There are three separate badge types that appear on a tester's profile, each of which gives you a more complete glimpse into the testing capabilities of your test team. The profiles can be viewed by several means.
- On a test cycle, open an individual bug report and click on the Tester Name
- On a test cycle, open the test case results and click the tester's name on the right
- From Product Setup, click Testers to see all testers that have participated on cycles for your product
Tester Ratings
As each tester works with Applause, the Applause platform will, over time, automatically assign them a rating for each type of testing they perform. The rating itself is based upon the quality and quantity of their work, and also indicates the tester’s relative abilities compared to other testers.
The first line of badges is a series of different colored hexagons, which represent the ratings detailed above. Testers who have been rated will have an ‘R’ badge for ‘Rated’. However, if a tester is in the top 20% of performers on the Applause platform, they will instead receive a Gold, Silver, or Bronze badge. Testers earn these special badges based upon the quality of their bug reports, as well as their ability to discover valuable bugs within a variety of products.
Testing Types
Each of those ratings corresponds to the testing type badge that appears beneath it, symbolized by different colored circles. Each circle contains a two letter abbreviation representing one of the different testing types the tester has claimed proficiency at in their profile.
The different testing types listed are as follows:
- Functional
- Localization
- Security
- Usability
- Accessibility
Favorite Tester
Testers who have performed exceptionally well can be marked as a favorite, represented on their profile by a numeric value in a dark blue circle surrounded by a flower petal-like design. The numeric value contained inside this circle represents the number of companies that have marked the tester as a favorite.