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What is System Testing? System Testing Types and Methods

System Testing

The process of testing the complete and integrated software product to meet specified requirements is said to be System Testing. The main aim of this testing is to test the whole software product which is already integrated. It is the third level of software testing. Independent software testers will perform this testing.

Working Process of System Testing

Initially, it will perform testing on fully integrated applications to verify that the interaction is made perfect with the application.
To Optimize each and every input of the application or product to get the expected output
Finally, make sure that the application got the desired output which will be ready for the final level of testing
Types of System Testing
It is broadly divided into two types namely Functional Testing and Non-Functional Testing

Again Functional Testing is divided into many types

Acceptance Testing
Beta Testing
Integration Testing
Interface Testing
Regression Testing
System Testing
Sanity Testing
Smoke Testing
Unit Testing
Non-Functional Testing is also divided into many types

Compatibility Testing
Compliance Testing
Install Testing
Localization Testing
Performance Testing
Recovery Testing
Reliability Testing
Security Testing
Usability Testing
Among the above testing types, this testing mainly involves for following types

Usability Testing
Load Testing
Regression Testing
Recovery Testing
Migration Testing
Methods of System Testing
According to software testing, there are 3 methods of testing available namely

Black Box Testing
White Box Testing
Grey Box Testing
Among these three methods, this testing will come under the Black Box Testing Technique

Advantages

It performs testing on end-to-end scenarios of the system
This testing helps to determine the errors or bugs before the product goes live
It helps in testing both application and business requirements

Disadvantages

As it needs to test the whole system it requires a lot of time
Depending on the business requirements and application architecture cost may also increase
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