Defect management is often considered a fair technique to evaluate a tester’s performance. As a tester, one of the core responsibilities is to find defects in the product being tested. However, he/she also needs to work in collaboration with other team members to fix the bugs.
So, what excites the tester to find defects?
There are various aspects in which the ‘defect finding’ responsibility of a tester is seen. In general, a tester is a curious person by nature. A tester often keeps himself indulge in solving puzzles and other brain teasers. The curiosity to see how things work, whether and how they would break, etc. are in the genes of a tester.
There are various driving factors that make the testers excited to track bugs.
- Self-motivation always drives a person to do better in what he/she does. In case of a tester, the curiosity can make them participate in projects they don’t work officially. Many organizations recognize such people with prizes and put their names on the contribution list.
- You can find many bug bounty programs being organized these days. With the momentum shifting towards these events, many organizations find it an ideal way to bring like-minded testers to find defects. A company can host such an event, encouraging testers from other teams or companies to test an application on their own devices.
- There are organizations that invite the general public to participate in bug bounty programs, creating a win-win situation. By participating and finding bugs, you can make some extra money and help in improving the product of an organization at the same time. In fact, there are many companies that offer huge amount in exposing their security vulnerabilities.
However, a tester must not merely keep switching between finding bugs and the associated numbers. A newcomer or inexperienced tester can get overconfident by finding and fixing a few of the bugs. This approach or thinking could even impact a test’s career; hence he/she needs to be careful.
Testers must learn to know the large scope of the project and the information they bring. The real benefit lies in the release of a quality product by the product team with the testers help. This flow in quality is not just bug-finding, rather being an information service.
Once this understanding sets in, it will give a true meaning to find bugs and will help both the tester and the product being tested.
