How do we decide scope for smoke and sanity testing?

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How do we decide scope for smoke and sanity testing?..

Answer / eshwar

TL or PM conduct the smoke test to ensure the build contains
all the major functionality present and there are working.


Tester conducts the Sanity test to ensure the stability of
the application build.Tester finds weather the application
build is stable for complete application or not.

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How do we decide scope for smoke and sanity testing?..

Answer / paresh

These testing comes after Installation testing....It is
also known as build verification test (BVT)TL or PM conduct
the smoke test to ensure that whether the application is
working properly or not...Like installing s/w,navigate
through all the menus,etc.i.e It tells us whether the
application is dead or alive.....
Whereas in Sanity
Tester conducts the Sanity test to ensure all the major
functionality are being handled or not

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