What is Interoperability Testing in Software Testing?

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Last Updated: 02 April 2019

What is Interoperability Testing?

Interoperability testing is defined as a software testing type, that checks whether software can inter-
operate with other software component, software's or systems.

In other words, interoperability testing means to prove that end-to-end functionality between two
communicating systems is as required by the standard on which those systems are based.

For example, interoperability testing is done between smartphone and tablet to check data transfer
via Bluetooth.

In this tutorial, you will learn-

What is Interoperability Testing?

Different levels of Software Interoperability

Why to do Interoperability Testing

How to do Interoperability Testing

Example Test Cases for Interoperability Testing

Disadvantages of Interoperability Testing

Difference between Interoperability Testing and Conformance Testing

Different levels of Software Interoperability

There are different levels of Interoperability Testing, they are

Physical Interoperability

Data-type Interoperability

Specification level Interoperability

Semantic Interoperability

Why to do Interoperability Testing

Interoperability testing is done because,

It ensures end-to-end service provision across two or more products from different vendors

The software product should be able to communicate with other component or device without any
compatibility issues

The risk associated due to lack of Interoperability Testing are

Loss of data

Unreliable performance
Unreliable operation

Incorrect operation

Low maintainability

How to do Interoperability Testing

The testing process for Interoperability testing includes following steps

Step 1: Launch Project.

Define formalize statement of work and set up project management infrastructure.

Step 2: Set up test lab

Make sure all required skill and automation tools are set up for test activities

Use automation tools for minimizing test cases and re-use test cases

Maintain a database of configuration files

Record and analyze metrics for project

Record configuration from unsuccessful tests for reference and analysis

Step 3: Develop test plan

Write the Test Plan

Define the test cases and procedures

Set up necessary monitoring equipment for maintaining test logs.

Step 4: Execute test plan

Execute test cases

Work with test team to analyze root cause of failure

Step 5: Document Results

Use test logs to record the implementation notes

Step 6: Free up resources and evaluate performance on the project,

With the help of automation tools analyze the test results

Example Test Cases for Interoperability Testing

Connect two or more devices from different vendors

Check connectivity between devices

Check if device can send/receives packets or frames from each other

Check if data is handled correctly in the network and facility layers

Check if implemented algorithms work correctly

Result ok: check next result

Result not ok: Use monitor tools to detect source of error

Report result in Test reporting tool.

Disadvantages of Interoperability Testing

The Disadvantages in Interoperability Testing are

Determining root causes of defects

Accurate Measurement

Scalability of testing

Network complexity

Testing the Test Equipment

Documenting Test Results and Learnings

Inadequate requirements

Interoperability Testing Vs Conformance Testing

Interoperability Testing Conformance Testing

Summary:

Software Engineering, Interoperability testing is nothing but to check whether software can inter-
operate with another software component

It ensures that software product should be able to communicate with other component or devices
without any compatibility issues.

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Test Case vs Test Scenario

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Testing REST API Manually

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Testing Methodology

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