What is the diff. between Sanity , smoke and ad-hoc testing?

Answer Posted / subhasmita gouda

Smoke Testing: It is done by both developers or testers. It Verifies the critical functionalities of the system. It is a subset of acceptance testing. It is documented or scripted.

Sanity Testing: It is done by testers. It verifies the new functionality like bug fixes. It is a subset of Regression Testing. It is not documented or scripted.

Adhoc Testing: It is done without Test cases & Test planning. It is done when there is less time or there is lac of documentation avilable.

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