Essay On Mindmap

What is a mindmap?

A mindmap is a diagram used to visually organize information. It can be called as a visual thinking tool. A Mindmap allows complex information to be presented in a simplified visual form. A mind map is created around a single concept. The concept is represented as an image in the center to which the associated ideas are added. Major ideas are connected directly to the central concept, and other ideas branch out from those.

Mindmap is a great for note taking, planning, studying, brainstorming etc. The term 'mind map' was first used by Tony Buzan in 1974. I drew my first mindmap when I was in school. I preferred mind-mapping over text notes and it proved to be a great aid to revise and recall the concepts quickly. This is

It reduces the time required for creating test cases yielding better results. Mindmaps are very easy to maintain and are flexible to changing

I created a mindmap covering test ideas for the major functionality. My team started to expand the mindmap by branching out more and more test ideas. We kept adding new nodes when we found unique scenarios that uncovered the bugs during our test sessions. This drastically increased our test coverage.The final mindmap can be as the basis for test case document or it's cool if it's used as it is.

The best part of mind mapping is that you generate more ideas when drawing them. Collaborative mind mapping with the team gives you best results.

Traceability mindmap

A traceability matrix is an essential tool for every tester to analyze and improvise the test coverage. You can use a mindmap instead of a tabular traceability matrix.

To create a traceability mindmap - add nodes of all the Epics. Draw branches from every module and associate all its user stories as subsequent nodes. Now link the test cases for every functionality.You can link the requirement number of the test management