Black Box – BVT on 3 Variables software testing

Black Box – BVT on 3 Variables software testing

Suppose we have three variable x,y, and z to test.

The range of x: 0 to 100

The range of y : 20 to 60

The range of z : 80 to 100

 

        X y z
Min 0 20 80
Min+ 1 21 81
Nominal 50 40 90
Max- 99 59 99
Max 100 60 100

Figure: Testing points detected in Simple Boundary Value Testing.

Black Box Boundary value testing
Black Box Boundary value testing

Total Test cases =

(Number of variables * Number of testing points without nominal ) + (1 for  Nominal)

13=(3*4)+1

  • There are total 3 variables X,Y and Z
  • There are 4 possible values like min, min+, max- and max
  • 1 is for nominal

Logic:

When we make test cases, we will fix the nominal value of two variables and change the values of the third variable.

For example

  • We will fix nominal values of X and Y and make a combination of these values with each value of Z variable.

Fix nominal values of X and Y are 50,40, and we will compare these two values with 80,81,90,99 and 100.

  • We will fix nominal values of Y and Z and will make a combination of these values with each value of X variable.

Fix nominal values of Y and Z are 40, 90, and we will make a combination of  these two values with 0,1,50,99,100

  • We will fix nominal values of X and Z and will make a combination of these values with each value of Y variable.

Fix nominal values of X and Z are 50, 90 , and we will make combination of  these two values with 20,21,40,59,60

We can generate 13  test cases from both variables X, Y and Z

Test Case# X,Y,Z Test Case # X,Y,Z Test Case # X,Y,Z
1 50,40,80 2 50,40,81 3 50,40,90
4 50,40,99 5 50,40,100 6 0,40,90
7 1,40,90 8 99,40,90 9 100,40,90
10 50,20,90 11 50,21,90 12 50,59,90
13 50,60,90  

Figure: Test cases generated  in Simple Boundary Value Testing using 3 variables.