crowd testing with u test

CROWD TESTING WITHUTESTBarbara Lange

WHAT IS CROWD TESTING?

CROWDSOURCING= CROWD + OUTSOURCING

distributed group of people undefined public rather than paid employees

CROWD TESTINGcommunity that tests a given software productpeople from diverse backgrounds, cultures etc.broad set of usage patterns

IN THE WILD TESTINGreal deviceslive conditions

CROWD TESTING PLATFORMS

community of more than 60,000 professional testersfrom 190 countries functional, security, load, localization and usabilitytestingweb, mobile and desktop applications testing on real devices under real-world conditions

UTEST CLIENTS

UTEST - HOW IT WORKS FROM CUSTOMERPERSPECTIVE?

1. Customer orders testing service for his application:

defines testing scope, test types, environments, devices,countries etc.

2. uTest selects testers from its community and managestesting

3. Customer pays to uTest

HOW IT WORKS FROM TESTERPERSPECTIVE?

Anyone over the age of 18 may become a tester in uTestcommunity.

Previous software testing experience is not required.

Registration form on: my.utest.com

PAY PER BUG MODELTester is paid only for deliverables:

accepted bugs executed test cases

Payment twice a month to PayPal account.

TEST CYCLESe-mail invitationreview scope and requirementsaccept test cycle start bug hunting/test case executionget paid

TESTER REPUTATION

Higher reputation = more invitations + higher payout perbug

DEMO TIME...

HOW MUCH CAN I EARN?

IT DEPENDS...

standard bug payout about $5test case payout - vary from $5 to $50 (or more?) additional payout for high-value bugs

no payout for rejected bugs and for duplicates

WHY TO JOIN UTEST?

learn

practice English

test innovative apps

earn money

BUT THERE ARE SOME DISADVANTAGES...(my subjective list)

IT IS A RACE:the first tester who finds a bug is paidquick reaction to invitationyour reputation depends on performance of othertesters

YOU ARE NOT PAID FOR:

duplicates and rejected bugs preparation and time unreported bugs

bug number limit exceededtest cycle locked

OTHER PROBLEMS:long time before getting more test cycle invitations dispute with client in case of bug rejection is limited

QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU

e-mail: barbara.lange@gmail.com