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Parature’s online forum software has many features built in to allow people to quickly get to online discussions they’re interested in. One such feature, called “Notify Me”, works as follows:
When a person enters content into the forum, consider this content a post. Other users can reply to posts, thereby attaching a new post of their own to another post that already exists. For example, one post may pose a question, and another user may reply to that post with an answer. Note that there is no limit on the “depth” of replies; a user may reply to a reply, etc, nor is there a restriction on who can reply to what posts.
On each post, there is a “Notify Me” checkbox which can be turned on or off by the user. When checked, the system will automatically e-mail the user whenever a reply is made to the current post they are looking at. In the above example, the user who posts the question may leave this box checked in order to be notified via e-mail when someone posts a reply, hopefully answering their question.
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Given this description, in order for an effective QA process to take place, are there any requirements or behaviors that are ambiguous if left unspecified?
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Give ALL examples of functional tests you’d perform on this feature in order to thoroughly ensure it is working correctly. (Assume that you have all the extra requirements, if any, you specified in part A.)
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Are there any tools or techniques that you could use in order to make testing this feature more automated or take less time in general?
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