were not finding good outcomes from our test cases. We executed 5,000 test cases and were not finding many defects, but there were application defects. In that situation, we picked previous production defects and developed exploratory testing on top of that, which allowed us to discover an additional 10% defects beyond the usual release.
What needs improvement?
There are many compatibility challenges when integrating QA Madness Manual Testing with our existing tools or workflows, such as putting up all the test cases, user stories, and managing versioning, which are particularly challenging for legacy software.
I chose a rating of seven because we need to improve strategy and have a systematic plan for QA Madness Manual Testing usage.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working in my current field for 15 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
QA Madness Manual Testing is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have not tried QA Madness Manual Testing's scalability yet since we are in a proof of concept phase, but we will look into this feature as well.
How are customer service and support?
QA Madness Manual Testing's customer support is good. Whenever we have a problem, customer support is very responsive.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have worked with multiple clients using different solutions like Jira, Azure DevOps, and TestRail for management. I have observed that integrated environments are more useful than isolated management.
What was our ROI?
For my initial impression, we have reduced costs, and if we use QA Madness Manual Testing for a long term, we can definitely recommend it for its return on investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I have experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for QA Madness Manual Testing while searching for better tools. We also consider competitors like Azure DevOps and Jira, which offer more features.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have explored options like Jira, TestRail, and Azure DevOps before choosing QA Madness Manual Testing.
What other advice do I have?
I can tell you one story related to a particular bug where bringing automation into my manual testing was the first madness we introduced on our project. The project was very legacy software, and with such software, repeated types of testing were happening, which led to human ignorance causing us to miss defects. We brought automation into our manual testing, marking the first step to introduce madness, followed by performance-related testing, security-related testing, and all these things, resulting in good feedback once we implemented them.
I was missing the defects in our main use case or experience with QA Madness Manual Testing.
Many QA professionals are doing random testing, so I suggest we analyze and have a strategy for our exploratory testing before doing random testing. Even though it is exploratory testing, we should have a strategy for which application areas, features, or business impacts we should focus on more.
I do not have anything else to add about the needed improvements concerning technical or usability aspects.
We use AWS as our cloud provider.
We are doing a proof of concept with QA Madness Manual Testing, which is not fully functional yet, but we found it great, so we are planning further.
Currently, I am not in need of any more improvements for QA Madness Manual Testing, but I have done some proof of concept work, so I suggest we use it fully and then evaluate it.
QA Madness Manual Testing has a very good learning curve for new users because it is easy to use, has a good UI and strategy, so I would definitely recommend it for new users based on the initial impression.
QA Madness Manual Testing handles reporting and analytics very well, and I find the reports useful and clear for management.
QA Madness Manual Testing supports collaboration among my QA team members effectively with features for handling test cases, sharing execution reports, finding out how much has been executed, along with details about exploratory testing, defects found, and case outcomes.
QA Madness Manual Testing documentation and resources available are very clear and helpful.
QA Madness Manual Testing is good at helping with compliance or regulatory requirements, if applicable.
Before selecting QA Madness Manual Testing, I recommend ensuring it handles all scenarios well, reports effectively, and integrates with user stories and execution. Many enterprises keep their QA in different phases and integration helps everyone understand what is going on and the defects found.
I do not have any additional thoughts about QA Madness Manual Testing before we wrap up.
My overall review rating for QA Madness Manual Testing is seven.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?