Asked whether the development of the test in advance can update test environment, how to test should be analyzed and decision-making?

background

When you send as a test engineer in the testing phase (mention the testing phase) A1 not to the end of the test period, the development of a sudden come to ask you now have a *** question needs to be updated in order to verify the test to the FBI in order to ... ., you can now update your test environment?
As I was first asked to face this problem, I subconsciously nervous, and my mind without thinking answered, you can ah, now only the exploratory testing
Then the developer would slip hemp announcement audience can update the test environment
When ignorant forced tight end, I do not know why my mind suddenly elves, and think ... I have not asked their opinion of my partners .. She may still be tested ..
Myself have little doubt .. say that you solve a problem it directly only to update the code module that is not can it? Why should the whole amount of the update, the entire test environment code update ..

result

My companion has not completely finish the exploratory testing, we will be forced to interrupt the test
Testing time has been disrupted, ahead of the end A1, A1 compressed test time, test time if A2 will increase? Causing the entire test period extended, the final release was postponed ....
The first test will be responsible for sending out the trouble, my heart was very depressed, decided to conduct Replay

submit questions

When to send test phase of testing time is not over, asked if the development of the test can update the test environment in advance, how the test should be analyzed and decision-making?

Replay preparation

First, we can analyze the problem go through 6w1h

6w1h	meaning
who	This question is to develop
why	Why ask such a question?
waht	You will need to ask the question under what circumstances?
where	Needs updating is the test environment
when	Send test phase, the test is being tested
whom	Development to test to ask questions
how	To test various dimensions of the comprehensive measure, before going to answer this question development

Why developers would ask such a question? And under what circumstances would ask such a question?

Almost feel these two issues, so we put together a say

During the test found some serious problems: for example, the application crashes, a feature has been given, the main impact of bug testing process; the need to update the test environment to avoid affecting the progress of the test [test] dominant

Version urgent: the need to compress the test of time, ahead of the end to send test [led] product development or

Docking test applications that require internal third-party applications: the absence of third-party applications to send test functionality, third-party applications during testing has been on the test environment, test application development and application in a test environment Docking third party: send in the current testing phase (A1 eg) can not be successfully completed, a series of problems, taking into account the impact of the next round will send test: required before (such as A2) acceptance of third-party application functionality, as well as the next round to send test development time [leading]

Docking test applications require an external third party applications: the main application under test third party application interfacing function point appears Bug , measured in the feed phase (eg: A1) and third party application has been changed Bug well on the line; is modified because it is main function point, in order not to affect the release, developers may need to adjust this function points ahead in a test environment with [developers] leading third-party passive &

What tests need to measure several dimensions?

Large items	Xiao Xiang
Test progress	Whether to send test function testing has been completed? Whether the test has been performed completed? What is left is not performed?
Sphere of influence	The next stage is to send test content test It will not affect the current test? The current stage of compression will send test test how much time? The next stage of testing time to send test whether there is an increase? After updating the long test allows us to intervene?
emergency level	What happens is not up to date? Published update does not affect you? The importance of the function to be updated
Communication related	Timely communication with the same set of tests, and decide together whether the measure allows developers to update environment

Refer to the official definition of the test stop criterion

1, the test time exceeds a predetermined

2, performed over all the use cases no new bug

3, bug isolated number per unit time is less than a predetermined value

4, found a certain predetermined number of bug