What is Manual Testing and its Advantages, Limitations

Manual testing is a testing process that is carried out manually(executing test cases) in order to find defects without the usage of tools or automation scripting.

It is the most primitive of all testing types and helps find bugs in the software system.

Manual Testing does not require knowledge of any testing tool.
Advantages of Manual Testing:

• Faster execution and rapid feedback to developers
• Supports regression testing.
• Frequent execution and gives accurate results.
• Lesser Investment in Human Resources (Better ROI)
• Disciplined documentation of test cases
• Customized defect reporting.
• Running tests anytime, anywhere un-attended.
• Better Test Coverage.
• Support for Agile and extreme development methodologies

Limitations of Manual Testing:

• More people are required.
• More tedious. (Tiresome, As repeating thing get tired)
• More time is consumed.
• Can’t be repeated so easily.
• Concurrency is missing. (i.e. all the users cannot give request at the same instant of time)