testing Software Testing Techniques - State Transition Order phases
Example
The rule
An order lifecycle at any e-commerce follows roughly the workflow:
How to apply the technique
From the diagram we see that it has the following allowed (positive) transitions:
- From New to Cancelled
- From New to Approved
- From Approved to Cancelled
- From Approved to Shipped
- From Shipped to Delivered
And all the other unmentioned transitions should be treated as invalid (negative) transtitions
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From New to Shipped (negative)
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From New to Delivered (negative)
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From Approved to New (negative)
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From Approved to Delivered (negative)
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From Shipped to New (negative)
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From Shipped to Approved (negative)
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From Shipped to Cancelled (negative)
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From Delivered to New (negative)
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From Delivered to Approved (negative)
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From Delivered to Shipped (negative)
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From Delivered to Cancelled (negative)
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From Cancelled to New (negative)
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From Cancelled to Approved (negative)
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From Cancelled to Shipped (negative)
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From Cancelled to Delivered (negative)
